Every year, the School of Humanities and Sciences invites proposals for the Fred L. Emerson Humanities Collaboration Award; this fall, the Review Committee made awards to Nicholas Graziade (’07, Writing and Philosophy) and Jason Michael Gunning (07, History) for collaborative work they will undertake during the spring semester.
The Emerson Collaboration awards are granted to meritorious H&S students who are eligible for financial aid to collaborate directly with a member of the Humanities faculty on a scholarly project.
Nicholas will be working with Prof. Ashby Butnor (Philosophy) on a project entitled “Studies in Embodied Ethics”; he will review and abstract philosophical literature to support the completion of Prof. Butnor’s book manuscript which aims to break from the traditional idea of ethics as a fully rational, intellectual pursuit and instead to examine forms of ethical action that are embodied. The collaborative research will also support the development of a new course on the topic.
Jason will be working with Prof. Vivian Conger (History) on a project entitled “Reading the Economic Lives of Two Widows”; he will read and transcribe two 18th century merchant account books to support the completion of Prof. Conger’s book manuscript on the construction of early American gender systems through an analysis of widows and widowhood.
This type of collaborative research is a routine part of experiential learning in the natural sciences, as faculty and students work side-by-side in the laboratory on a faculty member’s research project, but it has been less routine for scholarly work in the Humanities at IC. The funds generously donated by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation makes such opportunities available to H&S faculty and students. Such collaborations require a commitment from both parties: faculty members mentor the students as they take on major responsibility for an independent component of a scholarly project, while students devote significant time and intellectual effort to these projects as they aim to meet the high expectations of their faculty mentors. The Award offers a stipend of up to $2,500 to enable student recipients to devote time and attention to the work required to succeed in such scholarly projects. In addition, funds may be available to support travel and/or equipment costs, when those are an integral part of the project. Up to four such Awards may be made each year.
Students will be invited in March 2007 to submit proposals for projects that will take place during summer 2007 and academic year 2007-2008. Please direct any questions about this program to Stacia Zabusky, Interim Assistant Dean of H&S, 274-3409, szabusky@ithaca.edu. More information on the Emerson Humanities Collaboration Award application process can be found at https://www.ithaca.edu/hs/community/fundingopps/emersoncollabawards/.
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