{"id":14448,"date":"2022-02-01T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?page_id=14448"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:43:28","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects &#038; Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-container fusion-slider-sc-projects fusion-slider-103 full-width-slider\" style=\"height:250px; max-width:100%;\" data-id=\"103\" data-full_height=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-slider-103 .flex-direction-nav a {width:63px;height:63px;line-height:63px;font-size:25px;}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-loading\">Loading...<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-slider flexslider main-flex full-width-slider\" data-slider_width=\"100%\" data-slider_height=\"250px\" data-full_screen=\"0\" data-parallax=\"0\" data-nav_arrows=\"1\" data-nav_box_width=\"63px\" data-nav_box_height=\"63px\" data-nav_arrow_size=\"25px\" data-autoplay=\"1\" data-loop=\"0\" data-orderby=\"date\" data-order=\"DESC\" data-animation=\"fade\" data-slideshow_speed=\"7000\" data-animation_speed=\"600\" data-typo_sensitivity=\"1\" data-typo_factor=\"1.5\" style=\"max-width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-center\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">PROJECTS<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/projects-banner.png);max-width:100%;height:250px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/projects-banner.png', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1280\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2><strong>Working groups and faculty-led projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-11364-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-91613510d269caa19 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_91613510d269caa19\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"91613510d269caa19\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11364-1\" data-target=\"#91613510d269caa19\" href=\"#91613510d269caa19\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Moral Growth: Virtue and Disruptive Experiences Workshop<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"91613510d269caa19\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_91613510d269caa19\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>A two day pre-read workshop on the book manuscript <em>Moral Growth: Virtue and Disruptive Experiences<\/em> by Evgenia Mylonaki (University of Patras, Greece). Professor Mylonaki argues that moral growth is a disruptive experience that alters one&#8217;s entire vision of the world. The manuscript brings into sharp focus an understanding of moral growth and virtue as depending crucially on our capacity to think ourselves into the being of another individual. The workshop should be of interest to anyone interested in cutting-edge international contemporary ethics, as well as those interested in the value and significance of individuality or the way disruptive experiences are expressed and thematized in both fiction and philosophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Frost (Philosophy)<br \/>\nAlexandra Newton (Philosophy)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-e2bc02257537ccf36 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_e2bc02257537ccf36\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e2bc02257537ccf36\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11364-1\" data-target=\"#e2bc02257537ccf36\" href=\"#e2bc02257537ccf36\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Un(preset)dented: Default Gestalts in Art, Technology, and Culture<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"e2bc02257537ccf36\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_e2bc02257537ccf36\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>What do Duchamp&#8217;s readymades, synthesizer sounds, and microwave popcorn settings have in common? They are presets &#8211; default<\/p>\n<p>settings that facilitate ready-to-hand use. Our uses of presets consent to norms designed for &#8220;standard&#8221; users; from Al content generators to Photoshop editing filters, presets on technology often replicate cultural biases of whiteness, sexism, ableism, and Western privilege. But artists can also recontextualize presets to interrogate entrenched conventions otherwise known as cultural presets. In this working group, UCR scholar-practitioners across art\/art history, media and cultural studies, music, philosophy, and environmental humanities will host public roundtables and DJ and synthesizer workshops. Across these forums, participants will question: how have linguistic, technological, and cultural presets driven capitalism, colonialism, and state sovereignty? When climate disaster and political extremism threaten how we typically engage with our environments, can we program new presets? How can critics and creators produce multi modal forms of knowledge to disentangle presets from their deepseated norms?