CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Note: Originating Institute (s) noted as CDOI (Community Development & Outreach Institute or HRMEI (Heritage Resources Management & Education Institute)
Dearfield History Project
George Junne (Africana Studies), Bob Brunswig (School of Social Sciences), and Frederic Sellet (Anthropology)
HRMEIArchaeological and historical investigations of the early 20th African-American site of Dearfield in partnership with the Denver Black American West Museum.
IKMapper Project
NEH
Mike Kimball (Schulze Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies), Charmayne Cullom (Computer Science), and David Diggs (Geography)
HRMEIAn interactive Web-based project associated with Native American tribal groups and the collection and teaching of Native American cultural traditions to tribal youth and a wider non-Native American audience.
Northern Colorado Heritage Tourism Master Plan Project
Bob Brunswig (School of Social Sciences) and Diane Gaede (Tourism and Recreation)
HRMEIProject design to create a long-term heritage tourism master plan for Northern Colorado counties, cities, and government land-management agencies.
Technical Assistance Interpretive Projects
National Park Service
Bob Brunswig (School of Social Sciences) and Diane Gaede (Tourism and Recreation)
HRMEIMultiple projects related to improving pre-existing and developing cultural and natural resource interpretation programs in National Park Service land managements units in the Rocky Mountain West. Projects will be generated and funded through the CESU (federal agency-university) system, of which UNC is a partner institution.
Tree Rings Climate History
Jim Doerner (Geography)
HRMEIProposed project in Rocky Mountain National Park that uses tree-ring analysis to reconstruct fire and climate history from ca. AD 1000 to the present.
Forest Canyon Pass Cultural Ecology Undergraduate Research Program
Bob Brunswig (School of Social Sciences), Jim Doerner (Geography), Frederic Sellet (Anthropology), and David Diggs (Geography)
HRMEINational Science Foundation proposal for an integrated, interdisciplinary undergraduate research and teaching program with field studies in Rocky Mountain National Park’s Forest Canyon Pass and follow-up laboratory classes at UNC.
North Park Cultural Landscapes Project-BLM
Bob Brunswig (School of Social Sciences), Frederic Sellet (Anthropology) and Louise Elinoff (Anthropology)
HRMEIExtension of currently Bureau of Land Management funded archaeology and paleoenvironment research program in North Park valley to specific topic project components and new funding revenue sources.
UNC Digitization Project
Mark Anderson
HRMEI and CDOIProject designed to expand Michener Library facilities, resources, and expertise for the digitization of historic archived printed and photographic materials in support of UNC research programs in history, archaeology, social studies and related disciplines.
GIS Technology Enhancement and Curriculum Help
Jim Doerner (Geography), David Diggs (Geography), and Karen Barton (Geography)
HRMEI and CDOIUniversity GIS Teaching and Training Development Project. Currently being re-written for re-submission to NSF.
A Center for Regional Healthcare Research Project
Peter Davidoff (Economics) and Pat Graham (Economics)
CDOIThe proposed project would be to design elements of, and acquire start-up funding for, establishment of a Center for Regional Healthcare Research at UNC. The center would promote data acquisition and modeling of healthcare services and various factors, economic, social, cultural, legal…, associated with the provision of healthcare services to different socio-economic groups in Northern Colorado. The modeling would, initially at least, focus on resource-allocation theory and techniques common in many of the social sciences and healthcare industry. Models and data sets would be used to provide planning and development frameworks for regional health service and insurance providers and government healthcare agencies.