Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is pleased to announce our inaugural Wilkinson Interterm Research Experience (WIRE) program fellows. WIRE empowers students to design and complete meaningful research and creative projects in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, guided by experienced faculty mentors. This unique program provides students with the opportunity to delve
We are thrilled to announce that Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences have been awarded a $5,000 Humanities for All Quick Grant from California Humanities for “Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop and exhibition guide for exhibition ‘Body of the World: The California Landscapes of Inna Jane Ray.’” This grant will support a
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is pleased to announce our inaugural Wilkinson Interterm Research Experience (WIRE) program fellows. WIRE empowers students to design and complete meaningful research and creative projects in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, guided by experienced faculty mentors. This unique program provides students with the opportunity to delve
We are thrilled to announce that Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences have been awarded a $5,000 Humanities for All Quick Grant from California Humanities for “Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop and exhibition guide for exhibition ‘Body of the World: The California Landscapes of Inna Jane Ray.’” This grant will support a
Dr. Chris Bader (Sociology) received two grants totaling $945,515 from the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton Religion Trust for “Using the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) to Strengthen the Religion Research Community.” These awards are part of larger $1,601,031 John Templeton Foundation and $782,086 Templeton Religion Trust awards to Dr. Andrew Whitehead at Indiana
Dr. Angelica Allen (Africana Studies) was selected to be a Society for the Humanities Residential Fellow at Cornell University for the 2024-25 academic year. The fellows include scholars and practitioners who all have projects that reflect on the 2024-25 theme of Silence. Allen’s study is a critical ethnography that focuses on the lived experiences of
Congratulations to the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences projects that were awarded a total of $68,000 from three internal grant programs – Office of Research’s Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities, Wilkinson College’s Scholarly/Creative Activity Faculty Grant, and Fowler School of Engineering’s McGovern Foundation Trusted Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, two faculty
Dr. Justin de Leon (Ethnic Studies) was awarded a $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects Media Arts grant for the Native Film and Storytelling Institute/ Creative Sovereignty Lab (CSL) project, which aims to address the issue of Native American communities being defined by cinema without active participation in their own representations.
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences outstanding faculty in our eight academic departments and numerous interdisciplinary programs support innovative curriculum, cutting-edge research, and public programming to ensure that the arts, humanities, and social sciences remain the distinguishing component in every student’s education. This spring, the Wilkinson College faculty listed below were recognized with
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences students were recently recognized with honors in a series of events that constituted this year’s annual Wilkinson award ceremonies and the 16th annual Campus Leadership Awards. Congratulations to all the winners! Cecil F. Cheverton Award Finalists The Cheverton Award is the oldest and highest undergraduate student honor
Dr. Pete Simi (Sociology) was awarded a $74,999 grant from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska Omaha for work on “International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security.” The International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security (IAPSS) is an international research consortium that brings together academics, government, and
Dr. Richelle Tanner (Environmental Science and Policy) was awarded a $494,256 National Science Foundation Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology (BIO-LEAPS) grant to support the project, “Reforming organizational culture across Biology using a Community of Care framework.” What is the purpose of an academic conference? The general consensus might be to learn, to