Sociology of Robots
Project Lead: Prof. Karla Erickson, Professor of Sociology Vivero Fellow (2021-2022, 2022-2023): Tanmaie Kailash I like to think (it has to be!) Of a cybernetic ecology where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched over by machines of loving grace. […]
Rootstalk: A Prairie Journal of Culture, Science, and the Arts
Project Leads: Jon Andelson (Professor of Anthropology), Mark Baechtel (Lecturer and Director of Forensic Activities & Club Sports), & Mark McFate (Digital Library Applications Developer) Vivero Fellow (2022-2023, 2023-2024): Mikey O’Connor Vivero Fellow (2021-2022): Senay Gokcebel ROOTSTALK began as an on-line publication project of the College’s Center for Prairie Studies, funded initially through a grant […]
Multicultural Alumni Crowdsourced Community Archive
Project Leads: Sarah Smith-Benanti (Development and Alumni Relations) and Chris Jones (Library, Archivist of the College) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2021, 2022-2023): Claire Burns An idea hatched during Multicultural Reunion planning weekend and debuted at the 2019 Multicultural Reunion, the Multicultural Alumni Archive is a collaboration between students, alumni, staff, and faculty that established an Internet-based […]
Mapping Racial Trauma
Project Lead: Dr. Stephanie Jones (Associate Professor of Education) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Karolina Calleros Vivero Fellow (2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024): Feven Adane Getachew This project is connected to Professor Jones’ research on racial trauma in schools. The purpose of the Mapping Racial Trauma (MRT) in Schools project is to identify the ways in which Black students and […]
Haitian Art Digital Crossroads
Project Lead: Dr. Petrouchka Moïse (Cultural & Community-based Digital Curator) Vivero Fellow (2024-2025, Fall 2025): Cadence Chen Vivero Fellow (2023-2024): Maddie Yu Vivero Fellow (2022-2023): Hyein Cho Vivero Fellow (2021-2022): Maddie Matsubara The Waterloo Center for the Arts, located along the Cedar River in Waterloo, Iowa, features the largest public collection of Haitian art in […]
Investigating Digital Cartographies of Spanish Detective Fiction
Events and 2012 economic data Project Lead: Dr. Nick Phillips Vivero Fellow 2021-2022: Eva Román Aguilera Nick Phillips (Associate Professor, Spanish, Grinnell College) and undergraduate Margaret Giles have amassed a large collection of maps for their project “Investigating Digital Cartographies of Spanish Detective Fiction.” These maps cover four different novels and can be utilized in […]
