KUDOS

Grantor	Grantee	Grant
International Center for Law and Economics	Tammi Etheridge	Etheridge, Associate Professor of Law, secured funds to support a lecture series on law and economics.
U.S. Department of Agriculture	Robert Humston	Humston, John Kyle Spencer Director of Environmental Studies and Professor of Biology, secured funds to conduct stream water quality analysis in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
U.S. Department of Agriculture	Ryan McCoy	McCoy, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, will administer a grant for work at the Midwest Climate Hub
John Templeton Foundation	Dan Johnson	Johnson, David G. Elmes Term Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, will serve as the lead data scientist as part of a multi-year collaborative grant.
American Mathematical Society	Chong Wang	Wang, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, recieved an enhancement grant to explore energy-driven pattern formation in complex physical and biological systems.
Terra Foundation	Isra El-beshir	El-beshir, Director of Art Museum and Galleries, will administer a grant to support the exhibition LONG TIME NO SEE by Stephanie Shih.
	Yearly Summary	Yearly Summary of 2023-2024 Grant Seeking
National Science Foundation	Dan Johnson	Johnson, David G. Elmes Term Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, is part of a multi-year National Science Foundation collaborative grant to build a platform to transform educational assessment of creative thinking for STEM education and research.
Institute for Citizens and Scholars	Nneka Dennie	Dennie, Assistant Professor of History, received the Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award (MEFL) to support her research with the Black Women's Studies Association.
VFIC	Lingshu Hu	Hu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, received a grant to support his research examining the curvilinear impact of politicians' negative expressions and intergroup communications on their popularity and likability on Twitter.
National Science Foundation	Margaret Anne Hinkle	Hinkle, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience, received support for collaborative research to identify and quantify the critical biogeochemical parameters that control precipitation and the associated adsorption.
The American Chemical Society	Erin Gray	Gray, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, received two awards to research Photoredox-Mediated Iminyl Radical Generation from Alkyl Azides.
Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities	Mikki Brock	Brock, Associate Professor of History, was awarded an academic year fellowship to continue her work on crime, gender, and spectacle in 18th century Scotland.
The National Humanities Center	Angela Sun	Sun, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, was granted a fellowship to spend time at NHC focusing on the ethics of reporting wrongdoing.
National Endowment for the Humanities	Li Kang	Kang, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, was awarded a summer stipend to critically exam and systematically develop the underlying metaphysical commitments behind three prominent Chinese Buddhist schools.
David and Rosalee McCullough Fellowship	Edward Adams	Adams, John Lucian Smith Jr. Professor of English, was awarded a fellowship to support his research at Marietta College's special collections.
National Endowment for the Humanities	George Bent	Bent, Professor of Art History, is managing a grant to support the development of a digital recreation of 15th century Florence.
Fulbright Scholars Program	Kristina Roney	Roney, Assistant Professor of French, was awarded a U.S. Scholar fellowship in France.
Keck Geology Consortium	Lisa Greer	Greer, Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience, is part of a collaborative grant to support a student gateway project studying coral reefs in Belize.
Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges	Ryan Brindle	Brindle, Assistant Professor of Cognitive & Behavioral Science and Neuroscience received the H. Hiter Harris, III Rising Star Award.
U.S. Department of the Interior	Bill Hamilton	Hamilton, Professor of Biology, received a renewal grant for his research with students evaluating bison grazing effects on ecosystem health in Yellowstone National Park.
Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges	David Pfaff	Pfaff, Senior Academic Technologist and IQ Center Director, was awarded the H. Hiter Harris III Excellence in Instructional Technology Award.
Jessie Ball duPont Fund	Michael Hill	Hill, Director of the DeLaney Center and Professor of Africana Studies, was awarded a grant to support a new civic enhancement internship program.
Womens Sports Foundation	Erin Hughes	Hughes, Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, was awarded the Tara VanDerveer Fellowship which provides hands-on leadership training for women coaches.
Virginia Department of Education	Dick Kuettner	Kuettner, Director of the Global Discovery Laboratories, secured renewal of a contract with the Virginia Department of Education for W&L to continue hosting the Virginia Governor's World Language Academies, which draws the state's top foreign language students to campus for an immersive language experience.
