Program Overview

IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Program

The IU Presidential Arts and Humanities program provides funding in support of research and creative activity through a variety of mechanisms, including a Fellows Program as well as travel and production grants.

Funding Categories

The program offers funding in the following categories:

• Conference & Workshop Travel
• Research Travel
• Fellowship
• Production

IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellows

The Indiana University Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship is the signature program of this initiative, offering an academic-year fellowship program that accelerates and amplifies the work of outstanding Indiana University faculty poised to become national and international leaders in their fields.

Fellowship Details

• IU Research selects a number of arts and humanities fellows each year from a competitive application pool.
• The cohort comprises a mix of senior and junior faculty in various disciplines from across Indiana University's campuses.
• Fellows attend monthly meetings that feature professional development sessions and discussions centered on their research and creative activity.
• Fellows are required to use a portion of their fellowship funding to bring a guest or guests to one of IU's campuses to share their work with faculty, students, staff, and local communities as well as use some of the funding to travel for research and/or presentations at other academic locales.

Past Fellows

The program has supported numerous fellows across various disciplines, including:

• Holly Cusack-McVeigh, associate professor of anthropology and museum studies, IU Indianapolis
• Melissa Dinverno, associate professor of Spanish, IU Bloomington
• Phil Ford, associate professor of musicology, IU Bloomington
• Laura Holzman, professor of art history, IU Indianapolis
• Lindsey Mazurek, assistant professor of classical studies, IU Bloomington
• Russell Valentino, professor of Slavic and East European languages and cultures, IU Bloomington
• Hoa Vo, assistant professor of interior design, IU Bloomington
• Jiangmei Wu, associate professor of interior design, IU Bloomington
• Allison Baker, associate professor of fine arts, IU Indianapolis
• Emily Beckman, associate professor of medical humanities, IU Indianapolis
• Catherine Bowman, professor of English, IU Bloomington
• Andrew Goldman, assistant professor of music theory, IU Bloomington
• Raiford Guins, professor of cinema and media studies, IU Bloomington
• Lisa Lenoir, assistant professor of journalism, IU Bloomington
• Anja Matwijkiw, professor of philosophy, IU Northwest
• Linda Pisano, professor of theatre and drama, IU Bloomington
• R. Spencer Steenblik, assistant professor of comprehensive design, IU Bloomington
• Tyrone Freeman, philanthropy studies, IUI
• Rachel Wheeler, religious studies, IUI
• Jason Kelly, program director
• Ed Dallis-Comentale, program director
• Brando Skyhorse, English, IUB
• Sarah Imhoff, religious studies, IUB
• Jonathan Schlesinger, history, IUB
• Elizabeth Hebbard, French and Italian, IUB
• Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, fine arts, IUN
• Robert Horvath, fine arts, IUI
• Rowland Ricketts, studio art, IUB
• Heather Akou, fashion design, IUB
• Sergio Ospina-Romero, musicology, IUB
• Stephanie DeBoer, cinema and media studies, IUB
• Edward Curtis, religious studies, IUI
• Uranchimeg Tsultem, art history, IUI
• Lasana Kazembe, education, IUI