Congratulations!
Cutting Edge Gender Research
Grant Recipients
Greetings!

The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) is pleased to announce the seven selected recipients of the Cutting Edge Gender Research Grant for Junior Scholars Program. This program was designed to fund research by junior scholars whose research stretches the boundaries of the Africana Studies discipline with regard to gender and, thus, can be considered cutting-edge.  The funding was made possible by the Ford Foundation.
 
These recipients are required to present their research at the 2010 NCBS conference and to produce a publishable paper, book, or other scholarly product by June 2010. We look forward to their very promising contributions to the field of Africana Studies. 

GRANT RECIPIENTS

Professor Aimee Cox, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
"The Body and the City: Black Women in Newark Redefine Public Space"

Professor Audrea Dunham, Georgia State University
"'Fight for a Change!': MAW (Mothers for Adequate Welfare) and the Evolution of the Welfare Rights Movement in Boston"

Professor Xavier Livermon, Wayne State University
"Queer(y)ing Freedom: Black Sexual Citizenship and the Making of Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa"

Professor Monica Melton, Spelman College
"Black, Female, and HIV(+): Southern Women's Advocacy and Activism to
Re-claim Communities in Crisis"

Professor Kameelah Martin Samuel, Georgia State University
"Conjuring Moments and Other Such Hoodoo: African American Women and Spirit Work"

Professor Brendesha Tynes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 "African American Girls' Gaming and Computing as a Gateway to STEM Participation"

Professor Roxana Walker-Canton, Fairfield University
"Living Thinkers: The Autobiography of a Community of Women"
Sincerely,

Grant Committee
National Council for Black Studies