Newcomb Institute Grants Awarded Spring 2024

Newcomb Institute Grants Awarded Spring 2024

Students

Catie Carey
Conference: Presenting “Global Fluency: The Impact of Language Learning in Study Abroad” at the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America & The Caribbean   in Cali, Colombia

Joanna Fashjian
Research: LGBTQ+ Competency Training: Members of Transgender Inclusive Development Advocacy and Learning (TIDAL) 

Treasure Joiner
Research: Gender Equity at Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT)

Lillian Milgram
Newcomb Scholars Summer Grant: New Orleans EMS gear

Ridhi Mohan
Research: Testing GPER Activity of New Estrogen Therapies 

Eferoghene Okakuro
Conference: National Society of Black Engineers 50th Annual Convention 

Leigh Saville
Research: Sexual Violence in Spanish California: Examining Gender-Based Violence Against Indigenous Women as a Social-Political Tool 

Zoe Seibert
Conference: 2024 Conference on American History 

Faculty Research, Teaching, and Special Initiative Grants

Fallon Aidoo
School of Architecture
Research: The 'Other' Conservationists: Black Women and Native Landscapes in the Land Trust Movement 

Hannah Baron
Center for Inter-American Policy and Research
Special Initiative: Dissidents in Exile: Building an Oral History Archive of Central American Women Leaders 

Michelle Foa and Mike Kuczynski
Teaching: Global Paper: Art, Literature, Labor, and the Environment 

Cecilia Gambala
School of Medicine
Research: High-Risk Pregnancies and Patients' Experiences With Maternal Healthcare in Hostile Policy Environments: A Mixed Methods Analysis from Louisiana, USA. 

Ilana Horwitz
School of Liberal Arts
Research: The Broken Ladder: How Gender and Class Shape Educational Pathways

Muira McCammon
School of Liberal Arts
Teaching: A Pedagogical Intervention: Legal Roleplay as a Launchpad into Feminist Civic Leadership 

Jenny Mercein
School of Liberal Arts
Research: Two Elizas at the Hermann-Grima House 

Lolita Moss
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Research: Black Youth, Health, and Policy Project 

Amy Pfrimmer
School of Liberal Arts
Special Initiative: 2025 Tulane Vocal Arts Festival and Symposium 

Leslie Scott
School of Liberal Arts
Special Initiative: International Dance Festival New Orleans 

Martha Silva Acuna
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Research: Abortion stigma among healthcare providers in Mexico: Twenty years, then and now 

Katherine Theall
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Research: Community Violence and Breastfeeding Initiation in Louisiana 

Department Collaboration Grants

Mauro Porto
School of Liberal Arts
International Conference: The Global Rise of the Far Right: Media, Gender, and Affect

Jordan Karubian/TIERA Program
School of Science and Engineering
An ecofeminist approach to climate resiliency in northwest Ecuador 

Casey Beck and Monica Payne
School of Liberal Arts
Vision(ary): Gender Equity in Theatre, Film, and Literature 

Shennette Garrett-Scott
School of Liberal Arts
2024 Association of Black Women Historians 45th Anniversary Symposium “Our Mothers’ Gardens: The Future of Black Women’s History”

Cross-School Collaboration Grant

Stephanie Cheng, School of Business, and Wei Long, School of Liberal Arts
Equal Pay for Equal Work: States’ Pay Equity Laws and Public Financing 

A girl with glasses presents a poster.