2026 Faculty Stipend Recipients Announced

By Janey Roeder

Faculty Stipend Recipients:

To advance our vision of having an ethics module in every °µÍøÊÓƵcourse, twenty-four $3,000 stipends are being granted to faculty for integrating 3-hour ethics modules into their courses. The Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership has awarded over $657,000 in Ethics Across the Curriculum stipends since the program was initiated in 2005. The 2025-2026 proposal review committee, chaired by Danny Paskin (Journalism and Public Relations), selected the following faculty stipend recipients:

  • Shriya Basu –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Do I?  Should I?  Ethical Decision-Making and AI-Related Conflicts of Interest in Speech-Language Pathology (Speech-Language Pathology)

  • Jen-Mei Chang –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;From Numbers to Narratives: Ethical Responsibilities in Data Visualization (Mathematics and Statistics)

  • Emel Demircan – Ethics in Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering)

  • Ross Garner –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Creating the Conditions for Ethical Dialogue: Psychological Safety and Decision-Making in Experiential Leadership (Recreation and Leisure Studies – Teamwork and Group Dynamics)

  • Benyamin Haghi – An Applied Ethics Module for Large Language Models and Agentic Systems (Computer Engineering and Computer Science)

  • Necla Demir Harman –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Integrating Ethical Use of AI into the Food Packaging Course (Family and Consumer Sciences – Food Science)

  • Min He –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Responsible AI and Ethical Decision-Making in Embedded Systems Design: A Structures 3-Hour Ethics Module (Computer Engineering and Computer Science)

  • Ava Hedayatipour â€“  Ethics of Inclusive Design in Wearable Monitoring Systems(Electrical Engineering)

  • Claudia Huang â€“Toward a Human-Centered Approach to Caring for People with Dementia (Human Development)

  • Barikisu Issaka – Human Judgment in the Age of Automation: Ethics of AI in Internal Strategic Communication (Journalism and Public Relations)

  • Judy Jou – Ethical Considerations in Public Health Practice (Health Science)

  • Ji-Hwan Kang – Ethics, Data Integrity, and Responsible AI Use in Chemical Engineering Laboratories (Chemical Engineering)

  • Jessica Liu – Ethical Considerations When Conducting Community-Based Research in Health Equity (Health Science)

  • Robert Lopez â€“ The Impacts and Significance of Imperialism in U.S. History: Introducing Students to the Ethical Considerations of U.S. Imperialism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (History)

  • Emily MacDonald – Ethical Approaches to Costuming (Theatre Arts)

  • Kayla Mock-Schneller –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Personal Ethics within Decision Making and Uncertainty: A Self-Reflective Module for Sustainability Management and Policy Graduate Students (Sustainability Management and Policy)

  • Scott Moss – Ethical Media Production in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Journalism and Public Relations)

  • Gina Napolitan – Generative AI and Animation: Exploring the Ethical Implications and Industry Labor Impacts (Animation)

  • Sara O’Connor – Ethics in Geographic Research Design (Geography)

  • David Pepper â€“ Integrating Environmental Ethics and Environmental Justice (Geography)

  • Christopher Rosales â€“ Ethics of Generosity and Collaborative Accountability (Chicano and Latino Studies)

  • Maria Sanchez-Reyes â€“ Ethical Uses of AI in the Writing Intensive Classroom| The French Approaches to AI: Comité consultatif national d’éthique du numérique module (Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures)

  • Jeffrey Thompson â€“ Integrating Ethics into Business Statistics (Mathematics and Statistics)

  • Haiping Wu â€“ Ethics in Implementing AI in Chinese Language Teaching (Asian and Asian American Studies)

Faculty Ethics Research Stipends:

To strengthen its research pillar, the Ukleja Center also offers $5,000 Faculty Ethics Research Stipends to support original research and contribute to the body of knowledge in disciplinary and interdisciplinary ethics.  $130,000 has been awarded since the inception of this program in 2013.  The review committee, chaired by Maria Carpiac (Family and Consumer Sciences – Gerontology), is pleased to announce the following 2025-2026 research stipend recipients: 

  • Kimberly Kelly –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Research Ethics Code of Conduct: Renewing the Promise of Justice for Families from Historically Marginalized Communities (Human Development) 

  • Jessica Liu –&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Student Perceptions of Ethical Considerations of Campus-Provided Harm Reduction Resources at CSULB (Health Science)

By selecting recipients from six colleges, we are fostering our aim to integrate Ethics Across the Curriculum while also supporting original ethics research.  Congratulations to all our faculty stipend recipients and thank you for bringing our vision to life – enhancing the integration of ethics across the entire °µÍøÊÓƵcampus.