Grant and Fellowship Awards

Faculty Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities for 2007-2008
(4 awards at $2,000 each)

Robert G. Weisbord, Professor of History, the Eric Roiter Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for a project entitled “Black Power and the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.”
Evelyn Sterne, Associate Professor of History, the Jabour Family Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for a project called “Blue State Bible Belt: Evangelical Protestantism in Twentieth-Century New England.”
Lars O. Erickson, Associate Professor of French and Director of URI’s French International Engineering Program, the Richard Beaupre Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for a project called “Global Engineers: Forging a New Professional Identity at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne.”
Ryan S. Trimm, Assistant Professor of English and Film Studies, the Doug Ramos Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for a project called “Cultural Value: Transacting Worth in Postimperial Britain.”

Faculty Research Grants in the Humanities for Fall, 2007
(3 awards of $1,200 each)

Travis D. Williams, Assistant Professor of English, for a project called “Mathematical Enargeai: Mental Vision and the Rhetorical Function of Early Modern Mathematical Notation.”
Judith Swift, Professor of Communication Studies and Theatre, Tom Silvia and Shannon Chandley Research Grant for a project called “Voices of Katrina: Speaking in the Aftermath.”
Alain-Philippe Durand, Associate Professor of French, Film Media, and Comparative Literature, Eric F. Kumpf Memorial Faculty Research Grant to assist in the completion of a book called “The French Jorge Amado.”

Faculty Research Grants in the Humanities for Spring, 2008
(2 awards of $1,200 each)

Jennifer Jones, Assistant Professor of English, David and Tracey Maron Faculty Research Grant, for a project called “Wordsworth and Italy: Inscription, Graffiti, and the Art of Nature.”
Wendy Roworth, Professor of Art and Art History, Shannon Chandley and Tom Silvia Faculty Research Grant, for a project called “Salvator Rosa’s Fortuna and the Fortunes of Salvator Rosa.”

Fellowships in the Humanities for Junior Scholars 2007-2008
(1 award of one course release, $3500)

Jeremiah Dyehouse, Assistant Professor in the College Writing Program, the James Duffy Faculty Research Grant for a project called “Rhetorical Strategy in the American Museum of Natural History’s Halls of Vertebrate Evolution.”

Graduate Student Fellowships in the Humanities for Fall 2007
(4 awards at $1,000 each)

Christopher Jazwa, History Department, the Mark and Donna Ross Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a master’s thesis called “Temporal Changes in Prehistoric Landscape Usage along the Southern Rhode Island Coast.”
Shawn M. Edge, History Department, the David and Tracey Maron Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a master’s thesis called “Barrels and Bibles: Conflict and Compromise between Whalemen and Missionaries in the Sandwich Islands, 1820-1860.”
Blair H. Walker, Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, the Robert Stevens Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a master’s thesis called “Livery in Newport’s Gilded Age.”
Deborah Marie Vorse, Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, for a master’s thesis called “Reflections of Modernism: Textiles from the Tirocchi Dressmaking Shop, 1915-1947”

Graduate Student Fellowships in the Humanities for Spring, 2008
(5 awards at $1,000 each)

Alisa Augenstein, History Department, Richard Beaupre Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a master’s thesis titled “Construction of Perfection; the history, theory, modern employment, and re-use of domed structures” (Sponsor: Prof. Mary Hollinshead, Art and Art History)
Gretchen Cohenour, English Department, for a Ph.D. dissertation titled “Early Gothic Novels and Gendered Spaces” (Sponsor: Prof. Josie Campbelll, English)
Sarah Moore, Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, Mark and Donna Ross Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a master’s thesis titled “Fashion Blogs, Fashion Cities: New Media and the Cultural Geography of Fashion” (Sponsor: Prof. Åbbey Lillethum, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design)
Bryna Siegel, English Department, Hometown Newspapers Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a Ph. D. dissertation titled “Persistence, Resistance, and Change: Toward a Critical Praxis for Researched Writing” (Sponsor: Prof. Libby Miles)
Aaron Tillman, English Department, Eric Roiter Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for a Ph.D. dissertation titled “Magical American Jew: Fantasy and the Portrayal of Ethnicity in Contemporary Jewish American Short Fiction and Film” (Sponsor: Prof. Naomi Mandel)

Faculty Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities
($1750 each)

E. Rae Ferguson, Associate Professor, Department of History, awarded the Doug Ramos Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for “The Lives and Works of African American Performers in New York City, 1950-1980”
David Gitlitz, Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, awarded the Mark and Donna Ross Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for “The Lost Minyan”
Naomi Mandel, Assistant Professor, Department of English, awarded the David Maron Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for “Visions of Violence, Ethical Work”
Nicolai N. Petro, Professor, Department of Political Science, awarded the Tom Silvia and Shannon Chandley Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for “Will East Meet West? The Role of Orthodox Politics in the New Europe”
Andrea Rusnock, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, awarded the Howard Gurvitch Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for “The Birth of Vaccination”
Catherine M. Sama, Associate Professor of Italian and Film Media, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, awarded the Jabour Family Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities for “Women Shaping Culture in Eighteenth-Century Venice”

Fall 2006
- Piotr A. Skuza, English, Robert Stevens Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for “Technologies of Identity” ($800)
Spring 2007
- Claire E. Reynolds, English, Eric Kumpf Memorial Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities for “National Crisis and the Nexus of Class, Race, and Gender in American Literature” ($1,000)