Tag: Faculty Grants

Edward Vazquez (History of Art & Architecture) has been awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) in support of his 2013-14 leave. He will spend the year in Germany completing a book project titled Aspects: Fred Sandback’s Sculpture. The book will be the first scholarly monograph on this modern artist who…Continue Reading Edward Vazquez Wins ACLS Fellowship

Bill Waldron (Religion) was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities that provides support for his 2012-13 leave and ongoing research. Titled An Introduction to the Yogacara School of Indian Buddhism, this book project aims to provide a useful and relatively accessible introduction to  one of the most influential yet complex schools…Continue Reading Bill Waldron Awarded NEH Fellowship

Huda Fakhreddine (Arabic) has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Humanities in support of her 2013-2014 leave for a project titled: A Study of Classic Arabic Poetry through the Lens of Metapoesis (Modern Critical Theory). The goal of this book project is to expand the study of metapoesis from the study…Continue Reading Huda Fakhreddine Awarded NEH Fellowship

Barbara Hofer (Psychology) has received funding for her 2013-14 leave from the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. She will be teaching one course, Virtual Selves: Psychology and Emerging Technology, and conducting research on digital connections and the study-abroad experience. The award covers a stipend and expenses for two study trips in Denmark, as well as housing and…Continue Reading Barbara Hofer receives funding for study in Denmark

Erick Gong (Economics) and a colleague from the International Food Policy Institute have received funding from IFPRI and a program for alumni of the Hewlett Dissertation Fellowships program for a two-year research project in Kenya titled Can Savings Accounts Save Lives? Financial products for improving sexual and reproductive health. The goal of this project is to…Continue Reading Erick Gong Gets Funding for Kenya Research

Leticia Arroyo Abad (Economics & IPE)  has received funding from the National Science Foundation to  research the history of fiscal capacity, inequality, and growth in Latin America. Her work is part of the Global Prices and Income History Group, a long-term NSF-funded collaborative effort administered by the National Bureau of Economic Research….Continue Reading Leticia Arroyo Abad Awarded NSF Funding

Susan Watson (Physics) has been awarded supplemental funding from the National Science Foundation to cover travel expenses to Denmark for her and two students for each of the next two years. While at the University of Copenhagen, where her main collaborator has relocated, she and her students will continue the quantum physics research funded by…Continue Reading Susan Watson Awarded NSF Supplement

Jeff Howarth (Geography) and Jeanne Albert (Center for Teaching, Learning & Research) have each received a small grant to develop a blended approach to courses they’re scheduled to teach this coming year: GEOG 0120 –  Fundamental of GIS and MATH 0100 – A World of Mathematics. These grants are part of the Next Generation Learning…Continue Reading Jeff Howarth & Jeanne Albert: Small Grants for Course Development

Pete Ryan (Geology) has been awarded a grant through the National Science Foundation’s RUI mechanism to research rates and mechanisms of mineral reactions and associated chemical changes that occur as tropical soils mature. The project, titled Landscape-scale Implications of Mineral Reaction Rates and Mechanisms in Tropical Soils: Insights from Soil Chronosequences and Synthesis Experiments, involves…Continue Reading Pete Ryan Awarded NSF RUI Grant