Sites @ Grinnell Web Literacy
Project Lead: Dr. Mo Pelzel (Director of Academic Technology) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): David Nguyen This Vivero project will support the campus web hosting and digital publishing platform, Sites @ Grinnell. The Fellow will collaborate with Sites administrators to: promote the engagement of students and student organizations on the platform, including providing support for a […]
Student Activism at Grinnell Digital Exhibit and Walking Tour
Project Lead: Libby Cave (Digital Humanities & Instruction Librarian) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): Chika Inoue Grinnell College, with its social justice focus, has historically been an incubator for activists and experienced several waves of social movements and protest that are emblematic of the social movements that affected the rest of the country. Today, it is […]
Map the System Digital Repository
Project Lead: Vicki Nolton (Assistant Director for Social Innovation Partnerships and Education, CLS) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): Isaiah Schlimm Project Need: Map the System (MTS) is a global research challenge that empowers students to use a systems thinking approach to examine a social or environmental issues and learn how to tackle deeper root causes of […]
3D Printing in the Digital Studio
Project Lead: Max Schafer (Digital Library Services Specialist) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025, Fall 2025): Ngoc Ta Burling Library’s Digital Studio is a growing space with semi-professional tools, technology, and support for digital projects across many disciplines. There are several opportunities that could use additional support from the Fellow in 2025-2026, according to their interests, which […]
Georgia Dentel Project

Project Lead: Prof. Sarah Purcell (L. F. Parker Professor of History) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): Zachary Bressler Georgia Dentel’s work at Grinnell College was remembered fondly by many alumni, who wanted to honor her by creating a research fund for current students at Grinnell College. Despite Dentel’s large role in student life, there is yet […]
Updating Grinnell Guide to Writing, Research, and Speaking
Project lead: Dr. Tisha Turk (Director of Academic Support for Writing & Speaking) Vivero Fellow (2024-2025): Rowan M I’d like to take the Grinnell Guide to Writing, Research, and Speaking (GG) online. The original project is “online” in the sense that it exists as a PDF that can be downloaded, but this format is both […]
OER Toolkit

Project lead: Kayla Reed (Discovery, Systems, & Digital Strategy Librarian) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2024): Karolina Calleros Website Link: https://openpedagogytoolkit.sites.grinnell.edu/ The focus of this project is building an “Open Pedagogy Toolkit,” which will involve creating a website that will act as a guide for helping faculty get started on building a course with open pedagogy. Open […]
Modern Architecture in Grinnell – A Mapping Project

Project lead: Prof. Fredo Rivera (Associate Professor of Art History) Vivero Fellow (2024-2025): Ohana Savortham Website Link: https://grinarch.sites.grinnell.edu/ This project collates research completed by students over the past five years in Grinnell College architectural history courses, creating an interactive and public facing digital map exploring the history of buildings in Grinnell. Students enrolled in the […]
Laetitia Moon Conard Project

Project lead: Prof. Susan Ferguson (Professor of Sociology & Director of the CTLA) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2025): Morgan Smith Vivero Fellow (2024-2025): Emma Kumano-Maloney Link: https://laetitiamoonconard.sites.grinnell.edu/ I am working on a project that is exploring the life and work of a Grinnell College faculty member for the early 20th century. Laetitia Moon Conard came to […]
Instead of Redface: Resources for Teaching Indigenous Theatre
Project lead: Prof. Jen Shook (Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2025): Isaiah Schlimm Vivero Fellow (2024-2025): Regann Fishell The primary goal of the Instead of Redface project is to provide a collection of materials to support informed teaching and learning about Indigenous performance, especially 19th century – 21st century […]