Steven J. Fluharty, School of Arts and Sciences Dean and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, has announced the third round of grants from the Dean’s Global Inquiries Fund. The initiative provides support for global teaching and research projects across the liberal arts.

The following projects were selected to receive up to $50,000 to support a variety of activities including research, conferences, workshops and course development. The collaborative projects exemplify the School’s commitment to driving global change, a key priority in the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences fundraising campaign.

Collaborative Pedagogies in the Global History of Science: Juan-Sebastián Gil-Riaño, assistant professor of history and sociology of science, Projit Mukharji, associate professor of history and sociology of science; Harun Küçük, assistant professor of history and sociology of science; Ramah McKay, assistant professor of history and sociology of science; Marcy Norton, associate professor of history, and Ian Petrie, associate director at Center for Teaching and Learning will assist on this project, along with  lecturers and doctoral students from history and sociology of science.

International Organizations in Crisis: led by Julia Gray, associate professor of political science; Mitchell Orenstein, professor and chair of Russian and East European studies; and David Zaring, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, are also involved in this project.

Rivers Have Memory: Community Recovery of a Watershed in Times of Conflict and Transition: Kristina Lyons, assistant professor of anthropology; Bethany Wiggin, associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures and director of Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, and Deborah Thomas, R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology and director of the Center for Experimental Ethnography, are also part of this project.