Skip to main content

News Category

Grad student Lacee Satcher receives Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Jul. 1, 2020—Grad student Lacee Satcher receives Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Read more


Grad student Yvonne Chen receives Summer Research Award from Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Science

Jul. 1, 2020—Grad student Yvonne Chen receives Summer Research Award from Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Science.

Read more


Grad student Ashley Kim awarded 2020-2021 Mellon Fellowship

Jun. 29, 2020—Graduate student Ashley Kim has been awarded a 2020-2021 Mellon graduate fellowship at the Vanderbilt University Center for Digital Humanities.

Read more


Grad student Rachel Underwood awarded 2020-2021 Mellon Fellowship

Jun. 29, 2020—Graduate student Rachel Underwood has been awarded a 2020-2021 Mellon graduate fellowship at the Vanderbilt University Center for Digital Humanities.

Read more


Grad student Amanda Brockman receives Graduate Teaching Fellowship from Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching

Jun. 24, 2020—Grad student Amanda Brockman receives Graduate Teaching Fellowship from Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching

Read more


Grad student Elizabeth Barna awarded a 2020-2021 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jun. 23, 2020—Elizabeth Barna has been awarded a 2020-2021 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Vanderbilt’s Digital Humanities Center, for her ongoing work bridging academic sociology with the world of museums and public engagement.

Read more


Prof. Christy Erving receives a Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship

Jun. 16, 2020—The Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship Program seeks to increase the presence of minority junior faculty members and other faculty members committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and humanities. The Fellowship is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Read more


NEA research grant supports study of diversity initiatives in arts agencies

Jun. 16, 2020—Prof. Dan Cornfield, principal investigator, and Prof. Alexandre Frenette, co-principal investigator, receive a two-year, $17,000 National Endowment of the Arts research grant to support a Vanderbilt analysis of how the characteristics and practices of more than 500 local arts agencies and their communities help or hinder their pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals.

Read more


Prof. Joshua Murray receives the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Jan. 6, 2020—Professor Joshua Murray was recognized for his excellence in teaching undergraduates by being presented with the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Read more


Prof. David Hess receives the Faculty Advisor Award for social sciences

Dec. 10, 2019—Professor David Hess was recognized for his excellence in and dedication to undergraduate advising by being presented with the Faculty Advisor Award in Social Sciences.

Read more