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amy Skjerseth (Music)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-391c23838bdd5215a fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_391c23838bdd5215a\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"391c23838bdd5215a\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11364-1\" data-target=\"#391c23838bdd5215a\" href=\"#391c23838bdd5215a\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Boundless pages: A Books-in-Progress Workshop for Interdisciplinary Scholars<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"391c23838bdd5215a\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_391c23838bdd5215a\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Over 6 meetings spread across Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and Spring 2026, a working group of four assistant professors in CHASS will convene at UC Riverside to workshop chapters from their in-progress monographs. The goal of these sessions will be to provide in-depth manuscript feedback from fellow pre-tenure scholars not in their immediate fields, thereby allowing them to refine their individual interventions in Abolitionist studies, Critical Filipinx Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicanx Studies, Queer and Trans Latinx Studies, Critical Refugee Studies, and more. While workshopping chapters intended for publication with a university press, the group will also discuss the following questions: what does it mean to write for an &#8220;interdisciplinary&#8221; audience? How does an author develop their books&#8217; interdisciplinary (and interaudience) commitments while learning about the expectations of a departmental discipline? Through this series, the working group aims to bring the values of praxis and collective care to the writing and review process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trisha Remetir, Comparative Literatures and Languages<br \/>\nCecilia Vasquez, Anthropology<br \/>\nLiz Rubio, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies<br \/>\nJack Caraves, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-a464f9d6584f98a73 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_a464f9d6584f98a73\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"a464f9d6584f98a73\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11364-1\" data-target=\"#a464f9d6584f98a73\" href=\"#a464f9d6584f98a73\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">UCR Science and Technology Studies (STS) Workshop Series <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"a464f9d6584f98a73\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_a464f9d6584f98a73\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>The UCR Science and Technology Initiative will host a series of workshops to advance an interdisciplinary dialogue by UCR faculty across colleges about existing Science and Technology Studies (STS) knowledge and research. The participants will share interdisciplinary ways of knowing regarding STS and help to define the challenges, expectations, and possible future viability of a more integrative teaching and research model. The outcomes of these workshops will include creating new synergies across disciplines and with Island Empire communities. The workshops are intended to promote the collaborative research and problem solving that will support UCR\u2019s goal to serve as a global partner and premier research institution in the international field of STS Studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linda Hall (Anthropology)<br \/>\nYolanda Moses (Anthropology)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-7e68e33f8c40b2621 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_7e68e33f8c40b2621\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"7e68e33f8c40b2621\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11364-1\" data-target=\"#7e68e33f8c40b2621\" href=\"#7e68e33f8c40b2621\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Horror of Color Working Group<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"7e68e33f8c40b2621\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_7e68e33f8c40b2621\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<div>\n<p>The Horror of Color Working Group is a space for students and faculty to collaboratively engage research in horror studies with a specific focus on scholarship on horror and race and horror cultural productions by U.S.-based creators of color. The group brings together students and faculty across the humanities and social sciences to address topics ranging from the development and solidifying of genres such as Afro Horror, Indigenous Horror, and U.S. Latinx horror to fandoms of color with the goal of fostering intellectual exchange on the topic of EthnoHorror by 1) holding discussions of works in progress, 2) organizing conversations around shared readings, and 3) invited talks\/panels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Magda Garcia (English)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/past-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">View Past Projects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-container fusion-slider-sc-conferences fusion-slider-552 full-width-slider\" style=\"height:250px; 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The project is based on an early-modern theorist and playwright named Leone de&#8217; Som mi who wrote a bilingual (Hebrew and Italian) treatise defending women that was widely disseminated and published starting in the 1550s. The poem braided together Jewish and Catholic culture in a time of increased segregation and ghettoization in many parts of Europe. In the poem, de&#8217; Som mi championed women whom he saw as on an equal level with men in terms of their accomplishments, leadership ability and goodness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Erith Jaffe-Berg, Theatre Film &amp; Digital Production<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-ef7d694dcd88084fe fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_ef7d694dcd88084fe\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ef7d694dcd88084fe\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-13432-2\" data-target=\"#ef7d694dcd88084fe\" href=\"#ef7d694dcd88084fe\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Black Beings in Water: A Scholar-Artist Symposium and Popup