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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 |