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
