July 2014: Three Howard faculty members and seven scholars from throughout the country have been selected to receive the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center's (MSRC) 2014 Summer Faculty Scholars Awards and 2014-15 Travel-to-Collections Grants, respectively. The awards, up to $2,500 each, are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Friends of Moorland-Spingarn. They are intended to promote scholarship on important questions pertaining to African, African American, and African Diasporan history and culture based on the unique holdings of the MSRC. The faculty awardees will spend a one-month residency onsite at the Center, supported by its curators and archivists, as they conduct research utilizing its collections. The visiting scholars will spend their residencies at the MSRC during the 2014-15 academic year. The Summer Faculty Scholars awardees and their projects are: § Meta Jones, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of English: "Thawing the Time: Frozen Creativity of Amiri Baraka's Poetry" § Lorenzo Morris, PhD, a senior professor in the Department of Political Science: "The Scholar Activist: Howard University Political Science in the Ralph Bunche Century" § Jennifer Thomas, PhD, a journalism professor in the School of Communications: "Gravity and Grace of the Gridiron Queen: The Legacy of Miss Howard University" The Travel-to-Collections grantees and projects are: § Keisha N. Blain, PhD, of Pennsylvania State University's Department of African American Studies: "Black Women, Radical Politics, and the Gendered Contours of Internationalism" § Heather M. Butts, JD, MPH, a professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University: "African American Medicine in Washington, DC: Healing the Capital During the Civil War Era" § Miya Carey, a doctoral student in the Department of History at Rutgers University: "That Charm of All Girlhood: African American Girls and Girlhood in Washington, DC, 1930-1970" § Derrais Carter, PhD, of Portland State University's Department of Black Studies: "Mixed Ambitions: The Moens Scandal, Black Elites, and Uplift in the Nation's Capital" § Jacquilin Reeves Reynolds, Esq., an independent scholar from Claxton, Georgia: "Alpha Women: The Leadership and Legacy of Delta Women on the Campus of Howard University" § Rosetta Ross, PhD, professor of Religion at Spelman College: "Ethical Considerations of the Life, Times, and Work of Ruby R. H. Harley" § Florence M. Turcotte, PhD, a special and area studies collections librarian at the University of Florida: "Dear Godmother: A Study of White Female Patronage in the Life and Career of Zora Neale Hurston" The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, celebrating its 100th anniversary during the 2014-15 academic year, is one of the world's largest repositories of archival materials attesting to the history and culture of African people in the Americas and globally. For more information, contact Kamili Anderson at pubaffairs_HULS@howard.edu<mailto:pubaffairs_HULS@howard.edu> or (202) 806-7237. D. Kamili Anderson D. Kamili Anderson, Public Affairs & Communications Specialist Howard University Library System (HULS)<http://library.howard.edu/library> 500 Howard Place, Room 228 Founders Washington, DC 20059 (202) 806-7237 ofc; -7234 main ofc; (202) 355-3695 cell kamili.anderson@howard.edu<mailto:kamili.anderson@howard.edu> For up-to-date and breaking HULS News, follow us on [Description: facebook icon] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Howard-University-Library-System-HULS/477400242326423> [Description: twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/HULibrarySystem> "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." --Jorge Luis Borges CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this information.