Virginia Humanities	Michael Hill	Hill, Director of the DeLaney Center and Professor of Africana Studies was awarded a grant to support the DeLaney Center's Screen to Square program.
Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges	Jeffrey Rahl	Rahl, Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience, was awarded the Mednick Memorial Fellowship for his research.
Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges	Lorri Olan	Lorri Olan, Senior Associate Director of and Career and Professional Development, received a grant to enhance professional development in the Alumni and Career Services department.
Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges	Steve Cross	Steve Cross, Radio Station Manager, received funds to install a whisper room at the radio station.
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia	Brian Alexander	Alexander, Associate Professor of Politics, will be the program administrator of the Visiting Scholar Program.
U.S. Department of Agriculture	Robert Humston	Humston, John Kyle Spencer Director of Environmental Studies and Professor of Biology, secured funds to conduct stream water quality analysis in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
Fulbright Scholars Program	David Baluarte	Baluarte, Clinical Professor of Law, was awarded a U.S. Scholar fellowship in Mexico.
Various	Yearly Summary	Yearly Summary of 2022-2023 Grant Seeking
Samuel H. Kress Foundation	George Bent	Bent, Professor of Art History, is the recipient of a grant to support the development of a digital recreation of 15th century Florence.
American Association of University Women	Mengying Liu	Liu, Assistant Professor of Engineering, is the recipient of an individual research and publication grant.
National Endowment for the Humanities	Melissa Kerin	Kerin, Associate Professor of Art History, received a summer stipend to research and write an article on seventeenth-centrury patron scenes in three Buddhist temples in Basgo (Northern India).
National Endowment for the Humanities	Barton Myers	Myers, Professor of History was awarded a summer stipend to research and write a book on southern-born military officers who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War.
Rockbridge Community Health Foundation and Grace Episcopal Christian Outreach Committee	Ellen Mayock	Mayock, Professor of Romance Languages, together with Reino, was awarded grants from the Rockbridge Community Health Foundation and Grace Episcopal in support of the 2023 ESOL summer program for local students.
Rockbridge Community Health Foundation and Grace Episcopal Christian Outreach Committee	Jayne Reino	Reino, Visiting Professor of Romance Languages, together with Ellen Mayock, was awarded grants from the Rockbridge Community Health Foundation and Grace Episcopal in support of the 2023 ESOL summer program for local students.
U.S. Department of the Interior	Bill Hamilton	Hamilton, Professor of Biology, received a grant for his research with students evaluating bison grazing effects on ecosystem health in Yellowstone National Park.
Internal Revenue Service	Michelle Drumbl	Drumbl, Robert O. Bentley Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Dean, received a grant to support the Law School's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic.
National Science Foundation	Natalia Toporikova	Toporikova, Associate Professor of Biology, has been awarded a collaborative research grant to explore the evolutionary origins and underlying mechanisms of the circadian clocks in araneoid spiders.
Associated College of the South	Leslie Wingard-Cunningham	Wingard-Cunningham, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, is leading a collabrorative grant with Hendrix College and the University of Richmond to support faculty in "facilitating Constructive Dialogue in a Challenging World."
National Endowment for the Humanities	Barton Myers	Myers, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and History was nominated by the College to pursue a grant in support of Champions of the Union, a book project to promote understanding of the Civil War era.
National Endowment for the Humanities	Melissa Kerin	Kerin, Associate Professor of Art and Art History, was nominated by the Collge to pursue a grant in support of Turbans and Tourquoise, a project to analyze donor scenes in Western Himalya in the 15th-18th centuries.
Jessie Ball duPont Fund	Chawne Kimber	Kimber, Dean of the College, received funding to enhance the New Faculty Cohort with external speakers.
National Science Foundation	David Harbor	Harbor, Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience, received funding to conduct research on hydraulic plucking to mitigate the risks of erosion on infrastructure.
National Science Foundation	Dan Johnson	Johnson, David G. Elmes Term Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, received funding to build a platform to transform educational assessment of creative thinking for STEM education and research.
