Pollyanna Rhee (Landscape Architecture) and John Levi Barnard (English/Comparative and World Literature) are co-directors of the HRI 2024-25 Research Cluster “Environmental Humanities.” Professor Rhee recently answered questions about the group and the benefits of working collaboratively. HRI Research Cluster funds support the efforts of scholars with shared interests to explore subjects or problems which they […]
Alana Ackerman (Anthropology) is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. In her project “Rethinking War Across Borders: Violence, Refuge, and the ‘Colombian Armed Conflict’ in Quito, Ecuador” she is researching how the violence of war is reproduced across international borders, in spaces and at times of supposed peace and refuge. Learn more about HRI’s Campus Fellowship Program, which […]
Samantha Jenae Jones (Design for Responsible Innovation) is a member of the 2024–25 graduate cohort for “Collisions Across Color Lines,” the third Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Samantha shared her thoughts on the experience and how her research relates to the Interseminar. In what ways do your research interests connect to the theme “Collisions […]
August Hoffman (Anthropology) is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. His current project centers on the political ecology between humans, the state, wolves, and wolfdog crosses or “hybrids” as it manifests through the contexts of the exotic pet trade, animal sanctuaries, and wildlife management agencies. August is interested in the potential for sites of sanctuary to […]
Omar Agustin Hernandez (Anthropology) is a member of the 24–25 graduate cohort for “Collisions Across Color Lines,” the third Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Omar explained how his research interests and experience relates to Interseminars. In what ways do your research interests connect to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines?” My research focuses […]
Jose Figueroa Díaz (Spanish, Literature and Culture) is a member of the 24–25 graduate cohort for “Collisions Across Color Lines,” the third Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Jose reflects on how his experiences and interests align with Interseminars. In what ways do your research interests connect to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines”? My […]
Anna Sophia Flood (English) is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. Her research project, “Slavery’s Eerie Presence: The Graphic Gothic’s Capturing of Dark Histories and Distorted Futures,” introduces the notion of the Graphic Gothic to investigate speculative graphic novels. Learn more about HRI’s Campus Fellowship Program, which supports a cohort of faculty and graduate students through a […]
Grace Eunhye Bae (Art Education) is a member of the 24–25 graduate cohort for “Collisions Across Color Lines,” the third Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Grace shares how her experiences and interests connect with Interseminars. In what ways do your research interests connect to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines?” My praxis as […]
Nathan Tanner (Education Policy, Organization & Leadership) is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. His dissertation contributes to a burgeoning historiography concerned with education and schooling in the trans-Mississippi West during the 20th century and accounts for the ways education and schooling have been utilized as tools of settler colonial state-building. Learn more about HRI’s Campus Fellowship […]
Eddie O’Byrn (African American Studies) is a 2024–2025 HRI Faculty Fellow. His current book project Existence Precedes Enslavement reconstructs the lives of Courtney and her son Joseph Godfrey who endured and survived American chattel slavery in the Northwest Territory during the 1800s. Learn more about HRI’s Campus Fellowship Program, which supports a cohort of faculty and graduate […]