FACULTY RESIDENCY
The UNCF/Mellon Programs have established relationships with potential residency sites including Duke University’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, Emory University’s James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Study, Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center,* The National Humanities Center, the University of Chicago through three of their Institutional Centers - the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Pozen Center for Human Rights, and The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and the Steve Biko Institute in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The Programs Office will help facilitate residencies at these selected sites. However, interested faculty can identify their own choice of a research site. Thus, support will be provided for research at sites not listed. Confirmation from the site must be provided and is subject to approval by the Programs Office. We have entered into a partnership (newly formed) with The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (GSU) in Sharjah, UAE, to support Faculty Residency and International Seminar opportunities. We will soon provide more information about these opportunities.
* Residencies at Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center will be based upon space availability. Faculty interested in applying for a residency at Harvard University must notify the Director as soon as possible.
Please follow this link for the current Faculty Residency application.
Faculty Residency Grant Recipients
2024-25 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS
Two faculty members from two UNCF institutions were selected to receive faculty residency grants for the 2024-25 academic year.
- Fernando Esquivel-Suarez, Spelman College
- Amy King, Tuskegee University
2023-24 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS
- Moon Charania, Spelman College
- Charity Clay, Xavier University of Louisiana
- Gertrude Gonzalez de Allen, Spelman College
- Natasha Howard, Morehouse College
- Karima Jeffrey-Legette, Hampton University
- Anastasia Valecce, Spelman College
2022-23 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS
- Khalilah Ali, Spelman College
- Wandeka Gayle, Spelman College
- Rebecca Kumar, Spelman College
- Jontyle Robinson, Tuskegee University
- Kim Vaz-Deville, Xavier University
2021-22 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS
Five faculty members from four UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2021-22 academic year.
- Richard Benson, Spelman College
- Celeste Lee, Spelman College
- Alison Ligon, Morehouse College
- Kareem Muhammad, Allen University
- Pamela Waldron Moore, Xavier University
2020-21 UNCF/MELLON FACULTY RESIDENCY GRANTS
Six faculty members from five UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2020-21 academic year.
- Francine Adams, Morehouse College
- Omar Ba, Morehouse College
- Barbara Combs, Clark Atlanta University
- Ines Da Silva Dias, Spelman College
- Karima Jeffrey, Hampton University
- Belinda Wheeler, Claflin University
2019-20 UNCF/Mellon Faculty Residency Grants
Seven faculty members from three UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2019-20 academic year.
- Consuela Bennett, Morehouse College
- Shanya Cordis, Spelman College
- Luis Gonzalez-Barrios, Spelman College
- Haile Larebo, Morehouse College
- Ida Mukenge, Morehouse College
- Sarah Rudwalker, Spelman College
- Mona Lisa Saloy, Dillard University
2018-19 UNCF/Mellon Faculty Residency Grants
Seven faculty members from five UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2018-19 academic year.
- Dr. Sara Busdiecker, Spelman College
- Dr. Daphne Chamberlain, Tougaloo College
- Dr. Moon Charania, Spelman College
- Dr. Alaine Hutson, Huston-Tillotson University
- Dr. Hershell Proctor-Walden, Claflin University
- Dr. Robin Vander, Xavier University
- Dr. Belinda Wheeler, Claflin University
2017-18 UNCF/Mellon Faculty Residency Grants
Six faculty members from three UNCF institutions were selected to receive Faculty Residency grants for the 2017-18 academic year.
- Dr. Worth Kamili Hayes, Tuskegee University
- Dr. Alexandria Lockett, Spelman College
- Prof. Ebony Lumumba, Tougaloo College
- Dr. Ashanté Reese, Spelman College
- Dr. Charissa Threat, Spelman College
- Dr. Xan Yu, Spelman College
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