February 1, 2021
On Thursday, Jan. 28, the University of Maine Alumni Association in collaboration with the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a virtual talk about Black studies in 21st century higher education. This talk was part of UMaine’s Cultural Affairs/ Distinguished Lecture Series and was moderated by Lauren Babb, a chemistry Ph.D. student and staff advisor at BSU. John Bracey, Ph.D. and Sonia Sanchez, Ph.D. two individuals who were responsible for initiating the movement for Black studies in the 1970s, presented the talk. The goal of the talk was to reflect on their respective journeys of commitment to racial studies and racial justice, as well as discussing the present movement of “racial reckoning.”
Two HFA Faculty Receive Fellowships from National Endowment for the Humanities Traci Parker and Melissa Mueller each receive $60,000 for projects exploring Black love, marriage, and family and the work of ancient Greek poet Sappho
January 4, 2021
Traci Parker
AMHERST, Mass. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Two UMass Amherst faculty members, Melissa Mueller and Traci Parker, are among the new cohort of NEH fellowship recipients. They each were awarded $60,000 to work on projects in their fields.
According to NEH Chairman Jon Parrish Peede, “These new NEH grants will foster intellectual inquiry, promote broad engagement with history, literature, and other humanities fields, and expand access to cultural collections and resources for all Americans.”