NEH funding for Christian Keathley and Jason Mittell

Christian Keathley and Jason Mittell (both Film and Media Culture) have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a two-week workshop at Middlebury in June 2015. Twelve participants will come to campus to explore the topic of producing video-based scholarship for the study of the moving image, with the goal of…Continue Reading NEH funding for Christian Keathley and Jason Mittell

Peggy Nelson awarded NSF funding for collaborative research

Peggy Nelson (Sociology-Anthropology) and a colleague at Wellesley College have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for a two-year project titled Social and Biogenetic Factors of New Forms of Families. The goal of this project is to better understand the new kinds of relationships that are made possible when individuals have children…Continue Reading Peggy Nelson awarded NSF funding for collaborative research

Peter Nelson receives NSF funding for international collaboration

Peter Nelson (Geography) and a colleague at Point Park University have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled International Rural Gentrification; research teams from the United Kingdom and France are also funded through their own respective national funding agencies. The entire project is part of the Open Research Area…Continue Reading Peter Nelson receives NSF funding for international collaboration

Catherine Combelles awarded an NIH R15 research grant

Catherine Combelles (Biology) has been awarded an R15 research grant through the National Institutes of Health’s AREA (Academic Research Enhancement Award) program. This grant will support work to determine the effects of endocrine-disrupting compounds on the oocyte and the ovarian follicle, the structure that nurtures the developing oocyte. Because the health of adults, neonates, fetuses,…Continue Reading Catherine Combelles awarded an NIH R15 research grant

Susan Burch and Tara Affolter awarded AALAC funding

Susan Burch (American Studies) and Tara Affolter (Education Studies), with colleagues from Barnard, Haverford, Macalester, Oberlin, Vassar, and Scripps, have been awarded funding from the AALAC consortium (Alliance for the Advancement of Liberal Arts Colleges), the successor to the  Mellon 23 program, for a collaborative workshop that will be held at Barnard in the fall…Continue Reading Susan Burch and Tara Affolter awarded AALAC funding

Peter Nelson – grant for international research project

Peter Nelson (Geography) and a colleague at Point Park University have received a three year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled International Rural Gentrification; research teams from the United Kingdom and France are also funded via their own respective national funding agencies.  The entire project is part of the Open Research…Continue Reading Peter Nelson – grant for international research project

Susan Burch and Tara Affolter – AALAC workshop funding

Susan Burch (American Studies) and Tara Affolter (Education Studies), with colleagues from Barnard, Haverford, Macalester, Oberlin, Vassar, and Scripps, have been awarded funding from the AALAC consortium (Alliance for the Advancement of Liberal Arts Colleges), the successor to the  Mellon 23 program, for a collaborative workshop that will be held at  Barnard  in the fall…Continue Reading Susan Burch and Tara Affolter – AALAC workshop funding

Leticia Arroyo Abad awarded AALAC consortium funding

Leticia Arroyo Abad (Economics) and colleagues from Dennison, Wellesley, Furman, and Williams have been awarded funding from the AALAC consortium (Alliance for the Advancement of Liberal Arts Colleges), the successor to the  Mellon 23 program, for a collaborative workshop that will be held at Middlebury in the spring of 2015. The workshop, titled The Economic History of Race,…Continue Reading Leticia Arroyo Abad awarded AALAC consortium funding

Will Pyle receives funding from Russia’s National Research University

Will Pyle (Economics) has received funding from Russia’s National Research University Higher School of Economics’ (HSE) International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, which will provide support for three years. He will be participating in a research project titled Collective Action in the Business Community and giving a couple of lectures per year…Continue Reading Will Pyle receives funding from Russia’s National Research University