The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) is proud to announce its twenty-fifth class of humanities fellows. We are excited to host four dissertation scholars (including the Draper Dissertation Fellow and the Richard Brown Dissertation Fellow), five undergraduate fellows, six faculty fellows (including the Justice, Equity, and Repair Fellow), and two external fellows. We have fellows representing a broad swath of disciplines, including History; English; Sociology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Anthropology; Philosophy; Communication; Health Sciences; Political Science; Native American and Indigenous Studies; and Human Rights. Their projects cover time frames from the prehistoric to the present day and engage topics from reproductive health, to Indigeneity and film, to community organizing. For more information on our fellowship program see our Become a Fellow page. Welcome fellows!
Visiting Fellows
Surya Parekh, (English & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Binghamton University—SUNY)
“Swimming in the Mainstream”
Wesley Phelps (History, University of North Texas)
“Queering the Lone Star State”
Undergraduate Fellows
Kimberly Butynes (History, Project advisor: Jane Gordon)
“Arguments with My Dad”
Elly Hume (Individualized Major—Maritime Archaeology & History, Project advisor: Kevin Feeney)
“Trade, Production, and Cultural Transmission: Maritime Perspectives on Material Culture in Antiquity”
Natasha Khetan (Allied Health Sciences, Project advisor: Anna Mae Duane)
“Invisible Pain, Visible Stories: The Endo Experience Through a Middle-Grade Fictional Novel”
Kaitlyn Levine (English, Project advisor: Sean Frederick Forbes)
“A Gallery of Fractured Light”
Nate Wylie (Human Rights, Project advisor: Mary Elizabeth Allen)
“Dakar Days”
Dissertation Research Scholars
Sarah Boateng (Communication)
“Making Oneself Heard: Communicative Agency and Black Women’s Perinatal Care in the United States”
Ananda Griffin (Philosophy)
Richard Brown Dissertation Fellow
“What We Learn from Tears and Laughter: Emotions as an Epistemic Resource”
Chloe Kwak (Political Science)
Draper Dissertation Fellow
“Diasporic Group Subjectivity: Distinct Group Identities and Memories of ‘Comfort Women’ in Korean American Communities”
Dunahay Pereyra (Sociology)
“Managing (Un)Feminine Bodies: Conceptions of Self and Illness in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients”
UConn Faculty Fellows
Daniel Adler (Anthropology)
“Becoming Human: Neanderthal-Modern Human Interactions and Interconnectedness”
Emma Amador (History)
JER Fellow
“Bright Futures: How Antonia Pantoja’s Vision of Community Organizing Sparked Movements for Latina and Puerto Rican Rights”
Eleni Coundouriotis (English)
“History for the Future: Twenty-first Century African Historical Fiction”
Josh Mayer (Anthropology & Social and Critical Inquiry)
“Territory as Freedom: Building an Afro-Indigenous Future in Nicaragua”
Camilo Ruiz (Anthropology)
“Participation and the Politics of Knowledge: A Collection of Multimodal Participatory Action Research Projects in Colombia and the United States”
Kali Simmons (English & Social and Critical Inquiry)
“The Savage Screen: Indigeneity in Modern American Horror Cinema”
