2025-2026 Faculty Advancement Fund Recipients
The Office of Research and Creative Scholarship thanks the Faculty Development and Research Council for their contribution of time in service to review this year’s applications and develop their recommendations. Congratulations to the following recipients of this year’s Faculty Advancement Fund Grant:
Lizzy Cooper Davis, Department of Performing Arts: Ritual4Return: Boston.
Leah Vonderheide, Department of Visual and Media Arts: Models of Mentorship: Uncovering the Pedagogical and Creative Legacy of Māori Filmmaker Merata Mita in Hawai’i.
Seth Harter, Marlboro Institute: To Think with the Whole Body: Approaching the Cultural History of Japan through Physical Practice.
Michael Ryan, Department of Visual and Media Arts: ROAD TO BALLYSHANON Irish film.
L. Marc Fields, Department of Visual and Media Arts: THE MIDWAY IN SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW: A 21ST CENTURY GUIDE.
Russell Newman, Marlboro Institute: Logistics Against Democracy: Unravelling the Political Economies and Policy Implications of Data Flows in Emergent AI-Driven Worlds.
Amy Beecher, Department of Visual and Media Arts: Lifestyle Pictures.
Nathaniel Justiniano, Department of Visual and Media Arts: On Ugliness
Lisa Wisman Weil, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders: Early Intervention and Factors Supporting Family Well-Being.
Hunter Vaughn, Department of Visual and Media Arts: Emerson Environmental Media Lab
Catherine Nguyen, Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing: Upcoming Book on Vietnamese Diaspora (Book Project Work towards Tenure).
Gino Canella, Department of Journalism: Raising Class Consciousness – Edited Volume