2023 Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Awards
The Independent Scholarship, Research, and Creativity Awards (ISRCA) is a funding opportunity to support faculty pursuing independent scholarly and/or creative projects. Funds of up to $10,000 per award support semester teaching release, summer salary, and/or research related expenses.
This program is designed to support the professional advancement of faculty engaged in scholarly and creative pursuits that use historical, humanistic, interpretive, or ethnographic approaches; explore aesthetic, ethical, and/or cultural values and their roles in society; conduct critical or rhetorical analyses; engage in archival and/or field research; or develop or produce creative works. Awardees are selected based on peer review of the quality of the proposed project, the degree to which the project will lead to the applicant’s professional advancement, and the potential academic and societal impact of the project.
2023 ISRCA Awardees:
- Punished in Plain Sight: Women’s Experiences on Probation in Maryland
Rachel Ellis, Assistant Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice (BSOS) - Eternity Made Tangible
Jennifer Barclay, Associate Professor, Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (ARHU) - Slash: M/M Fan Fiction and the Politics of Fantasy
Alexis Lothian, Associate Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (ARHU) - Visualizing the Royal Steward's Inscriptions: From Jerusalem to London
Matthew Suriano, Associate Professor, The Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies (ARHU) - The Future of Rwanda's Past: History and Historians After Genocide
Erin Mosely, Assistant Professor, History (ARHU) - Nile Nightshade: Tomatoes and the Making of Modern Egypt
Anny Gaul, Assistant Professor School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (ARHU) - How Can Participatory Budgeting Enhance the Voice of Underrepresented Minorities?
Juan Martinez Guzman, Assistant Professor, Public Policy (SPP) - Scoping Review of Interventions for African American Boys Who Experience Internalizing Symptoms
Rabiatu Barrie, Assistant Professor, Family Science (SPH) - Political Centralization in Pakistan’s Canal Colonies
Cory Smith, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics (AGNR) - Sometimes the Light
Maud Casey, Professor, English (ARHU) - Innovative Modeling to Preserve Architectural Heritage
Joseph Williams, Assistant Professor, Architecture (ARCH) - A New Kind of Progressive: How Poles, Venezuelans, and Germans Reimagined Latin America
Piotr Kosicki, Associate Professor, History (ARHU) - The Marvelous Illusion: Morton Feldman's The Viola in My Life 1-4
Thomas DeLio, Professor, Music (ARHU) - Analyzing the Content of President Biden’s COVID-19 Twitter Communications
Hector Alcala, Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Community Health (SPH) - Romanian Roots - A Digital Platform to Promote Romanian Music
Irina Muresanu, Associate Professor, Music (ARHU)
