Announcing the 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows
May 6, 2024 | Kristen Chavez
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows. The Faculty Fellowship Program offers College of Arts and Sciences faculty the opportunity to pursue ambitious artistic and scholarly projects that lead to publication, exhibition, composition, or performance.
During a semester-long, on-campus Fellowship, Fellows meet weekly to exchange ideas with an interdisciplinary cohort of peers. Faculty Fellows often demonstrate a track record of engaging in scholarship that breaks new ground in their respective fields, having an interest in communicating the results of their research to a broader audience, and working to bring that knowledge back into the classroom.
The Fellows and their projects are listed below.
Fall 2024 Fellows
Kathleen Fitzgerald, McGowan Fellow
Teaching Associate Professor, Sociology
“The Role of Parents in Educating Their College-Bound Children about Sexual Assault Prevention”
David Garcia, Burress Fellow
Professor, Music
“Border Crossings: Latin U.S. History We Weren’t Taught” (Podcast)
Julia Gibson, Turner Fellow
Associate Professor, Dramatic Art
“Becoming Invisible?”
Ji-Yeon Jo, Ellison Fellow
Associate Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
“Un/Settling Korean Diasporas: Cinematic Interventions and Transruptions”
Seth Kotch, Arts & Humanities Fellow – Race, Memory, and Reckoning Initiative
Associate Professor, American Studies
“Dead South: A History of the Death Penalty in the Former Confederacy”
Elizabeth Olson, Townsend Fellow
Professor, Geography and Environment
“The Place of Care: Youth Caregivers and the Care Crisis in America”
Morgan Pitelka, Johnson Fellow
Bernard L. Herman Distinguished Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
“The Resilience of Kyoto: Environmental and Cultural Renewal, 1586-1670”
Ana Silva Campo, Taylor Fellow
Assistant Professor, History
“Travelers of the Half-Moon Gate: Religion, Race, and the Right to Wealth in Early Cartagena de Indias”
Rebecca Walker, Schwab Fellow
Professor, Philosophy and Social Medicine
“Physicians and Punishment: ‘First, do no harm’ in the U.S. Prison System”
Andrew Whittemore, Bernstein Fellow
Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning
“Pursuits of Permanence: The Privileged Enclave in a Capitalist Society”
Spring 2025
Anna Agbe-Davies, Cramer Fellow – Race, Memory, and Reckoning Initiative
Associate Professor, Anthropology
“Making Race Women: An Archaeology of Civil Rights and Civic Responsibility in the 20th Century”
Lisa Calvente, Espy Fellow
Assistant Professor, Communication
“The King of New York: Neoliberalism, Hip Hop, and Black Love”
Stephanie DeGooyer, Dubose Fellow
Assistant Professor, English and Comparative Literature
“Asylum Nation: A History of How States Reject and Protect People”
Juliane Hammer, Belk Fellow
Professor, Religious Studies
“Islam and Feminism: Activism, Knowledge, Community”
Keren He, Ellison Fellow
Assistant Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
“Anti-Aging in Chinese-Speaking Worlds”
Thomas Hofweber, Pardue Fellow
Professor, Philosophy
“Are Language Models Rational? Comparing Human and Artificial Intelligence”
Sharon Holland, Hyde Fellow
Professor, American Studies
“Queer Eyes: Readings of ‘Outsider’ Art”
Scott Kirsch, Blackwell Fellow
Professor, Geography and Environment
“Kress Variety Stores and the Architecture of Mass Consumption: A Building Geographies Approach”
Katya Pertsova, Borden Fellow
Associate Professor, Linguistics
“The Language of Propaganda”
The Faculty Fellowship Program will begin accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year on July 1.
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