Sociology & Subcultures
Project lead: Prof. Ross Haenfler (Professor of Sociology) Vivero Fellow (2023-2024): Lívia Stein Freitas Several iterations of Ross Haenfler’s Deviance and Social Control class have contributed to a WordPress site, available at https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/, about subcultures and subculture theory. The course focuses on subcultures such as goth, punk, burlesque, skateboarding, and many, many more. The intention […]
Mapping Iowa Black History
Project lead: Prof. Sarah Purcell (L.F. Parker Professor of History) Vivero Fellow (2023-2024): Ellen Hengesbach This project is related to Prof. Purcell’s work as an affiliated researcher with the Iowa Black History Research Collective (https://blackhistoryresearchcollective.org/). The IBHRC has a mission of keeping Black History accessible in Central Iowa while centering the lived experience of Black […]
Historical Landscapes of Grinnell
Project Leads: Prof. P. Albert Lacson (Associate Professor of History) & Prof. Cori Jakubiak (Associate Professor of Education & Director of the Center for Prairie Studies) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2023): Ohana Sarvotham Vivero Fellow (Spring 2024): Kailee Shermak We would like our Vivero Fellow to help us create an Omeka website that will be a […]
Salisbury House Library Collection Incunabula Project
Project Lead: Laura Michelson, Assistant Professor and Project Archivist Vivero Fellow (2022-2023): Saury Khanal The Salisbury House Library Collection (https://salisbury.speccoll.sites.grinnell.edu/) came to Grinnell College Special Collections in 2019. Acquired from the Salisbury House & Gardens estate museum, the collection was built by the Weeks family of Des Moines mainly throughout the 1920s and 1930s, with […]
Medieval Book of Hours Database Project
Project Lead: Sharon R. Clayton, Associate Professor, Acquisitions and Discovery Librarian Vivero Fellow (Spring 2023): Mitsuru Watanabe This project would involve assisting in transforming data currently held in a multi sheet Google sheet workbook into a database that allowed searching, collation, visualization and reporting out of data with linked images. It would also have or […]
Miscegenation Nation Course
Project lead: Dr. Makeba Lavan, Assistant Professor of English Vivero Fellow (Spring 2023): Lilith Hafner The study of interracial relationships reveals so much about our nation’s history, present, and potential futures. Therefore, the course will immerse us in a historical, sociological, and cultural study of anti-miscegenation laws in the United States, early representations of and […]
Edith Renfrow’s Grinnell: A Digital Walk
Project lead: Dr. Tamara Beauboeuf (Louise R. Noun Chair in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2023): Libby Eggert Edith Renfrow Smith ’37 is the namesake of Grinnell College’s newest residence, Renfrow Hall, which will open Fall 2024. Born, raised, and educated in Grinnell, the spry 109-year-old still recalls the streets and spaces […]
Conventions of Academic Writing Across the Liberal Arts Curriculum
Project lead: Dr. Tisha Turk, Director of Academic Support for Writing & Speaking Vivero Fellow (Fall 2022): Ellen Hengesbach As part of a collaborative workshop funded by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, faculty from four liberal arts colleges (Carleton, Grinnell, Macalester, and St. Olaf) identified, annotated, and discussed examples of good writing published by […]
Grinnell & Anatolia: Across Sea & Time
Project Lead: Karen Edwards (Dean of International Student Affairs, Grinnell College) & Georgia Proestopoulou ‘01 (Associate Director of US College Counseling, Anatolia College, Greece) Vivero Fellow (2023-2024): Raj Jhanwar Vivero Fellow (2022-2023): Lena Wiebe Two separate institutions, on two sides of the world, share deep and lasting connections through wars, trans-national migration, and shifting governmental […]
Ewithé Wóⁿgithe
Project Lead: Prof. Albert Lacson Vivero Fellow (2022-2023): Sarah Oide The Omaha digital project addresses two legacies of centuries-long efforts to erase the culture and history of the Omaha nation: histories told from the perspectives of non-Omaha people; and, a weakening connection between young people and their cultural identity. The Omaha digital project seeks to […]