Gallery<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"ef7d694dcd88084fe\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_ef7d694dcd88084fe\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>The &#8220;Black Beings in Water&#8221; symposium will feature a panel of working group members discussing both individual and group projects, an experimental &#8220;collective keynote&#8221; which would put into conversation two thinkers from different disciplines, and the debut of a small popup gallery exhibiting working group members&#8217; artwork, photos, and artifacts of Black beings and doings in water. Working group members include literary and cultural critics, geographers, and archaeologists from UCs and private institutions who also consider ourselves to be public intellectuals and\/or artist intellectuals. The symposium is interdisciplinary, multimedia, and public-facing, with conversations anchored not only in the academic intervention of theorizing blackness and water, but in the belief that working with and being in water as Black people is healing ancestral work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jalondra Davis, English<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-fb85c6b047715cd7e fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_fb85c6b047715cd7e\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fb85c6b047715cd7e\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-13432-2\" data-target=\"#fb85c6b047715cd7e\" href=\"#fb85c6b047715cd7e\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">California Games and Interactive Media Conference<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"fb85c6b047715cd7e\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_fb85c6b047715cd7e\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>The field of Game Studies has grown exponentially over the past two decades, emerging as a vital interdisciplinary area that intersects with the humanities, social sciences, arts, and technology. Despite this growth, UC Riverside remains one of the few UC campuses without a formalized program, designated degree, or research hub dedicated to Game Studies. The California Games and Interactive Media Conference seeks to address this gap by positioning UCR as a central node for academic collaboration and innovation in the field. Building on the success of our previous event (Latin American Games Studies Conference), which attracted over 70 attendees-including faculty, graduate students, and international participants -this conference will serve as a platform to map the current state of Game Studies in the region, foster interdisciplinary dialogue, and establish UCR as a key space for this expanding field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nico Valdivia Hennig, Hispanic Studies<br \/>\nIlya Brookwell, Media &amp; Cultural Studies<br \/>\nJorge Poveda Yanez, Dance Department<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-f40b7df2b293b3ffb fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_f40b7df2b293b3ffb\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"f40b7df2b293b3ffb\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-13432-2\" data-target=\"#f40b7df2b293b3ffb\" href=\"#f40b7df2b293b3ffb\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">The Critical Yoga Studies Conference 2026: Reflecting on 15 years of Race &amp; Yoga<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"f40b7df2b293b3ffb\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_f40b7df2b293b3ffb\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>The Critical Yoga Studies Conference marks the 10-year anniversary of <em>Race and Yoga<\/em> journal and the 15-year anniversary of the Race and Yoga Working Group, both of which have shaped the field of Critical Yoga Studies. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists to reflect on the journal&#8217;s contributions, explore emerging research, and strategize future directions for the field. The conference will feature a keynote from Dr. Blu Wakpa reflecting on the founding and evolution of <em>Race and Yoga<\/em> and future possibilities for decolonizing yoga practice and scholarship. By fostering dialogue across disciplines and communities, this conference will celebrate <em>Race and Yoga&#8217;<\/em>s impact while envisioning new possibilities for the field and the future of public scholarship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samantha Griggs, Study of Religion<br \/>\nMatthew King, Study of Religion<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-bb3cdeb0276c30604 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_bb3cdeb0276c30604\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"bb3cdeb0276c30604\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-13432-2\" data-target=\"#bb3cdeb0276c30604\" href=\"#bb3cdeb0276c30604\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Co-Creativity in Music and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"bb3cdeb0276c30604\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_bb3cdeb0276c30604\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>&#8220;Co-Creativity in Music and Al: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition&#8221; is an interdisciplinary initiative focusing on Somax2-a pioneering Al-driven improvisation system developed by I RCAM-to explore how artificial intelligence reshapes musical creativity. By uniting ethnomusicology, musicology, and media arts, this conference fosters dialogue on Al&#8217;s role as a cocreative partner in composition, performance, and research, rather than a mere technical aid. Presentations, workshops, and live demonstrations will highlight Al&#8217;s capacity to engage across genres, from classical and experimental music to hip hop and popular forms, emphasizing real-time interaction, cultural