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Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal
Colleges and Universities, 2007
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Division of Education Programs
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Announced: November 2006 |
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Arizona |
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Dine College, Tsaile (Outright: $25,540)
Contact: Cristine Soliz, (928) 283-6557
Project: The Frontier of Native American Literature: Imaginative Paths to Discovery
Description: A year-long series of workshops for faculty at Dine College that would explore
Native American literature.
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California |
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California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Outright: $30,000)
Contact: Mark Wild, (323) 343-2223
Project: Cultures of Engagement in an Era of Displacement
Description:
A year-long project and a four-day symposium to explore current scholarship in migration studies for faculty from
California State University, Los Angeles, and neighboring Hispanic-Serving community colleges.
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Kentucky |
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Kentucky State University, Frankfort (Outright: $29,862)
Contact: George Weick, (502) 597-5924
Project: Reinvigorating Humanities Teaching and Learning through a Comparative Approach to World Literature
Description: A program to enhance the comparative study of classic works of Western civilization along with selected non-Western
and African American works for ten faculty members engaged in revising the core curriculum.
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Louisiana
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Grambling State University, Grambling (Outright: $75,000)
Contact: Hugh Wilson, (318) 274-2524
Project: Enhancing the Comprehension, Appreciation and Teaching of Western Literature: from Homer to Shakespeare at HBCUs
Description: A month-long summer program of study of Homer, Dante, Marie de France, Christine de Pizan, and Shakespeare for six to eight faculty members at Grambling and participants selected from neighboring Historically Black College and Universities. |
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Minnesota |
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White Earth Tribal and Community College, Mahnomen (Outright: $74,807)
Contact: Nyleta Belgarde, (218) 935-0417
Project: To Sanction, To Give Authority, To Bring to Life: Gi-bugadin-a-maa-goom
Description: The development of a digital resource to support the preservation and revitalization of the Ojibwe language and culture. |
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Mississippi |
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Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena (Outright: $30,000)
Contact: Jianqing Zheng, (662) 254-3453
Project: Richard Wright: A Mississippi Writer
Description: A project on Richard Wright and his works, to include workshops and the development of teaching materials, for faculty and school teachers from the Mississippi Delta.
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Texas |
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Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View
(Outright: $74,843)
Contact: James Palmer, (936) 857-4050
Project: Reeling Them In: Invigorating the Humanities Through Film At Two Texas Historically Black Colleges
Description: A collaboration between Prairie View A & M University and Texas Southern University to prepare faculty at both institutions to develop and teach courses on the history and the critical interpretation of film.
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El Paso Community College, El Paso (Outright: $28,255)
Contact: Manuel Velez, (915) 831-2252
Project: EPCC Chicana/o Studies Humanities Institute
Description: A series of workshops on Chicano/Mexican-American studies for faculty at El Paso Community College.
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Virginia |
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Virginia State University, Petersburg (Outright: $30,000)
Contact: Dirk Phillipsen, (804) 524-5521
Project: Freedom, Economics and Religion: Race and African American Experience in the Atlantic World: The Case of Petersburg, VA
Description: Four workshops on the history of Petersburg, aimed at developing a model for teaching local history in a global context.
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