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Grants Support Film and Storytelling Efforts to Empower Indigenous Representation and Mental Health

December 2, 2024 by | News

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Assistant Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies Justin de Leon is receiving support through multiple grants aimed at reshaping Indigenous representation in media. These initiatives on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Reservation focus on enhancing mental health and reinforcing cultural identity through storytelling and community filmmaking,

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Dr. Angelica Allen Awarded Society Fellowship

July 16, 2024 by | News

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

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Dr. Justin de Leon awarded $30,000 from Strong Heart Study

April 16, 2024 by | News

Dr. Justin de Leon (Ethnic Studies) was awarded a $30,000 Strongheart Tribal Approach to Research (STAR) Projects grant from the Strong Heart Study (SHS) at the University of Oklahoma. SHS is a study of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among American Indian men and women and is the largest epidemiologic study of American Indians

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Continued NEH Successes

April 25, 2022 by Allison DeVries | English

Congratulations to Dr. Shira Klein (History) and Dr. Nora Rivera (English), who each recently received highly competitive awards funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Dr. Shira Klein, Associate Professor of History, was awarded an NEH Summer Stipend for work on her book, Jews and Race in the Italian Colonization of Africa, 1890–1945.

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