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 […]
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 […]
Anda brings Ethical Decision Making course to incarcerated youth Ashli Anda (Philosophy), the 2023–24 Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Public Humanities, writes about her fellowship project, what drew her to this work, and what “public humanities” means to her. What motivated you to apply for the fellowship? The description for the HRI-Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Public […]
Sayak Roy is a member of the 23–24 graduate cohort for “Improvise and Intervene,” the second Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. Sayak is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Geography & GIS, and his research focuses on the emerging night geographies of Indian cities. He shares about his experiences with Interseminars below. How […]
Nathalie Sofia Martinez (Anthropology) is a member of the 23–24 graduate cohort for “Improvise and Intervene,” the second Interseminars project funded by the Mellon Foundation. She shares some insights about her experiences with Interseminars below—in a creative format following the spirit of the project’s theme. How has your understanding of “improvisational practice” evolved over the […]