ISI Announces 2017-18 ‘Dissent’ Fellows

UMass Amherst: News Archive

The Interdisciplinary Studies Institute has announced that 12 faculty members have been chosen by the ISI Board as fellows for its 2017-18 seminar on “Dissent.”The fellows will approach the theme from a variety of perspectives, ranging from the humanities to social sciences, from comparative literature to management studies. Each fellow will receive a $1,500 research allowance and participate in a yearlong faculty seminar.
The 2017-18 fellows are:

Lee Badgett, economics and public policy

N.C. Christopher Couch, comparative literature

Barbara Cruikshank, political science

Laura Furlan, English

Hande Gurses, comparative literature

John Higginson, history

Kathryn Lachman, comparative literature

Megan Lewis, theater

Marian MacCurdy, English

Roberta Marvin, music and dance

Bogdan Prokopovych, management

Malcolm Sen, English




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