context, and innovative sonic aesthetics. Through a flexible format, the event aims to inspire new research collaborations, attract external funding, and expand community involvement. Ultimately, &#8220;Co-Creativity in Music and Al&#8221; envisions a future where human and machine collaborate symbiotically, opening novel frontiers for artistic expression and scholarly inquiry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paulo Chagas, Music<br \/>\nLiz Przybylski, Ethnomusicology<br \/>\nNikolay Maslov, UCR ARTS<br \/>\nIvana Petkovic Lozo, Musicologist<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-05a38000b8f72d1a2 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_05a38000b8f72d1a2\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"05a38000b8f72d1a2\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-13432-2\" data-target=\"#05a38000b8f72d1a2\" href=\"#05a38000b8f72d1a2\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">2026 UC Graduate Student Conference<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"05a38000b8f72d1a2\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_05a38000b8f72d1a2\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">Hosted on February 20, 2026, the conference will gather University of California graduate students in the humanities or humanistic social sciences or arts for virtual panel presentations. The 2026 theme will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>For questions or more information:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Katharine.Henshaw@ucr.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Katharine.Henshaw@ucr.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/pastconferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Past Conferences<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-container fusion-slider-sc-programs fusion-slider-102 full-width-slider\" style=\"height:250px; max-width:100%;\" data-id=\"102\" 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Conversations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-11360-3\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-d5279b35e6c967ff2 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_d5279b35e6c967ff2\"><a 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Academic Book Club awards cover the purchase of books for virtual groups of faculty and\/or graduate students who agree to meet up online to discuss sections of the book at least 5 times over the coming quarter. Though we ask that at least half the participants be CHASS faculty and\/or graduate students, conveners and other club members may be from any school or college at UCR.<\/p>\n<p>Club leaders convene meetings via Zoom or other online meeting room services. Selected titles should have the potential to engage multiple perspectives, disciplines and methods in critical inquiry. Inclusive, cross-disciplinary groups are encouraged. At the end of the quarter, groups will be asked to provide feedback on their experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/bookclubs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply Now!<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Summer Book Clubs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claudia Holguin Mendoza, convener &#8211; <em>Youth Participatory Action Research in Your Classroom<\/em><br \/>\nRachel Wu, convener <em>&#8211; Broken Country<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Kate Wanchi Huang, convener<em> &#8211; Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation by Mary Louise Pratt<\/em><br \/>\nAlejandra Dubcovsky, convener<em> &#8211; Republic of Indians Empires of Indigenous Law in the Early American South<\/em><br \/>\nThomas Kegler, convener <em>&#8211; A Democratic Theory of Truth<br \/>\n<\/em>Cassia Roth, convener &#8211; <em>Immaterial Archives: An African Diaspora Poetics of Loss<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h3><strong>Research and Publication <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-11360-4\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-b9f8015f843de6107 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_b9f8015f843de6107\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"b9f8015f843de6107\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-4\" data-target=\"#b9f8015f843de6107\" href=\"#b9f8015f843de6107\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Research Writing Groups<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"b9f8015f843de6107\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_b9f8015f843de6107\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1690 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/writing-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/writing-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/writing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/writing.jpg 2000w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Research Writing Groups encourage sustained writing practices, productivity and networking through regularly scheduled writing sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Writing Group awards provide $25 gift cards to participants who attend a majority of scheduled meetings. Groups of 4-8 participants agree to meet at least five times over the quarter. Though we ask that at least half the participants be CHASS faculty and\/or graduate students, conveners and other group members may be from any school or college at UCR. Group leaders convene meetings via Zoom or other online meeting room services. At the end of the quarter, groups will be asked to provide feedback on their experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/writinggroups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Apply Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer 