Faculty Grants 2013-14

Sarah Partan, professor of animal behavior in the School of Cognitive Sciences, has been awarded $10,000 from the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation to support research into the role of environmental change in the evolution of animal communication. Read more about Professor Partan's work here.

Institutional Grants 2013-14

Hampshire College was awarded a $1,000 Seminar Grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities' (AAC&U) Bringing Theory to Practice program.

Faculty Grants 2012-13

Megan Dobro, Charles Ross, and Jason Tor in the School of Natural Sciences have been awarded $140,000 for molecular biology lab equipment from the George I. Alden Trust.

Rachel Rubinstein, professor of American literature and Jewish studies, was awarded a Fullbright Fellowship for $22,000 to teach American Literature for one semester at Tel Aviv University. Read more about Professor Rubinstein's award here.

Megan Dobro, professor of human biology, was awarded a fellowship from the Marion & Jasper Whiting Foundation to travel to Thailand and South Africa in the summer to study the research, outreach, and education of HIV/AIDS. She will use this experience to develop a program with literature and gender studies professor Jill Lewis to take students abroad for a similar experience.

Billie Mandle, professor of photography, was awarded a fellowship from the Marion & Jasper Whiting Foundation to travel this summer to Trosly-Breuil, France, to live at and photograph the largest and oldest L'Arche community, an international organization for those living with disabilities and others who share their lives with them. She will incorporate the experience into her fall course Community, Photography, Storytelling.

Sara Rafferty, professor of art, was awarded a fellowship from the Marion & Jasper Whiting Foundation to travel to several cities in Europe this summer to explore the history and legacy of conceptual art as it relates to humor and pathos. Those studies will be incorporated into her theme-based courses in painting and art-making to reflect contemporary practices.

Brian Schultz, professor of entomology and ecology, was awarded a fellowship from the Marion & Jasper Whiting Foundation to travel to the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya to study push-pull cropping systems. He will incorporate what he learns into his agriculture courses and research conducted at the Hampshire College Farm Center.

Michael Lesy, professor of literary journalism, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support his research. Read more about Professor Lesy's project here.

Institutional Grants 2012-13

The Career Options Resource Center (CORC) has received $7,000 from the Academy Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the Entertainment Industry Internship Program (EIIP), which will fund up to six students during the summer.

The Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) program has received over $500,000 total in grant awards this year from the Anderson-Rogers Foundation, Ford Foundation, General Service Foundation, Ms. Foundation for Women, Moriah Fund, Inc., Overbrook Foundation, Prentice Foundation, and the Wohlford Foundation.

The Culture, Brain, and Development (CBD) program has received $157,200 from the Foundation for Psycho-Cultural Research for continued support of the program.

The Spiritual Life program was awarded $5,000 from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to support programming during the academic year.