Three ARHU Faculty awarded Special Purpose Innovation Grants for projects addressing race, equity and justice

As part of ARHU's campaign to address race, equity and justice, Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill added a special purpose fund to award projects that directly contribute to antiracism, equity, and/or social justice efforts. The three awardees include: 

Tamanika Ferguson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Communication
Awarded a Special Purpose Innovation Grant for her Voices From the Inside: Incarcerated Women Speak book project.

Anita Atwell Seate, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Awarded a Special Purpose Innovation Grant for her ‘I Can’t Breathe’ and Police Brutality: Expanding Our Understanding of Group-based Conflict through Methodolical Innovation project.  

Siv Lie, Assistant Professor, School of Music
Awarded a Special Purpose Innovation Grant for her Django Generations: Hearing Ethnorace, Citizenship, and Jazz Manouche in France book project