Faculty Highlights

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  Vazquez and Wright Published

  Karina Vazquez, Director of Community-Based Learning, and Martha Wright, Assistant Curator of Academic and Public Engagement, published "Bridging Gaps and Disadvantages: University Students using Museums in Spanish as a Practice towards Inclusion" in University Museums and Collections Journal.

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  Tilton and Arnold Awarded

  Lauren Tilton and Taylor Arnold in partnership with Harvard Libraries received a $50,000 grant from “Collections As Data," which is funded by the Mellon Foundation. The project uses distant viewing and computer vision to analyze social protest photography.  

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  Townes Appointed to Associate Editor

  Armond Towns, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, was appointed to Associate Editor for the Journal of Cultural Economy.
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  Johnson and Donald Published

  Miles Johnson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Kelling J. Donald, Professor of Chemistry, published On Transannulation in Azaphosphatranes: Synthesis and Theoretical Analysis in Inorganic Chemistry
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  Weist Awarded

  Caroline Weist, Assistant Professor of German Studies, was named one of four ASTR Research Fellowship winners this year for her book project, "Refiguring Volkskörper: Disability and Critical Corporeality on the Twentieth-Century German Stage."

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  Spera Awarded

  Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, has been awarded $705,261 from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a three year project, Quantifying the Effects of Forest Cover Changes on Provisioning and Regulating Ecosystem Services in the Southwestern Amazon.

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  Grayson Awarded

  Kristine Grayson, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Richmond, has been awarded just over $100,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture for her research on invasive species. Read more.

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  Roof Awarded

  Tracy Roof, associate professor of political science, has been awarded $5,250 from Virginia Humanities and $1,220 from the Princeton University Library for her new book project exploring the history of food stamps in America. Read more.

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  Bukach Awarded

  Cindy Bukach, associate professor of psychology, has been awarded a $719,895 grant from the NSF as part of a $2m project entitled, Collaborative Research: Level II Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM-related fields Using Electrophysiology.

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  Datta Receives Grant

  Monti Narayan Datta, associate professor of political science, has received a $33,000 grant from The Achelis & Bodman Foundation to further his research on modern slavery.