Wildlife Management Institute, Inc.	David Marsh	Marsh, Professor of Biology, received funding to purchase genomic tools to manage threats to two species of salamanders.
American Political Science Association	Zoila Ponce de Leon Seijas	Ponce de Leon Seijas, Assistant Professor of Politics, will apply this grant to her research on attitudes in Brazil and the U.S. about immigration and deportation.
U.S. Department of the Interior	Bill Hamilton	Hamilton, Professor of Biology, received a grant for training youth on how to evaluate bison grazing effects on ecosystem health.
Organic Syntheses, Inc	Erin Gray	Gray, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, received funding to conduct a two-year summer research project with a student.
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges	Robin LeBlanc	LeBlanc, Professor of Politics, was awarded the Mednick Memorial Fellowship for her research.
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges	John Taylor	Taylor, an Audio Engineer for the Music Department, supported a capital grant request for video production equipment in Wilson Hall.
Keck Geology Consortium	Margaret Hinkle	Hinkle, Assistant Professor of Geology, was awarded a grant in support of assessing ground and surface water quality in the Shenandoah Valley.
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges	Margaret Hinkle	Hinkle, Assistant Professor of Geology, was awarded the Mednick Memorial Fellowship for her research.
United Way and Rockbridge Community Health Foundation	Ellen Mayock	Mayock, Professor of Romance Languages, was awarded grants from The United Way and Rockbridge Community Health Foundation in support of the 2022 ESOL summer program for local students.
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges	Deborah Miranda	Miranda, Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Professor of English Emeritus, received the Libby and Hiter Harris Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty who reflect a strong, clear and abiding commitment to excellence in classroom teaching.
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)	Andrew Christensen	Christensen, Head of Digital Initiatives and Outreach for the Law Library, received an AALL research grant to help build data infrastructures for bespoke faculty services.
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA)	Julia Hernandez	Hernandez, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, was awarded a VIVA Open Adopt Grant to create open resource materials for Spanish 220: Introduction to the Literature of Spain. These materials will make this class accessible to a wider variety of students, both at W&L and across Virginia, for whom the original price tag presented a serious challenge.
National Science Foundation	Jeffrey Rahl	Rahl, Department Head and Professor of Geology, received a grant from NSF's Tectonics Panel. His research is focused on the formation of the Sangre de Christo Mountains in Colorado, as a way to understand the properties of continental crust during mountain building.
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges	Andrea Lepage	Lepage, Pamela H. Simpson Professor of Art History, led a request for a VFIC Capital Grant to improve W&L's sculpture studio. The project resulted in the installation of a new track lighting system to enhance the experience and working conditions for students, faculty, and visiting artists.
Associated Colleges of the South	Sascha Goluboff	Goluboff, Director of Community Based Learning and Professor of Cultural Anthropology, is the PI on an ACS grant entitled "Community-Engaged Teaching: A Collaborative Peer Learning Model," which aims to build a wider community of faculty who are knowledgeable about and utilize community-engaged teaching.
Associated Colleges of the South	Paul Hanstedt	Hanstedt, Director of the Harte Centre for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Education Studies, is a part of an ACS grant to support mid-career faculty.
Michigan State University	Paula Kiser	Kiser, Assistant Professor and Digital Scholarship Librarian, is leading W&L's work on a Mellon Foundation supported open-source web publishing platform cataloging project. The goal is to develop better metadata and tagging for making the academic archival holdings related to enslaved people and slavery more accessible to the public.
Virginia Department of Education	Dick Kuettner	Kuettner, Director of the Global Discovery Laboratories, secured renewal of a contract with the Virginia Department of Education for W&L to continue hosting the Virginia Governor's World Language Academies, which draws the state's top foreign language students to campus for an immersive language experience.
Craig Newmark Foundation	Alicia Swasy	Swasy, Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism, received support for a documentary on women entrepreneurs in journalism.
Hampton University	K.T. Vaughan	Vaughan, the Higginbotham University Librarian, was invited to participate in the Leading the Charge cohort program organized by the Hampton University Library with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. This program is designed to pilot and assess tactics for recruiting and retaining librarians of color.