Spring 2024 DEI Programming Grants
Academic DEI Programming Grants
With financial and administrative support from the Office of the Provost, the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) invites full and part-time faculty members and staff to apply for monetary grants up to $1000. These grants are intended to support interdisciplinary collaborative public programming across the college.
Spring 2024 Theme: Continued Collaboration
This year, we are again seeking joint applications that will build our capacity for DEI on our campus through interdisciplinary, collaborative programming. The grant will support collaborative programming that addresses more than one disciplinary perspective, and the potential to attract audiences with different questions, modes of analysis, and notions of “product.” Applications must consist of two or more collaborators with preference given to partnerships across schools and/or different disciplinary perspectives.
Spring 2024 Grant Recipients
| Name | Department |
| Visda Goudarzi | Audio Arts and Acoustics |
| Robert Hanserd | Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Darlene Jackson | Career Center |
| Andrew Krzak | English and Creative Writing |
| Grace Overbeke | Theatre |
| Susan Padveen | Theatre |
| Kelsa Rieger-Haywood | Dance |
| LaVance Walker | Student Persistence |
| Dr. John Williams | Theatre |
Spring 2023 Grant Recipients
Cultural Opportunities and Diversity Expo (CODE) – Darlene Jackson (Career Center), Madeline Smith (TRIO), Roy Salazar (TRIO), Jeff Spitz (CTVA), Charee Mosby-Holloway (SDI)
Prison and Neighborhood Arts Project – Dave Pabellon (Design), Sarah Ross (SAIC)
Neuro-inclusive Training & Programming – Grace Overbeke (Theater), Jackie Spinner (Communication), Melissa Gamble (Fashion Studies)
Learning From Native Writers & Artists – Joan Giroux (Art & Art History), Onur Öztürk (Art & Art History), Carolina Alaya (ECW), Jay Bigboy (ECW), Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin (Communication), Laurie Hewlings-Little (CTVA), Rich King (HHSS), Jeanne Petrolle (ECW), Jeff Spitz (CTVA)
Diversity, Inclusivity, and the Future of Avatars: An Interdisciplinary Workshop and Discussion – Lauren Peters (Fashion), Taylor Hokanson (Art & Art History)
Equity in Exhibition Application Processes – Philip von Zweck (Art & Art History, Design), Meg Duguid (DEPS), Jude Bettridge (Communication)
Tom Jones Lecture in Photography – Karen Irvine (MoCP), Kelli Connell (Photography)