The Kallgren Fund, an endowed fund created to support faculty members at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, has provided funding for four research projects involving faculty members from a wide range of disciplines.
The university’s Faculty Development Council, working with the Kallgren Committee, is administering this pilot program to fund faculty travel. After receiving additional support from President Jeffrey Herbst’s office, the four projects were approved.
The projects are:
Central Asia: Uzbekistan
To investigate varieties of empire-building, both past and present, along the Silk Road.
Faculty members: , assistant professor of history; l, associate professor of geography; , Robert H.N. Ho Professor in Asian studies; and, professor of history.
Crafting New Visions for Early 21st Century Sciences at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
To conduct a division-wide faculty retreat.
Faculty member: , Charles A. Dana Professor of physics and astronomy, director of the Division of Natural Science & Mathematics
Travel Along the Camino to Santiago de Compostela, Spain
To examine relationships between medieval and contemporary international pilgrimage experiences.
Faculty members: , assistant professor of art and art history; Mark Shiner, university chaplain; , associate professor of history; , associate professor of history and Africana & Latin American Studies; , senior lecturer in Spanish; Abby Rowe, director of outdoor education; provost and dean of the faculty
Tanzania and Kenya: Elephants, Volcanoes, and Ports
To investigate questions about violence, global trade, and the conservation of endangered species.
Faculty members: , professor of anthropology and peace and conflict studies; , associate professor of geology; and , professor of sociology and Africana & Latin American studies