Research is a critical focal point at IRR and grants have helped support the advancement of important scholarly thought here at the university and beyond. Whether delivering scholarly insights at a conference or reenvisioning a course, IRR has shared resources with graduate and faculty affiliates to expand the discourse about race, systemic racism, and resistance.
Last year alone, IRR awarded over $50,000 in research grants and supported 18 projects. Recent subsidized research includes the following projects:
Prof. Bernard Forjwuor: The Colonial Construction of Race
Prof. Victoria Hui: Text-mining of words related to mass killing and genocide of minorities and neighbors in China's official histories
Prof. Cyraina Johnson-Roullier: Human, (Re)Imagined
Prof. Vanesa Miseres: Summer Research in Germany
Prof. Marisel Moreno: Book Translation of Crossing Waters into Spanish
Prof. Josh Lund: Unite the Right: A Critical Reassessment
Prof. Emily Wang: Summer study of the Uzbek language
Prof. Steven Alvarado: The Aftermath of Affirmative Action: The Case for Using Neighborhood Disadvantage as a Replacement for Race in College Admissions
Prof. Alison Rice: Translation into French of Worldwide Women Writers in Paris
Graduate Student Grants:
Isaih Dale: History of Textiles: Examining Black Aesthetics in Marrakesh
Spencer French: Religion and Racial Justice in the 20th Century Poetry of the Americas
Sally Hansen: Runaway Tongues: Douglas Kearney’s Dineffable Poetics
Maura Kraemer: Student Racial Conceptualization: Understanding its Roots and Impacts within White Institutional Spaces
Kyla Walker: (Middle) Eastern Standard Time
Eli Williams: Chosen Family Among LGBTQ+ People
Course Development/Pedagogical Grants:
Prof. Scott Barton: Embracing Diversity in Sacred and Secular Livelihood
Prof. Joshua Lund: Powis Castle: East India and the Political Economy of Race
Prof. Jessica McManus Warnell: Resilience and Sustainability: Indigenous Communities & Ethical Business Leadership
This year, IRR will set aside funding to enhance and support research in two key areas:
Multiracial Democracy and Resilience examines the ways that multiracial and multiethnic democracies challenge the systemic barriers preventing full participation in society while exploring inclusivity in reimagined systems and frameworks, the arts, and societal practices.
Race, Wealth, and Resilience will help us examine how the racial barriers to the creation of wealth, especially in this country where resources and assets are abundant, can be challenged and changed. This theme will help us to examine solutions and innovative strategies for restoring and repairing historic economic inequality.