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Faculty Awarded 2021-2022 Niles Grants

December 1, 2021

The following College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences faculty members were awarded a 2021–2022 Niles Grant: Letisha Brown, Sociology; Megan Duncan, School of Communication; Charles Dye, School of Performing Arts; Lillian Frost, Political Science; Edward Gitre, History; Heather Gumbert, History; Caitlin Martinkus, School of Performing Arts; Su Fang Ng, English; Sarah Ovink, Sociology; Katalin Parti, Sociology; Dominique Polanco, Religion and Culture; Fabian Prieto-Ñañez, Science, Technology, and Society; Caroline Sanner, Human Development and Family Science; Eonyou Shin, Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management; Tyechia Thompson, English; Hsiang Tu, School of Performing Arts; and Trevor Wilson, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures.

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