Faculty Research Grant:

David Faflik, English, “Benjamin Franklin em Brasil.”

Scott Kushner, Communication Studies, “Crowd Control: Organizing Audiences around Spectacle in the Industrial Era.” 

 

Graduate Research Grant:

Rachel Afua Ansong, English, “Adinkra: Akans in the Gullah Geechee.”

 

Visiting Scholar Awards:

Kathleen Davis, English, will bring in Honoree Jeffers (Professor of English, University of Oklahoma) to speak as part of URI’s annual “The Caged Bird Sing” Poetry Contest and Festival. Postponed to Fall 2020.

Ignacio Perez-Ibanez, Languages, will bring in Professor Miguel Zugasti (Professor of Literature, Universidad de Navarra) to speak at URI’s international conference on Hispanic Golden Age theater. Postponed to May 2021.

Ryan Trimm, English, will bring in Lewis Gordon (Professor of English, University of Connecticut) to speak about “A Philosophical Look at Black Music.” Postponed to the 2020-21 academic year.

William Stark, Languages, seeks to bring in Guillermo Gomez-Pena and La Pocha Nostra, in conjunction with URI’s Distinguished Visiting Artist Program, in Fall 2020.