2025 Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miriam Villaz\u00f3n Valbuena, convener &#8211; 4 members<br \/>\nRachel Wu, convener &#8211; 7 members<br \/>\nJorge Leal, convener\u00a0&#8211; 6 members<br \/>\nMagnolia Yang Sao Yia, convener\u00a0&#8211; 6 members<br \/>\nMarissa Hull, convener- 5 members<br \/>\nJaqueline Dighero, convener, group 1 &#8211; 8 members<br \/>\nJaqueline Dighero, convener, group 2 &#8211; 8 members<br \/>\nLiz Przybylski, convener\u00a0&#8211; 5 members<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-1d08de053abf7ef8f fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_1d08de053abf7ef8f\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"1d08de053abf7ef8f\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-4\" data-target=\"#1d08de053abf7ef8f\" href=\"#1d08de053abf7ef8f\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Project Development Workshops<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"1d08de053abf7ef8f\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_1d08de053abf7ef8f\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/redraft-image.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11524 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/redraft-image-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/redraft-image-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/redraft-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/redraft-image.jpg 704w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project Development Awards provide funds to help CHASS faculty members substantially move a project (book manuscript, film, play or substantial creative project) toward completion and submission\/production (to a press, film festival, theatre, gallery show, etc.) by creating opportunities to receive input and feedback on works-in-progress.<\/p>\n<p>Proposals may include meetings with scholars or subject matter experts for an open discussion of the faculty member\u2019s work, meetings with community partners, workshops, experimental productions, and other collaborative formats for soliciting feedback on a project. Special consideration will be given to projects that have potential to impact tenure and\/or promotion. Applicants must clearly identify how the proposal supports the planned completion or production of the next stage of their project.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact <a href=\"mailto:katharine.henshaw@ucr.edu\">Katharine Henshaw<\/a> for more information.<\/b><br \/>\n2024-25 Participants<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liz Przybylski<\/strong> (Music) Creativity and Constraint<br \/>\n<strong>Elizabeth Rubio<\/strong> (Gender and Sexuality Studies) Dreams Beyond Recognition: The Queer Temporality of Asian American Immigrant Justice Activism<br \/>\n<strong>Amy Skjerseth<\/strong> (Music) Instrumental Presets: The Visible History of Music Technology<\/p>\n<p>2023-24 Participants<\/p>\n<div><strong>Chikako Takeshita <\/strong>(Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies)\u00a0<em>Radioactive Speak: The Science and Politics of Radiation Exposure in Fukushima<\/em><\/div>\n<p>2020-21 Participants<\/p>\n<p><strong>Farah Godrej<\/strong>\u00a0(Political Science) \u201cPrison Yoga and Meditation: South Asian Text and Practice in the US Carceral System\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Anthony Jerry<\/strong>\u00a0(Anthropology) \u201cChasing Blackness: Racial Economies and the Production of Citizenship in Mexico\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Richard Rodriguez<\/strong>\u00a0(Media &amp; Cultural Studies) \u201cUndocumented Desires: Fantasies of Latino Male Sexuality\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Michele Salzman<\/strong>\u00a0(History) \u201cThe \u2018Falls\u2019 of Rome: Transformations of the City in Late Antiquity (270-603 CE)\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Dana Simmons<\/strong>\u00a0(History) \u201cHungry, Thinking with Animals\u201d (Funded by a a grant from the University of California Office of the President Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative Funding through the UC Humanities Research Institute.)<br \/>\n<strong>Victoria Reyes<\/strong>\u00a0(Sociology) Academic Outsider<br \/>\n<strong>Annika Speer<\/strong>\u00a0(Theatre, Film &amp; Digital Production) Missing: A Musical Dramedy<br \/>\n<strong>Bronwyn Leebaw<\/strong>\u00a0(Political Science) After Slumber: Transformative Justice, Memories of Resistance, and the Lessons of the Past<\/p>\n<p>Helpful Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cissr.uchicago.edu\/sites\/cissr.uchicago.edu\/files\/CISSR_Book-Workshop-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty Book Workshop Guide by CISSR<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msalganik.