IAH Announces Spring 2009 Fellows

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) is pleased to announce the faculty members awarded Faculty Fellowships for the spring 2009 semester and Academic Leadership Fellowships for 2009. 

Faculty Fellows Program

The Faculty Fellows program provides Fellows with semester leaves to work on research and composition or to develop new material for courses and programs. Under the guidance of IAH Associate Director Julia T. Wood (pictured), the Fellows gather in Hyde Hall weekly to share a meal and discuss their work.

IAH Faculty Fellowships support work related to the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences. The Chapman Family Faculty Fellowships are awarded to outstanding teachers who regularly teach undergraduate students. 

The Faculty Fellows and their respective research topics for the spring 2009 semester are as follows:

• Martine Antle, T. Winfield Blackwell Jr. Fellow, professor of romance languages, “Strategies of Resistance in Contemporary Art: The Contributions of Arab Women Artists”
• Deborah Bender, Chapman Family Faculty Fellow, clinical professor of health policy and management, “You Can Never Quite Go Home Again: Reflections on Global and Local Service Learning”
• Carole Blair, John W. Burress III Fellow, professor of communication studies, “Commemorative Diplomacy: American Memory of World War I in Europe”
• Anne MacNeil, Chapman Family Faculty Fellow, associate professor of music, “Opera and the Commedia dell’Arte”
• Tim Marr, Chapman Family Faculty Fellow, associate professor of American studies, “Evolving Cosmopolitan American Studies”
• Louise McReynolds, D. Earl Pardue Fellow, professor of history, “Murder Most Russian: True Crime and Punishment in Late Imperial Russia”
• Marc Schachter, UNC-Duke Exchange Fellow, assistant professor of romance studies at Duke University, “Desiring Philology: The Classical Tradition and the History of Sexuality in Renaissance Italy and France”
• Sarah Sharma, Hyde Family Foundation Fellow, assistant professor of communication studies, “Mediating Speeds: The Politics of Time and Difference”

For more information on IAH Fellowships, visit our Fellowships page.

Academic Leadership Program

In addition, the IAH is pleased to announce the eight faculty members chosen to participate in our Academic Leadership Program (ALP). The ALP facilitates leadership skills growth and provides an arena for honest discussion and long-term networking.

Activities for the ALP participants include weekend retreats, weekly meetings in Hyde Hall and off-site leadership development workshops. IAH Associate Director Kim Strom-Gottfried (pictured, photo credit: Crystal Street) and David Kiel, senior consultant for faculty leadership programs, lead the ALP. 

The following faculty members have been chosen to participate in the ALP during the 2009 year:

• Patrick Akos, School of Education
• Michele Berger, Women’s Studies
• Robert Duronio, Biology
• Carl Ernst, Religious Studies
• Daniel Gitterman, Public Policy
• Mary Palmer, School of Nursing
• Steve Reznick, Psychology
• Dulcie Murdoch-Straughan, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

For more information on the Academic Leadership Program, visit our Leadership Program page.