BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University's signature program that expands and promotes the research output of distinguished arts and humanities faculty recently selected its newest student. The Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship is an annual program that supports the work of IU faculty who strive to improve society, revitalize communities, and become national and international leaders in their fields through research and creative work. .
The fellowship, supported by the IU Office of the President and IU Research and administered by the university's assistant vice president for research, is designed to support the diverse needs of each awardee in pursuing innovative research and creative projects. $50,000 in flexible funding. President Pamela Witten he launched this program in 2022.
In addition to funding, recipients will have access to professional development programs and advanced training in areas of specialized training such as grant writing, public scholarly communication, media training, and digital scholarship.
Indiana University President Pamela Whitten poses with former Chancellor's Arts and Humanities Fellows in Bryan House on the IU Bloomington campus. Photo courtesy of James Brosher, Indiana University.
The goal of the IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program is to expand and promote the rich and diverse opportunities in the arts and humanities at Indiana University, and to enable recipients to succeed while making a difference in their fields, locally, and nationally. The goal is to be able to continue. and the international community.
“Congratulations to the 2024 Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellows,” Witten said. “The recipients of this fellowship exemplify the standards set by Indiana University faculty, who have long been leaders in the arts and humanities. This fellowship supports the pursuit of innovative research and creativity across campus. It represents the university's commitment to helping us better understand the world and energize our communities.”
The 2024 IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellows are:
Alison Baker
Alison Baker is an associate professor of art at the Herron School of Art and Design on IIU's Indianapolis campus. She constructs a body of work and monumental public sculpture that commemorates the complexities of late capitalism and illuminates the aspirations and struggles of America's working class and working poor.
Baker builds monuments that challenge dominant narratives and humanize the ramifications of poverty, bringing his own experiences into galleries and museums where America's working class and working poor are rarely represented. I am trying to create works that can be seen as a reflection of my past.
emily beckman
Emily Beckman is an associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts and director of the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program on the Indianapolis campus. Beckman is the co-founder of Build Community Give Care, a nonprofit organization that provides compassionate end-of-life care in Africa.
She plans to use the funding to support research that addresses the need for palliative care education in Uganda. Outcomes include a deeper understanding of palliative care education in Uganda and the pathways available to access it, solutions to improve retention in these education programs, and the development of a medical humanities curriculum at IU. will appear.
katherine bowman
Katherine Bowman, a professor of English in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, is an award-winning poet, author of several poetry collections, and editor of “Word of Mouth: Poems featuring on NPR's 'All Things Thought'” There is also.
Bowman will use the fellowship funds for travel and archival research to significantly advance her sixth collection of poetry, tentatively titled Volver, Volver: An Underworld Intergenre Pilgrimage. This collection imagines and narrates various underworld encounters with several generations of women.
andrew goldman
Andrew Goldman is an assistant professor of music theory in the Jacobs School of Music and an assistant professor of cognitive science in the College of Arts and Sciences. He directs his IU Music and Mind Lab, an interdisciplinary research group that studies music perception and cognition and its role in the human condition.
Goldman will use the fellowship funding to explore the important challenges and contributions of incorporating cognitive science into music research. He plans to study how the historical and cultural context of music cognition researchers has influenced the nature of their scientific work and research results.
Rayford Guins
Rayford Guins is a professor and director of film and media studies at Bloomington's School of Media. He is also an adjunct professor of informatics. He plans to use the funds to support research trips to support the development of his book, tentatively titled “The Museum Game.''
This book explores the emerging realm of games and gaming culture in museums, libraries, and archives around the world. For example, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York recently completed a $70 million expansion, and the Nintendo Museum is planning its long-awaited opening in Kyoto, Japan in 2024. Guins details the relatively new phenomenon of gaming museums. and preservation from an academic perspective.
lisa lenoir
Lisa Lenoir is an assistant professor who teaches courses in the new Fashion Media program at the Media School in Bloomington. Her research investigates contemporary cultural phenomena in media discourse in journalism studies, activism and identity, and consumer culture.
Lenoir will use the funds to investigate the life and work of Chicago Defender journalist Mattie Smith Collin. Colin was a fashion and food editor who covered the return of Emmett Till's body from Mississippi to Chicago in 1955. Review archival materials and compile your findings into a digital bibliography.
Anja Matwikiv
Anja Matwijkiw is a professor of philosophy in the IU Northwest College of Arts and Sciences and an affiliated faculty member of the European Institute at IU Bloomington. She plans to use her funding to research stakeholder philosophy and international law as it relates to the United Nations' rule of law.
Linda Pisano
Linda Pisano is chair and professor in the Department of Theatre, Theater and Contemporary Dance in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences. Her fellowship is sponsored by the Big Ten Academic Alliance and the vice president for faculty and academic affairs.
Pisano will use the fellowship funding to research methods and mechanisms for cultivating new audiences, patrons, and donors for the arts and humanities on college campuses during increasingly challenging times. Her research includes exploring interests in community engagement, education, sociopolitical advocacy, and identity, among others. Pisano wants to ensure that the university communicates the values of the arts and humanities that are fundamental to its institutional identity and the public space it occupies.
spencer steenblick
spencer steenblick He is an assistant professor of integrated design at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design in Bloomington. He plans to use the funding to develop several projects, including manufacturing and testing innovative structural joints and obtaining patents. His main goal is to develop full-scale experimental structures and equipment to test new materials, technologies, and design approaches, and to highlight the need to increase opportunities for young practitioners to engage in similar practical innovations. .
Previous fellows have used funding and resources provided by the IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship to advance in a variety of fields. These include composing chamber music and an AI opera that will premiere next year, and building a floating monument to spotlight underrepresented communities. Chicago.
