Tom Alberts, Math
Calculus on Gauss Space: An Introducation to Gaussian Analysist

Rory Becker, History, in collaboration with Mark Bergstrom
TNC Archaelology Project - Shoshone/Crow battle field 
Results: Xavier Rolet private grant, $17000

Kevin Coe, Communication, in collaboration with Rachel Griffin, Communication
Co-authored book project on Marginalization and the Modern Presidency: Presidential Communication, Identity Politics, and the Battle for "Real America"
Results: article published in Social Media and Society 

Isabel Dulfano, World Languages and Cultures
Book Project: Walking on (Y)our Sacred Path: IndigeNative American Women Speak Out on Activism
Results: book published 11/30/2022

Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Nursing
Grant Proposal and manuscript 
Results: worked on and submitted three grants. Published manuscript: Maternity care for pregant women with opioid use disorder: A review. J. Midwifery Womens Health. 2019. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13019

Fred Adler, Biology
Book Project
Results: University of Ottawa Press - publication date late 2025

Lauren Birgenheier, Geology and Geophysics
Work on publication of paper and information for the Center with a short summary of the surrounding geology to be used for future visitors

Brenda Bowen, Geology and Geophysics with Wendy Wischer, Geology and Geophysics
writing project in conjunction with Wendy Wischer - five year art/science collaboration plan
Results: Evaporated - Explorations in Art, Science, and Salt Leonardo, Vol.56, No 3, pp.231-236 2023

James Gagnon, Biology
Development of research project for SRI/NSF Career grant submission
Results: Implementation of of large SRI research stream engaging 15 students/year. 1 article and 1 grant submission. Grant funded for 3million

Lisa Henry Benham, Architecture
Research design for Design Justice working on articles that will support promotion to full professor

Michael Mejia, English
Book project: Conquests of Mexico 
Results: publication date pending

Ofer Rog, Biology
develop proposal for a series of workshops 
Re-imagining a cellular space occupied by condensates 1-day symposium followed by a 2-day workshop October 11-13, 2022 

Rebecca Utz, Sociology
writing project to complete first-author manuscripts currently in progress 
Results: 4 submitted papers - 4 submitted grants proposals that can be directly related to time spent at the Center

Lynne Zummo, Educational Psychology
writing project to build core of NSF AISL grant proposal 
Results: writing project to build core of NSF AISL grant proposal 

Rachel Dentinger, History
Book project
Results: Waging Nature's War: How the Coevolutionary Theory of Natural Insecticides Made Combatants of Us All

Roseanne Warren, Mechanical Engineering
First full draft of engineering design textbook
Results: ME EN 4000 textbook currently in use, improving the student experiences in the ME capstone program 

Rebekah Cummings, Marriott Library with Anna Neatour, Marriott Library
co-authored book project 
Results: The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovation Approaches for Outreach and Instruction - Published Dec 2024 by ALA Editions in collaboration with Core ISBN#9798892555814

Danielle Endres, Communication with Mike Middleton, Melissa Parks, Paisley Rekdal, and Mark Bergstrom
proposal to increase collaboration between the American West Center, Enviromental Huaminites Program and Taft-Nicholson Center for submission of joint grants
Results: proposal for 9 individual grants.  The first being the NEH Connections Implementation Grant 150K September 24

José Gutiérrez, Education, Culture and Society
Writing project - work on two peer reviewed articles 
Results: Two submitted manuscripts submitted to  Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and Educational Studies in Mathematics - Provided a Science Wednesday lecture to the wider Centennial Valley Community

Chris Ingraham, Communication
writing retreat 
Results: manuscript produced - Decentering the Human - sent to University Press

Joanne LaFleur, Pharmacology
writing retreat 
Results: 7 papers worked on - publication dates were pushed back due to medical leave shortly after visit - papers still in process

Mike Middleton, Communication with Danielle Endres, Melissa Parks, Paisley Rekdal and Mark Bergstrom
proposal to increase collaboration between the American West Center, Enviromental Huaminites Program and Taft-Nicholson Center for submission of joint grants
Results: proposal for 9 individual grants.  The first being the NEH Connections Implementation Grant 150K September 24

Carol Sogard, Art/Art History
Results: work on plant life and ecosystems in and around Montana's Centennial Valley

Michael Abrahamson, Architecture
manuscript project for book chapter
Results: Master Plan: Soft Power and the Politics of Architectural Expertise publication in Princeton University Press pending

Tallie Casucci, Marriott Library
writing project
Results: wrote an entire manuscript draft and journal submission regarding a project in Ascent Archive podcast and the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project this article will be published in Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture

Alyson Froelich, Psychology
Book chapter project - Enaborative Encoding as a Teaching Tool in Online Environments
Results: published in Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Online Learning Environments copywrite 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing

