2023-2024 Award Recipients

Please join us in congratulating the following recipients of fellowships and grants awarded for 2023-2024!

MID-CAREER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP for 2023-24:

Emma Scioli (Associate Professor, Classics)

HUMANITIES RESIDENT FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS for 2023-24:

Christine Bourgeois (Assistant Professor, French, Francophone, & Italian)

Sheyda Jahanbani (Associate Professor, History)

Renee R. B. Perelmutter (Professor, Jewish Studies/Slavic Languages & Literature)

Pritha Prasad (Assistant Professor, English)

Francisca Maria Velasco (Professor, Visual Art)

RICHARD AND JEANNETTE SIAS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES for 2023-24:

Giang Nguyen-Dien (PhD Candidate, American Studies)

Ayah Wakkad (PhD Candidate, English)

FACULTY RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS:

Elizabeth Berghout (Associate Professor, Music)

Kelly Chong (Professor, Sociology)

Verónica Garibotto (Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Studies)

Tim Hossler (Associate Professor, Architecture & Design)

Raphael Acosta Morales (Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Studies)

Brad Osborn (Associate Professor, Music)

Renee R.B. Perelmutter (Associate Professor, Jewish Studies/ Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Ben Rosenthal (Associate Professor, Visual Art)

Ketty Wong-Cruz (Associate Professor, Music)

Stephanie Zelnick (Professor, Music)

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS:

D’Arlyn Bell (doctoral candidate, Public Affairs and Administration)

Pere DeRoy (doctoral candidate, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

Jessina Emmert (doctoral candidate, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

Andrew Frederick (doctoral candidate, Geography)

Allison Lewis (doctoral candidate, American Studies)

Daisuke Murata (doctoral candidate, Art History)

Haoran Ni (doctoral candidate, History)

Ifeloju Ijasini Olusanya(doctoral candidate, Architecture, Design, & Planning)

Vidhita Raina (doctoral candidate, Art History)

Yayoi Shinoda (doctoral candidate, Art History)

VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH BOOK PUBLICATION AWARD: 

Sheyda Jahanbani (Associate Professor, History)

APPLIED HUMANITIES SUMMER FELLOWS

Bernice Abolga (master’s candidate, African & African-American Studies): Front Porch Alliance

Emily Counsil (master’s candidate, English): Humanities Kansas

Lynzee Flores (doctoral candidate, Communication Studies): Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area

Hannah Johnson (master’s candidate, Art History): Black Archives of Mid-America

Allison Lewis (doctoral candidate, American Studies): Lawrence Public Library

Shawna Shipley-Gates (doctoral candidate, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies): Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity

Kirsten Wang (master’s candidate, African & African-American Studies): Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity

Brendan Williams-Childs (MFA candidate, English): Watkins Museum of History

APPLIED HUMANITIES BOOT CAMP

Luis Ahmed Sanchez Arrocha (doctoral candidate, Spanish & Portuguese)

Rachel Andreini (master’s candidate, English)

Marzieh Ashrafian (doctoral candidate, Theatre and Performance Studies)

Jennifer Babitzke (master’s candidate, Sociology)

Abby Breyer (doctoral candidate, English)

Zoe SuHuey Chan (master’s candidate, French, Francophone, & Italian Studies)

Mohsen Fatemi (doctoral candidate, Public Affairs and Administration)

Alicia Houser (doctoral candidate, History)

Hannah Johnson (master’s candidate, Art History)

Annabelle Lyne (doctoral candidate, History)

Omowunmi Olaleye (doctoral candidate, School of Social Welfare)

Guillermina Pena-Sandoval (doctoral candidate, Spanish & Portuguese)

Abigail Scott (doctoral candidate, History)

Aakanchcha Raj (doctoral candidate, Architecture, Design, and Planning)

Oluwaseun Sanwoolu (master’s candidate, Philosophy)

Shawna Shipley-Gates (doctoral candidate, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

Kaitlyn Stewart (master’s candidate, English)

Banin Sukmono (master’s candidate, Philosophy)

Chang Wang (doctoral candidate, Linguistics)

SCHOLARS ON SITE

Dave Tell (Professor, Communications Studies)

VISITING REGIONAL FACULTY

Deja Beamon (Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, UMKC)

SIMONS PUBLIC HUMANITIES FELLOW

Michael Holtz (Journalist)