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/16\/planning-a-book-manuscript-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workshop Planning Guide by Matthew Salganick<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com\/2016\/05\/how-to-plan-book-manuscript-workshop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Plan a Book Manuscript Workshop by Karen Tani<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-7bbaf9cda38b2992d fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_7bbaf9cda38b2992d\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"7bbaf9cda38b2992d\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-4\" data-target=\"#7bbaf9cda38b2992d\" href=\"#7bbaf9cda38b2992d\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">New Works Forum @CIS<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"7bbaf9cda38b2992d\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_7bbaf9cda38b2992d\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<div>The New Works Forum (formerly \u2018Hot off the Presses\u2019) features new projects started or completed within the current academic year from Faculty, Lecturers, Postdoctoral scholars, and Advanced (ABD) Graduate Students in CHASS, including::<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>new projects<\/li>\n<li>emerging knowledge<\/li>\n<li>recent publications<\/li>\n<li>and other forms of new scholarship and creative work in CHASS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recently revised to widen eligibility and expand project types, the program aims to raise the profile of CHASS research and creative projects, encourage collaboration, and nurture intellectual community by bringing scholars and artists together to share and discuss new work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-30db746edf36030b2 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_30db746edf36030b2\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"30db746edf36030b2\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-4\" data-target=\"#30db746edf36030b2\" href=\"#30db746edf36030b2\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Emory Elliott Book Awards<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"30db746edf36030b2\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_30db746edf36030b2\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11340 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/EmoryElliott-crop-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/EmoryElliott-crop-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/EmoryElliott-crop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/EmoryElliott-crop-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/EmoryElliott-crop.jpg 225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Made possible by gifts from Emory\u2019s family and friends, the Emory Elliott Book Award honors the book published by a CHASS faculty member during the previous academic year that, in the judgment of the selection committee, best exemplifies the values that characterized Professor Elliott and his contributions to life and letters.<\/p>\n<p>Among these many contributions are the capacity to recognize complexity together with the passion to clarify, the ability to contribute to a conversation rather than to summarize agreements already established, and the intent to further a tradition of creative and scholarly munificence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/emoryelliott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Call for Nominations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"16px\"><strong>Award Winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><strong>2024: <\/strong>Randol Contreras (Media &amp; Cultural Studies) &#8211; <em>The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and the Resistance in East Los Angeles<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Finalists: <\/strong>Imani Kai Johnson (Dance) &#8211; <em>Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop<\/em><br \/>\nLiz Przybylski (Music) &#8211; <em>Sonic Sovereignty: Hip Hop, Indigeneity, and Shifting Popular Music Mainstreams<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>2023: <\/strong>Alejandra Dubcovsky (History) \u2013 <em>Talking Back: Native Women and the Making of the Early South<\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong>Finalists:<\/strong> Philipp Lehmann (History) \u2013\u00a0<em>Desert Edens: Colonial Climate Engineering in the Age of Anxiety<\/em> and Jennifer Syvertsen (Anthropology) \u2013 <em>Dangerous Love: Sex Work, Drug Use, and the Pursuit of Intimacy in Tijuana, Mexico<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2022:<\/strong> Allison Hedge Coke (Creative Writing) \u2013 <em>Look at This Blue<\/em>\n<div>Sherryl Vint (English) \u2013 <em>Biopolitical Futures in Twenty-First-Century Speculative Fiction<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2021:<\/strong>\u00a0Anusha Kedhar (Dance) \u2013\u00a0<em>Flexible Bodies: British South Asian Dancers in an Age of Neoliberalism<\/em>\n<div>Brandon Robinson (Gender and Sexuality Studies) \u2013\u00a0<em>Coming Out to the Streets<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2020<\/strong>: Victoria Reyes (Sociology) \u2013 G<i>lobal Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines<\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong>: Jade Sasser<i>\u00a0<\/i>(Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies) \u2013\u00a0<i>On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women\u2019s Rights in the Era of Climate Change<br \/>\n<\/i>Steven Brint (Sociology) \u2013\u00a0<i>Two Cheers for Higher Education: Why American Universities Are Stronger Than Ever\u2015and How to Meet the Challenges They Face<\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>2018:\u00a0<\/strong>Sang-Hee Lee (Anthropology) \u2013\u00a0<em>Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2017:\u00a0<\/strong>Charmaine Craig (Creative Writing) \u2013\u00a0<em>Miss Burma<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong>: Anthea Kraut (Dance) \u2013\u00a0<em>Choreographing Copyright: Ra<\/em><em>ce Gender, and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>:\u00a0Conrad Rudolph (Art History) \u2013\u00a0<em>The Mystic Ark: Hugh of Saint Victor, Art, and Thought in the Twelfth Century<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>:\u00a0Amanda J. Lucia (Religious Studies) \u2013\u00a0<em>Reflections of Amma: Devotees in a Global Embrace<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>:\u00a0Maudemarie