Armand Lanusse
Dr. Ryan Doherty, Assistant Professor of French
25-26 Faculty Research Award
Dr. Doherty will use funding from the Faculty Research Award to present his research on Armand Lanusse, a Creole of color whose writings from the 1840s through the 1860s document the experiences of mixed-race individuals in New Orleans. He presented this work at the Society for the Study of Southern Literature conference.
Digital Barriers to Safety: Investigating the CBP One Asylum App and U.S. Non- Compliance with Refugee Law
Dr. Adam Golob, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
25-26 Faculty Research Award
Dr. Golob’s research project seeks to examine the technological and legal barriers created by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) One mobile application, with particular emphasis on its effects on asylum seekers’ safety, access to legal protections, and compliance with international refugee protocols. The project builds upon his ongoing research and expert witness work on asylum issues, particularly cases involving Central American and Mexican nationals affected by digital metering, the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and CBP One mandates.
Dr. Chrissy Martin, Assistant Professor of English
Whole, Holy, Hot: National Poetry Book Tour
25-26 Charlton Lyons Faculty Summer Research Award
The Charlton Lyons Faculty Summer Research Award was used to support a national book tour in conjunction with the publication of Dr. Martin’s debut poetry collection, Whole, Holy, Hot, from Write Bloody Publishing. The proposed book tour will take place over the twelve months following publication and will consist of approximately twenty public readings across literary, academic, and community-based venues.
Dr. Amanda Donahoe, Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Donahoe’s Research Award funded her two-pronged fieldwork for: “Pedagogies and Practice: Teaching Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland” and “Community Peacebuilding in the Wake of Brexit” in May/June of 2025. Dr. Donahoe also sought to travel to Ireland to work with local women’s groups, cross-community organizations, and other local stakeholders to identify the consequences of Brexit and assess the local response and effects on peacebuilding.
Summer Vocology Institute at The University of Utah
Dr. Briana Sosenheimer, Assistant Professor of Music
Dr. Sosenheimer used funds from the Faculty Research Award to attend the Summer Vocology Institute at The University of Utah. This is a program that specializes in the science and habilitation of the voice. This field recognizes the medical science and artistic facets of vocal habilitation. Participants spend 46 days in June and July (Summer, 2025) working through the study of physiology, voice anatomy, biomechanics, and physics of sound.
Getty Museum and Getty Villa Study
Dr. Kyra Rietveld, Assistant Professor of Art History
24-25 Charlton H. Lyons Faculty Research Award
With the support of Charlton H. Lyons Faculty Research Award, Dr. Rietveld was able to travel to conduct a four day visit to the Getty Museum and Getty Villa in Los Angeles to closely study their collections and contextualization of Artemis’s iconography. The research outcomes will include a scholarly article for submission to Source magazine, a conference talk, and the creation of a comprehensive database of Artemis’s representations across various media.
Archival Research trip to the National Archives II
Dr. Chad Fulwider, Professor of History
23-24 Charlton Lyons Faculty Research Award
Dr. Fulwider used funds from the Faculty Research Award and the Charlton Lyons Faculty Research Award to support an archival research trip to the National Archives II Branch in College Park, MD. The National Archives II is the main branch of the Federal Records system and has the largest collection of materials for the US Federal Government and Federal agencies.
Gender and Peacebuilding in a Post-Brexit Landscape
Dr. Amanda Donahoe, Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Donahoe’s Research Award funded the fieldwork for her project, “Gender and Peacebuilding in a Post-Brexit Landscape.” The research sought to analyze the gendered impacts of Brexit in Northern Ireland and examine its effects on communities, community organizations, and women’s groups in particular. The project explored how Brexit influences the types of peace-related initiatives that receive funding, including projects with a gender equality component, those focusing on models of masculinity and femininity, and those addressing “soft” security issues, which are traditionally viewed as more “feminine.” The research also examined whether these effects differ across communities and how Brexit has altered the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement. Dr. Donahoe’s findings were presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference in Montreal in 2022.
Singapore Art Song
22-23 Charlton Lyons Faculty Research award
Dr. Janini Sridhar, Assistant Professor of Music
Dr. Sridhar used the funds from the Charlton Lyons Faculty Research award to produce and engrave a cycle of eight art songs based on original poetry that she wrote inspired by her life in her home country of Singapore.
Community Peacebuilding in the Wake of Brexit
Dr. Amanda Donahoe, Associate Professor of Political Science
21-22 Faculty Research Award
Dr. Donahoe’s Research Award funded the fieldwork for her project, “Community Peacebuilding in the Wake of Brexit.” In collaboration with Élise Féron of the Tampere Peace Research Institute in Finland, this project sought to analyze the gendered impacts of Brexit on community peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Specifically, the research examined the effects of Brexit on communities, community organizations, and women’s groups. It also explored how Brexit influences the selection of peace-related projects for funding, including those with a gender equality component, those focusing on models of masculinity and femininity, and those addressing “soft” security issues, which are traditionally viewed as more “feminine.” Additionally, the project investigated whether these effects differ across communities.