Bison arts, humanities and social science projects awarded
Priority was given to projects that support career advancement and projects that could raise NDSU faculty's national visibility or lead to future funding were especially encouraged.
The NDSU Office of Research and Creative Activity’s Bison Arts, Humanities and Social Science Fund supports new research and creative work in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
In a recent round of BAHSS funding, NDSU faculty were invited to apply for grants of up to $6,000 to support arts, humanities or humanistic social science projects at any stage of development. Priority was given to projects that support career advancement and projects that could raise NDSU faculty's national visibility or lead to future funding were especially encouraged.
NDSU interim Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, Heidi Grunwald, noted how investments in scholarship and creative activities are important given the role that arts and humanities play in civic life, cross-cultural understanding and the development of critical and creative thinking in a world that’s changing at breakneck speed.
“NDSU’s strong tradition in the arts and humanities enriches students’ education, giving them critical tools and perspectives to better understand life’s complexities and our shared human experience. We are especially excited about the Fargo-Moorhead America 250 Commemoration, which we can all participate in.”
Bison Arts, Humanities and Social Science Fund awardees:
• NDSU associate professor of architecture Steven Wischer (with co-applicant James Faris) received a BAHSS award for their project “Speculative Architecture: Ten Years of Artefactual World-Making.”
• NDSU professor of English Adam Goldwyn (with co-applicant Arya Rognee) received a BAHSS award for the project, “Recuperating The Lives of Norwegian Immigrant Women to North Dakota from the Late Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century: A Public Lecture Series.”
• NDSU associate professor of English Lisa Arnold received a BAHSS award for the project, “Uncovering Translingual and Transnational Discourse in the Upper Midwest at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.”
• NDSU assistant professor of landscape architecture, disaster resilience and emergency management (LADREM), Juncheng Lu received a BAHSS award for the project, “Tracing the Human Shaping of the Red River Riparian Landscapes in Fargo-Moorhead: Historical Planning, Engineering and Environmental Management and Their Landscape Performance Implications.”
• NDSU associate professor of history Donald Johnson (with co-applicant Angela Smith) received a BAHSS award for the project, “What is America? Fargo-Moorhead America 250 Commemoration.”
• NDSU Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Directing for the College of Arts & Sciences Jess Jung received a BAHSS award for her project, “New Play Workshop: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.”
Jung noted the importance of funding opportunities like the BAHSS and how it will impact her work.
“I am deeply grateful for the Bison Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Award. This funding offers the opportunity to work with professional actors on my new play, ‘Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus’ at Adventure Theatre MTC. Working with a reputable company will certainly jumpstart the project, and will hopefully lead to the play being produced at other theatres.”