At WSU, our faculty make contributions to the research enterprise every day of the year. These faculty are not only outstanding in their fields, but their research and creative practice reaches out from the university to the public we serve making real impacts on the lives of people in Washington and beyond. Each month the Office of Research will highlight some of our talented faculty discussing their research and creative practice in their own words.
Jennifer Henrichsen: Defending Democracy: Strengthening Journalism Against Rising Threats
Jennifer Henrichsen is an assistant professor at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. Her current research focuses on the democratic erosion of trust, threat to journalism, and the strengthening of public trust and resilience of knowledge systems to empower journalists and news organizations to report freely, accurately, and safely in the face of growing adversity.
Yoshie Sano: Strengthening Rural Families: Health, Stability, and Resilience Research
Yoshie Sano is a professor in the Department of Human Development, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, WSU Vancouver. Her current research focuses on Family well-being of low-income households including family health, access to healthcare, food security, economic well-being, and parenting.
Kuen-Ren (Roland) Chen: 3D-Printed Microneedles Lead the Way to Safer, Smarter Treatment
Kuen-Ren (Roland) Chen is an associate professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, WSU Pullman. His current research focuses on innovating manufacturing technology to help improve healthcare safety, efficiency, and outcomes.
Yuliya Ardasheva: Empowering Bilingual Educators with Teaching Models to Promote Academic Success
Yuliya Ardasheva is associate professor in the College of Education at WSU Tri-Cities. His current research focuses on the contributions of individual differences to second language development and the interplay between second language and academic development.
Travis Brown: Mapping Neurological Pathways of Addiction and Food Cravings
Travis Brown is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, WSU Pullman. His current research focuses on the role neuroscience plays in advancing addiction treatment by revealing the complex neural mechanisms behind substance use disorders and obesity.
Bertrand Tanner: Studying the Muscles that Move Body and Blood
Bertrand Tanner is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, WSU Pullman, and an adjunct associate professor at the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. His current research focuses on the mechanisms regulating force production in striated muscles of the skeleton and the heart.
Jiemei Lin: Exploring History, Womanhood, Motherhood, and Cultural Identity
Jiemei Lin is an assistant professor in the Department of Art , College of Arts and Sciences, WSU Pullman . Her current research focuses on using visual communication to tell stories, helping audiences of all ages navigate issues of social justice and identity, and her work primarily takes two forms: large public art and children’s book illustration.