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Spring 2021 Recipients
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Courtney Cronley, Associate Professor, College of Social Work
Racial Disparities in Evictions: Building A Community Dashboard to Promote Transparency and Housing Justice
Carmen Foster, Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Social Work
Accessing the Impact of Race-based Trauma on the Mental Health of Black Social Work Providers
Rebecca Trout Fryxell, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Girls Who Code Use Their Voices: Raising Community Awareness about Girls’ Career Aspirations Through Photovoice Action Research
Mustafa Oz, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media
Discussing Systemic Racism On Social Media Platforms
Jessica Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
Latino Immigrant Business Owners: Knox County as a New Destination
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Catherine Shteynberg, Assistant Director, McClung Museum
Student and community exhibition space at the McClung Museum
Erica Mitchell, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Online Relationship Education Program for Low-Income Couples
Laura Bryant, Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Office of Title IX
VOLS HELP ALL: Creating Care Packages for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Megan Haselschwerdt, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies
The Child & Family Studies’ Learning, Educating, Advocating, and Doing (LEAD) Seminar Series & Furthering our Commitment to Intercultural Humility
Jay Price, Sustainability Manager, Office of Sustainability
Evaluating the Foodscape of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Food Waste & Food Insecurity in a Southeastern College Campus
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Meghan Conley, Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Sociology
Documenting Immigrant Detention in Knox County, TN
Jennifer Tsuruda, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
“Bee” Diverse and Inclusive: Sharing Science-based Knowledge of Pollinators
Kelly Martin, Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Social Work
The Equity Academy
Suzy Prentiss, Lecturer, Haslam College of Business
Infusing the equity-mindedness framework throughout HIHE courses and beyond
Fall 2020 Recipients
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Wendy Bach, Professor, College of Law, Legal Clinic
Racial Justice Listening Project
Jennifer First, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work
Identifying dimensions of vulnerability, inequality, and resilience in Black and Latinx communities in Nashville during a recent EF-3 tornado
Lettie Flores, Associate Professor, Psychology
Providing Mental Health Services to Knoxville’s Urbanized Community: Sleeves for Needs Collaboration
Guy Harrison, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Electronic Media
The Experiences of Black Women Newscasters in 2020
Larry Perry, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and Africana Studies
Race and Inequity in America Podcast with Larry Perry
Patricia Rutenberg, Distinguished Lecturer, History
Establishing a University of Tennessee History Department Internship Program at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center: A Collaboration
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Misty Bailey, Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator, College of Veterinary Medicine
A Step Towards Increasing Diversity in Veterinary Medicine – Highlighting Underrepresented Veterinarians Through Photographs
Michael Jones, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Building Diversity in the Veterinary Workforce Through Targeted Recruitment and Engagement with Middle School Aged, Underrepresented Minority Students
Holly Mercer, Senior Associate Dean, University Libraries
A More Representative Oral Record of the Chimney Tops II Wildfires: Documenting Experiences and Impacts in Gatlinburg’s Latinx Community
Derrick Stowell, Education and Horticultural Therapy Program Administrator, UT Gardens
Access to Gardening in Urban settings (AG – U)
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Stefanie Benjamin, Assistant Professor, Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management
Identifying Mega Travel Trends of the Black Traveler
Madison Nelski, Outreach Coordinator, FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program
FUTURE Program Community Outreach Event Series
Alexis Niceley, Program Director, Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee
Afterschool Animal Club at New Hopewell Elementary School
Katherine Page, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Techshop in a Box Workshop with ORCSGirls
Kristin Rearden, Clinical Professor of STEM Education, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
It All Starts With A Question: Inspiring Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers Through Biographies
Emily Sabo, Lecturer of Spanish Studies, Modern Foreign Languages and Literature
We Are What We Speak
Liz Teston, Associate Professor, College of Architecture
DESIGNHERS: Women in Design Collaborative