Clark (Philosophy) \u2013\u00a0<em>The Soul of Nietzsche\u2019s Beyond Good and Evil<br \/>\n<\/em>Perry Link (Comparative Literature) \u2013\u00a0<em>An Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>:\u00a0Priya Srinivasan (Dance) \u2013\u00a0<em>Sweating Saris: Indian Dance as Transnational Labor<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>:\u00a0Michelle Raheja (English) \u2013\u00a0<em>Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h3><strong>Student Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-11360-5\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-f62306cd5b5142867 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_f62306cd5b5142867\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"f62306cd5b5142867\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-5\" data-target=\"#f62306cd5b5142867\" href=\"#f62306cd5b5142867\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Summer Graduate Student Dissertation Writing Fellowships<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"f62306cd5b5142867\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_f62306cd5b5142867\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Graduate student fellows in this program receive support for summer writing projects and the opportunity to connect with other UC graduate fellows in virtual meetings and workshops. The fellowships are funded through a collaborative grant from the UC Humanities Consortium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024 Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iliana Cuellar, Comparative Literature, <em>Palimpsexts: Autotheory as Worldmaking in Feminist Film and Video<\/em><br \/>\nSean Keenan, History, <em>The Haiphong &#8211; Kunming Railroad: The Spaces Between<\/em><br \/>\nOthandwayo Mgqoboka, Anthropology, <em>Ways of Dying: Antiblackness, Democracy and the Question of (un)Freedom in South Africa<\/em><br \/>\nAllan Zheng, Music, <em>Following The Way: Creativity and the Cosmopolitan in Contemporary Cambodian Performance<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2023 Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicole Furtado<strong>, <\/strong>English, <em>Galaxies like Islands, Islands like Galaxies: Envisioning Futurity in Seascape Technologies<\/em><br \/>\nRotem Herrmann, Philosophy, <em>Body and Memory: An Inquiry into Skill<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2022 Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Chu, History, <em>Thracians among Others: Encounters with Greeks, Macedonians, and the Near East<br \/>\n<\/em>Xiomara Forbez, Dance, <em>Prima, &#8216;Olapa, Bachatera \u2013 Name Me Dancer: Expanding the Category of Dancer through Ballet, Hula, and Bachata<br \/>\n<\/em>Deborah Nelson, Philosophy, <em>The Reasoning of Economically-Disadvantaged People<br \/>\n<\/em>Nattapol Wisuttipat, Music, <em>Spicy: The (Un)making of Queer Presence in Thai Classical Music<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie DeMora, Politcal Science, <em>Who Supports Her? The Conditions of Gender Specific Voting<br \/>\n<\/em>Grecia Perez, Anthropology<br \/>\nEvelyn Pruneda, Sociology, <em>Navigating Multidimensional Borderlands: How Spatial Politics and Inequalities Shape the Working Conditions and Lived Experiences of Women Farmworkers in Rural California<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-3099f873e6c30923f fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_3099f873e6c30923f\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"3099f873e6c30923f\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-5\" data-target=\"#3099f873e6c30923f\" href=\"#3099f873e6c30923f\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Humanities Graduate Student Research Awards<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"3099f873e6c30923f\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_3099f873e6c30923f\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13435 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/graduate-1500x630-1-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/graduate-1500x630-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/graduate-1500x630-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/graduate-1500x630-1.jpg 1500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The Humanities Graduate Student Research Grants assist CHASS graduate students involved in original research or creative projects in the humanities. Awarded funds are primarily intended for research proposals related to dissertation or MFA work, though other projects are considered as funds permit.<\/p>\n<p>The award process is competitive. Applications are collected each fall and announced the following spring. Projects are judged according to intellectual merit, faculty support and justification for the proposal as it relates to completion of the dissertation or MFA project.<\/p>\n<p>The Humanities GSR Awards are sponsored by UCR Graduate Division, the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and the Center for Ideas and Society.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/hgsr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We congratulate the following award winners!