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Fall 2021 Recipients
Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
Althea Murphy Price |
UTK, TSU, Fisk University Art Student Exchange and Group Exhibition |
Kimberly Brown |
An Alumni Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Minority Nursing Students |
Katherine Chiles |
Know Your Value/s: Strategies for Success for Scholars of Color |
Wendy Bach |
Racial Justice Listening Project, Year 2 |
Michelle Christian |
Systemic Racism and Campus Climate at the University of Tennessee |
Stefanie Benjamin |
Ijams Nature Center Community Weaving Project |
Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
Amy Elias |
Black Ecologies Week Symposium |
Bestabe Navarro |
Hispanic Film Festival |
Camille Hall |
Restorative Justice Mic Drop |
Dorian McCoy |
Navigating the (In)Accessible: CEHHS SEI Summit |
Katherine Chiles |
Know Your Value/s: Strategies for Success for Scholars of Color |
Laura Knight |
Let’s Interest Kids in Engineering Subscriptions Boxes |
Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
Thura Mack |
STEM Reading Design Challenge at Willow Brook Elementary School |
Rachel Rui |
Tell Our Story: Knoxville Asian Immigrant Stories |
Nora Vines |
Access & Achievement |
Manasi Apte |
Project Bridge @UTK |
Misty Anderson |
Austin-East Literary Arts Explosion |
Lettie Flores |
Creating Spanish Language Mental Health Resources |
Hana Sherman |
Deaf Night at the Theatre |
Heather Hall |
Career Readiness Institute |
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 |