SLA Faculty Receive Grants and Fellowships for the 2011-2012 Academic Year
As we come to the close of another extremely successful academic year, I want to take this opportunity to highlight some of the grants won this year by our faculty. If you follow the "News from the Field," you already know that the faculty members of SLA are involved in amazing research and creative activities. From the streets of New Orleans to the far-flung reaches of the world, they are involved in projects as wide ranging as the School itself. They are combing historic archives, exploring the impact of environmental change, producing astonishing works of art, and even teaching the world to dance. Upon returning to Tulane, they will then bring their research back into the classroom to engage the imagination and hone the skills of their students. As the recipients of highly competitive grants, they received these grants on the basis of the quality of their proposed work and their reputations as outstanding scholars and artists. I know you join me, then, in congratulating the individuals listed below on their impressive awards.
William Balée, Professor of Anthropology
Fulbright Fellowship for research/teaching in the Malaysian Archipelago
Alan Barreca, Assistant Professor of Economics
RAND Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of Aging
Jean-Godefroy Bidima, Professor of French
The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Senior Fellowship in Nantes, France
Margaret Butler, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) Fellowship
Marcello A. Canuto, Associate Professor of Anthropology/Director of the Middle American Research Institute
Italian government’s Ministry of Environment Grant
Emily Clark, Associate Professor of History
ATLAS (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund
Peter Cooley, Professor of English/Director of Creative Writing
ATLAS (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund
Gaurav Desai, Associate Professor of English/African and African Diaspora Studies
Residential Award at the Fundacion Valparaiso in Mojarca, Spain
Brian Horowitz, Professor of Jewish Studies/Germanic and Slavic Studies
The Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Katharine Jack, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Leakey Foundation Grant
Jana K. Lipman, Assistant Professor of History
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grant
Vicki Mayer, Associate Professor of Communication
NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant
Ryan McBride, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English
American Philosophical Association Grant
Felicia McCarren, Professor of French and Italian
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend Award
Gary Remer, Associate Professor of Political Science
Earhart Foundation Grant
Matt Sakakeeny, Assistant Professor of Music
ATLAS (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund
Wyllys E. Andrews V, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology/Middle American Research Institute
NSF (National Science Foundation) Dissertation Improvement Grant