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2022 Catalyst Fund Recipient Presentations May 2023
Five grants of $20,000 each were awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year in support of the scholarship of five tenure-track assistant professors, one in each of the following themes: Social Justice, Social Science, Humanities, STEM, and Interdisciplinary. Sonia De La Cruz, SIAS; Angela Kitali, SET and Matthew Ford, SET; Anaid Yerena, Urban Studies; Jinlan Ni, Milgard School of Business; and Zaher Kamil, SIAS and Gordon Brobbey, School of Education.
2021 Founders Endowment Recipient Presentations May 2022
Seven faculty researchers were awarded small Founders Endowment grants last year through a competitive process run by the Research Advisory Committee of Faculty Assembly in collaboration with the Office of Research to pursue their research, many of which involved students. Kelly Kim - Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry Division of Science and Mathematics, SIAS; Sarah Alaei - Assistant Professor of Microbiology Division of Science and Mathematics, SIAS; Chieh (Sunny) Cheng - Assistant Professor School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership; Jane Compson - Associate Professor Division of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, SIAS; Martine De Cock – Professor School of Engineering & Technology; Barb Toews - Associate Professor School of Social Work & Criminal Justice; and Jenny Xiao - Assistant Professor Division of Social, Behavioral & Human Sciences, SIAS presented their funded research and recent findings.
Social Justice Scholarship Presentation - Dr. Billye Sankofa Waters: Toward a Radical Identity Praxis: Researching with folx who look like me May 2022
In late 2021, Sankofa Waters began interviewing 12 folx born within the critical influence of Hip Hop across the Deep South, NY and the Midwest, addressing the question: How do Black folx cultivate everyday practices of liberation? As Black storytellers, they pivot away from DuBois’ musings regarding the white gaze in 1903, “what does it feel like to be a problem,” and pivot toward #BlackFolxAreRich. This talk focuses on home. Because from their vantage point, home nurtures strong Black identities. These strong Black identities always trouble Eurocentric curriculum and foster urgency to decolonize institutional spaces steeped in anti-Black racism. Telling the story of home means privileging Nana, Paw Paw and nem over Columbus. It means journeying from survival toward healing and wonderment.
