Grinnell College’s Early Chinese Alumni
Project Lead: Prof. Jin Feng (Professor of Chinese and Japanese, and Orville and Mary Patterson Routt Professor of Literature) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Chikako I. Link: https://chinesealumni.sites.grinnell.edu/ Part of my long-term research project titled “Grinnell-in-China, China in Grinnell,” I seek to work with a Vivero Fellow to use digital storytelling to share findings on Grinnell College’s […]
Seasonal Stories and Snapshots of Ecological Stewardship and Education at CERA
Project Lead: Jake Hill (CERA Horticulturalist) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Steph Kama-Kama The Fellow will select a digital medium that best illustrates how land stewardship and educational activities vary seasonally during a year at CERA, the Conard Environmental Research Area, and use that medium to integrate GIS data, photos, and other information provided by the project […]
Best Practices for Science Education
Project Lead: Minna Mahlab (Director of Science Learning Center) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Zachary Rusli This project is envisioned as an opportunity to annotate and digitize an existing collection of peer reviewed references informing best practices in science education to create an easily accessible, searchable, and vetted database for anyone: students wanting to learn more about […]
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 […]
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 […]
Campus Tree Map
Project lead: Prof. Liz Queathem (Senior Lecturer in Biology & Interim Director of Center for Prairie Studies) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Gabriela Roznawska Vivero Fellow (2024-2025): Bruno Sica Link: https://treemap.sites.grinnell.edu/ We have generated an ArcGIS map that shows where each tree is located on the Grinnell College campus, and now we would like to convert it […]
Virtual Titular Head
Project lead: Adam Kelley-Chown (Assistant Director of Regional & Virtual Engagement) Former project lead: Ashley Renstrom-Schaefer (Senior Associate Director of Alumni and Donor Relations) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025, 2025-2026): Kiera Rennick Vivero Fellow (Fall 2024): Lívia Stein Freitas Vivero Fellow (2023-2024): Mahiro Noda Website link: https://titularhead.sites.grinnell.edu/ The Virtual Celebration of Titular Head (or simply Tithead) […]
Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies Digital Archive
Project leads: Kate Baumgartner (Assistant Technical Director) & Erik Sanning (Technical Director) Vivero Fellow (2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026): Chloe Kelly Link: provisional URL The Challenge: The Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ past production photos are currently stored in a haphazard collection of online platforms with varying degrees of (in)accessibility and (un)usability. These photos are often […]
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 […]
