Grant Recipients 2017-18
Project Grants

Robert Bachman, Professor of Chemistry, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Robert Bachman
Collaborators:
John Willis, Jessie Ball duPont Professor of History, Sewanee
Daniel Carter, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Sewanee
Deb McGrath, Professor of Biology, Sewanee
Russell Fielding, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Sewanee
Matt Irvin, Associate Professor of English, Sewanee
Amy Patterson, Professor of Politics, Sewanee
Eric Keen, Visiting Instructor, Sewanee
Project Title: FYP Workshop
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Andrea Hatcher, Professor of Politics and Chair, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Andrea Hatcher
Project Title: Southern Politics
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Matthew Irvin, Associate Professor of English and Chair of Medieval Studies, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Matthew Irvin
Project Title: FYP Course Development: Medieval Sewanee
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Eric Keen, Ph.D., Visiting instructor, Sewanee: The University of the South • Biologist, Marine Ecology & Telemetry Research • Research Scientist, North Coast Cetacean Society
Project Leader: Eric Keen
Project Title: FYP Course Development: Walking in Place
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Christopher McDonough, Alderson-Tillinghast Chair in the Humanities, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Christopher McDonough
Project Title: Stories of Mine 21
Collaborators: Kelsey Arbuckle, Sewanee student C’19
Alexa Fults, Sewanee student C’21
Gabby Valentine, Sewanee C’17
Stephen Garrett, Freelance Producer, Sewanee C’01
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Stephen Miller, Professor of Music and Chair, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Stephen Miller
Project Title: The Shape of Singings to Come: Shape-Note Singing in Sewanee and the South Cumberlands
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Amy Patterson, Professor of Politics, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Amy Patterson
Project Title: FYP Course Development: The Local Place and the Forces of Globalization
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Greg Pond, Professor of Art, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Greg Pond
Collaborators:
Harrell Fletcher, Director, Social Practice MFA Program
Professor, Art & Social Practice, Portland State University
Molly Sherman, Assistant Professor of Communication Design, Texas State University
Anna Craycroft, Critic, Yale University School of Art
Emily Senefeld, Sewanee C’05, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Virginia
Project Title: Investigating Appalachia’s Highlander Folk School through Socially-Engaged Art
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Sarah Sherwood, Associate Professor, Co-Chair Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, University Archaeologist, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: Sarah Sherwood
Collaborators:
Woody Register, Francis S. Houghteling Professor of American History
Tanner Potts, Research Associate, Sewanee C’15
Gerald Smith, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Sewanee
Project Title: Fairbanks Collection, 1817-1942 | FSU Special Collections & Archives
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John Willis, Jessie Ball duPont Professor of History, Sewanee: The University of the South
Project Leader: John Willis
Project Title: The Cumberland Plateau’s Physical Environment
in the Records of the Tennessee State Library & Archives
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Travel Grants
2018 Rural Poverty Research Conference in Washington, D.C.
Presenters:
Emily Partin, Grundy County Family Resource Center Director and Director of Discover Together and Paige Schneider, Assistant Professor of Politics and Women’s and Gender Studies, Sewanee: “Post-Secondary Educational Experiences among Rural Appalachian Youth in a Persistently Poor County”