Jill Pable, Associate Professor, Department of Interior Design Receives Research and Creativity Developing Scholar Award

The FSU Council for Research and Creativity Developing Scholar Awards were recently announced, and Pable has received one of six awards chosen from a university-wide field of 22 applications. She intends to use the grant to pursue a research study that explores the effects of crowding on homeless shelter families who inhabit family dormitory rooms. She will explore the effects of local environmental controls, such as bedside lighting fixtures to read to children in bed, privacy curtains and other enhancements to determine if they may have a countering effect on residents' sense of hopelessness and may improve overall perceptions of satisfaction.