2023-24 Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards
The School of Arts & Sciences is pleased to continue this year with our two interdisciplinary programs (Collaborative and Individual) in agreement with the PC200 recommendation.
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Awardees
The Collaborative Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards support cross-disciplinary Ordinary faculty teams in the School of Arts & Sciences in joint study of a common research question.
Awardees and their projects are:
Re-Imagining Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
William Longo
Assistant Professor of Music
Erin Joy Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Film
Shadows of the Past and Visions of the Future
How Colonial Histories and Feminist Philosophy Manifest in the Myremecologically inspired Artwork of Complex Insect Societies
Virginia Thomas
Assistant Professor of Art History and Women’s & Gender Studies
James Waters
Professor of Biology
Individual Interdisciplinary Awardees
The Individual Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards support individual Ordinary PC faculty members in any department or program in the School of Arts & Sciences who bring an interdisciplinary approach to their own research. Awardees and their projects are:
The Stereoscopic Picturesque
Bruce Graver
Professor of English
Narratives of Corporate Engagement in Global Environment Governance
Casey Stevens
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Awards can be used for research expenses (research or conference travel, supplies, fees, etc.), stipends for student researchers, and/or faculty stipends up to $500 per faculty member. Projects can be based on existing or continuing research initiatives or may represent a new direction of study. The incorporation of student researchers is encouraged, but not required.
