Congratulations to two of our Arts and Humanities Division Councilors who were awarded NEH Humanities Connections Grants in the 2018 round!

M. Soledad Caballero, associate professor of English at Allegheny College (PA) and CUR Arts and Humanities Councilor, is co-PD with Aimee Knupsky on “Ethical Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Enhance Humanistic Thinking,” which received an NEH Humanities Connections Planning Grant of $34,987. The project aims to develop an “Ethical Interdisciplinary” partnership that will expand the role of humanities education for undergraduates.

Amy Woodbury Tease, associate professor of English and director of undergraduate education at Norwich University (VT), received $35,000 in Humanities Connections Planning funds for her project, “Developing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum to Foster Citizen Scholars,” five interdisciplinary courses on the theme of resilience, co-taught by faculty in humanities and non-humanities fields.

According to the NEH website: “The Humanities Connections grant program seeks to expand the role of the humanities in undergraduate education at two- and four-year institutions. Grants will support innovative curricular approaches that foster productive partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences and in pre-service or professional programs (such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-driven fields).”

For more information on this UR-focused grant program: https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-connections-planning-grants