LAS faculty awarded grants from Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities

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Four faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Science (LAS) have been awarded research grants from the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (CEAH).

CEAH Research Grants provide funding to faculty in the arts, design and humanities. The awards support summer research and course release, as well as artistic and humanistic research and creative projects that contribute to scholarly development and academic career progression.

The following LAS faculty members have been awarded 2022-23 CEAH Research Grants for their proposals:

  • Bonar Hernandez, associate professor in the Department of History: “Transnational Catholicism: Guatemala and the Vatican, 1939-1964.”
  • Christopher Hopkins, professor in the Department of Music and Theatre: “Galilei Dialogues.”
  • Megan Myers, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures: “Daughters of the Diaspora: Reading Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat.”
  • Cristina Pardo-Ballester, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures: “Translating Spanish Comedic and Fantasy Genres into English.”

Additional information
Tenured or tenure-track faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with a home department in the arts or humanities, may apply for CEAH grants. Awards are usually up to $6,000.

For more information, please visit the CEAH website.