A Missouri State University associate research professor of archaeology has been awarded $305,558 to support archaeological survey work in state reservoirs. An MSU English professor was given $65,000 in grants.
Dr. Neal Lopinot, associate research professor and director of MSU's Center for Archaeological Research was given the contract from Statistical Research Inc., allowing support for archaeological survey work by CAR researchers at the Stockton, Smithville and Longview reservoirs, managed by the Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to a news release.
“The center has long maintained an interest in the Stockton area – an interest heightened after spending nearly 15 years working at the internationally known Big Eddy site, which was featured in a 2005 issue of the
National Geographic Magazine,” Lopinot said in the release. “The studies at Smithville and Longview also provide an opportunity to continue research into the prehistoric and early historic archaeological records of the Kansas City area.”
The CAR records information gathered from prehistoric and historical archaeological sites and evaluates the information to assess their eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the release said.
Separately, Dr. Keri Franklin, assistant professor of English and director of the Ozarks Writing Project, was awarded a three-year $60,000 Local Sites Research Initiative grant from the National Writing Project and a $5,000 grant allowing for networking with other projects throughout Missouri, according to a news release.
The Ozarks Writing Project was one of only three fully funded project sites selected from more than 200 NWP project sites countrywide.
The $60,000 grant will allow the project to facilitate the collection of and independent scoring of up to 4,000 student writing samples annually and help examine the impact of teachers using OWP practices in the classroom. The $5,000 grant will bring together the five NWP sites and teachers in Missouri for a two-day writing instruction strategic planning meeting, the release said.
“The LSRI funds will be used to study the impact of the Ozarks Writing Project in improving student writing outcomes in Springfield Public Schools,” Franklin said in the release. “It’s a tremendous honor to be selected for funding, and it will provide us with a valuable opportunity to look closely at the impact of our writing professional development in area classrooms.”
The Ozarks Writing Project is a collaborative program of the NWP and MSU and is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education.[[In-content Ad]]