<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>2025-26 Winners<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>2024-25 Winners<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<div id=\"magicdomid40\" class=\"\">Paula Cucurella (Hispanic Studies Department)<br \/>\nCharlotte Biggs (History)<br \/>\nSammitha Sreevathsa (Department of Dance Studies)<br \/>\nJieun Lee (Department of Political Science)<br \/>\nNicolas Valdivia Hennig (Spanish)<br \/>\nSarah Grace Faulk (Art History)<br \/>\nThomas Kegler (Political Science)<br \/>\nSophia Rodriguez (Anthropology)<br \/>\nAshley Shults (Anthropology)<br \/>\nJulia Torres (History)<br \/>\nMinhye Joo (Political Science)<br \/>\nJose Alvarez (Anthropology)<br \/>\nMiriam Villaz\u00f3n Valbuena (Hispanic Studies Department)<br \/>\nYiwang Li (School of Education)<br \/>\nRodrigo Arenas (Dance)<br \/>\nZite Ezeh (CWPA)<br \/>\nAndr\u00e9s Misnaza (Hispanic Studies Department)<br \/>\nCatherine Wells (Political Science)<br \/>\nRory Fewer (Music)<br \/>\nEloy Neira de la Cadena (Music)<br \/>\nAnais Martinez (Psychology)<br \/>\nMaria Aldana Mendoza (Hispanic Studies)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<div>Jose Alvarez (Anthropology)<br \/>\nSunshine Blanco (Anthropology)<br \/>\nTiffany\u00a0Bragg (History)<br \/>\nPaula Cucurella (Hispanic Studies)<br \/>\nIliana Cuellar (Comp Literature)<br \/>\nMai Do (Political Science)<br \/>\nLiseth Esp\u00edndola (Hispanic Studies)<br \/>\nRory Fewer (Music)<br \/>\nYun Ge (Anthropology)<br \/>\nNicolas Hennig (Hispanic Studies)<br \/>\nDaisy Herrera (History)<br \/>\nKate Huang (Comp Literature)<br \/>\nMarissa Hull (History)<br \/>\nNegar Kamali (Dance)<br \/>\nAshley McNelis (History of Art)<br \/>\nMaria de losAngeles Aldana Mendoza (Hispanic Studies)<br \/>\nAshley Miller (Psychology)<br \/>\nMarina Murillo (History)<br \/>\nEun-A Park (Political Science)<br \/>\nMark Reynolds (History)<br \/>\nBrenda Rincon (Psychology)<br \/>\nSarah Salisbury (History of Art)<br \/>\nIsis Silva (Anthropology)<br \/>\nHannah Snavely (Music)<br \/>\nTara Westmor (Anthropology)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-11957454f25787f98 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_11957454f25787f98\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"11957454f25787f98\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-5\" data-target=\"#11957454f25787f98\" href=\"#11957454f25787f98\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Jean Rowe Warnke Graduate Student Research Award<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"11957454f25787f98\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_11957454f25787f98\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Made possible by her children, one of whom is the third director of CIS, this fund provides support for graduate students seeking travel and dissertation support from the Center for Ideas and Society within the majors of History, Art History, and Political Science in the hope that it will help them realize their ambitions and make a contribution through their research to the world of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Rowe Warnke raised five children in Washington, D.C. during the Post-WWII era and instilled in them, by word and steely example, a commitment to truth, progressive values and generosity of spirit, along with an aversion to anything that smacked of self-promotion, resting on one\u2019s laurels or conceit. She pushed them, and herself, to make a difference, and she committed her formidable energies to bettering the lives of those less fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019-20 award recipient was Camilla Querin (History of Art) for the project: Dialectics of Malandragem, When Arts Transform the Outcast into a Hero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2025-26: Sarah Grace Faulk (History of Art)<br \/>\n2024-25: Ashley McNelis (History of Art)<br \/>\n2022-23: Eun-A Park (Political Science)<br \/>\n2021-22: Molly Bond (History of Art)<br \/>\n2020-21: John Haberstroh (History)<br \/>\n2019-20: \u00a0Camilla Querin (History of Art)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-92cfa5e63ab052242 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_92cfa5e63ab052242\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"92cfa5e63ab052242\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-11360-5\" data-target=\"#92cfa5e63ab052242\" href=\"#92cfa5e63ab052242\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"92cfa5e63ab052242\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_92cfa5e63ab052242\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4857 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-MMUF-9-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-MMUF-9-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-MMUF-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-MMUF-9.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is a two-year program that provides financial support, research mentorship, and assistance with graduate school applications. The Mellon Mays program at UC Riverside is administered by the Center for Ideas and Society and is funded by an annual grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The program is managed by the Center Director (PI) and the CHASS Dean (Co-PI.) Visit UCR\u2019s MMUF website for more information on student eligibility and benefits:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mellonmays.ucr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">mellonmays.ucr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Program Coordinator:<\/strong>\u00a0Covadonga Lamar Prieto (Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies)<br \/>\n<strong>Administrative Program Coordinator:<\/strong>\u00a0Katharine Henshaw (Associate Director, Center for Ideas and Society<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/past-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">View Past Programs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14448"}],"version-history":[{"count":92,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17109,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14448\/revisions\/17109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}