Seth Keeton, Music
Opera Singer Pedagogy Lineage project 
Results: Submitted NEH Grant - Gave a concert for the community 

Chris Lippard, Film
grant writing proposal/ research project on silent film theorists
Results: Publication dates and funding decisions pending expected at end of 2025

Dalaki Livingston, Communication
Writing project 2 articles - one book chapter
Results: submitted articles to the following journals: The American Journal of Bioethics, Journal of Deliberative Democracy. Book chapter to be published by the University of Iowa Press 

Anna Neatour, Marriott Library with Rebekah Cummings, Marriott Library
first author of co-authored book project 
Results: The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovation Approaches for Outreach and Instruction - Published Dec 2024 by ALA Editions in collaboration with Core ISBN#9798892555814

Katie Walter, Human Genetics, with Darren Parry and Rose Ann Abrahamson (Native Historians attending separate workshop at the Taft-Nicholson Center)
writing project on the infectious disease of Valley Fever
Results: article submitted to Noema magazine - pending publication

• Vegetation monitoring on conservation easements: photo monitoring, frequency plots, residual cover to assess the effects of grazing on plant communities
• Monitoring on Sandhills Preserve for rare plants, effects of management experiments (grazing, fire, hand treatments), rare insects, invertebrates
• Residual cover data collection and analysis
• Conifer encroachment mapping and treatments in sagebrush steppe
• Mapping, treating and monitoring invasive weeds throughout the valley
• Monitoring aspen plots for the effects of browse, wildfire, and conifer competition
• Measuring the effects of deformable shallow aquifer recharge structures and “beaver mimicry structures” on Long Creek and Middle Creek
• Stream flow, photo point and pebble count monitoring on Long Creek and Hell Roaring
• Groundwater monitoring on Long Creek
• Supporting Range Rider program to monitor & reduce predator/livestock interactions

• Monitor Trumpeter swan cygnets produced each year by aerial survey in September.
  The Refuge and the Migratory bird division of USFWS
• Monitor Moose populations in the valley each year by aerial survey in January.
  MT FWP and at times the Refuge helps fund or fly.
• Monitor Grizzly bear and wolf population and prevent conflict with livestock by use of Range Rider Program May – October.
  Sponsored by Centennial Valley Association, funded by livestock owners, MT Livestock Loss Board, USFWS, NRDC, DefendersOW, and GYC.
• Monitor Sage grouse males on Leks in the Valley survey April.
  Sponsored by MFWP and Audubon but implemented by various including TNC, The Refuge, BLM and volunteers.
• Monitor submerged aquatic vegetation in Lower Lake survey in late summer.
  Sponsored by The Refuge and paid as part of grants for research in the past by USGS, USFWS I&M grants, MT State U and U of MT.
• Monitor flows in Red Rock Creek by USGS stream gage April through Oct each year.
  Flow data paid for by The Refuge & USFWS Water division, temperature data paid by MTFWP.
• Monitor invasive plant populations and map by GPS surveys during the growing season.
  Several efforts including TNC, Beaverhead County, BLM, the Refuge and the USFWS Invasive Species Strike Team.
• Monitor Oxygen in Upper Lake during winter for fish habitat suitability   Jan-Feb.
  Implemented by Refuge.
• Research on lessor scaup duck nesting population demographics & production summer months.
  Implemented by Jeff Warren of Inventory and Monitoring division of USFWS. PhD project through Utah State U.
• Research on Sage Grouse nesting, home range and use of the landscape in relation to various factors, including grazing.
  Led by Kyle Cutting, Refuge Biologist. PhD project through MT State U. funding listed by most to least percent $$ : USDA Sustainable Ag Research & Education grant (SARE), The Refuge, BLM TNC, MT DNRC, USFS
• Research on Arctic grayling response to aggressive removal of non-native trout from the Upper RRL system.
  Sponsored by USFWS fisheries division and the Refuge. Partners include MTFWP and local food banks.
• Research on beaver dams and passage over dams by Arctic grayling during spawning run up RR creek.
  Sponsored by the Refuge (Kyle Cutting), study design by Rebecca Levine of U of MT Western.  Michelle Anderson of U of MT Western also an advisor and co author.
• Research on genetics of Arctic grayling in various streams in the Valley as proxy for how this species uses the landscape.
  MTFWP with assistance in data collection from USFWS
• Research on how beaver dams have influenced Odell Creek channel development over time and pre history using carbon dating.
  Led by Rebecca Levine as PhD project, U of New Mexico, Funding from National Sci Foundation and support of the Refuge.
• Many projects are also ongoing in the arena of "land management, restoration, fish passage, population management, range management, forest management and wetland management.
  Sponsored by The Refuge, TNC, MTFWP, USFWS fisheries division and USFWS private lands division.