The Office of Research Innovation and Economic Impact and the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is delighted to announce the results of the 2023 ARIE Seed Funding Initiative. The ARIE seed funding emerged as one of the recommendations from the ARIE Task Force’s Research Committee to support research, scholarship and creative activities addressing the myriad issues on the theme of anti-racism and inclusive excellence. Such research, scholarship and creative activities continue to drive our commitment to be a national leader in anti-racism and inclusive excellence.
In April, 2023, the Call for Proposals was posted for the ARIE Seed Funding. We received 14 applications which were externally reviewed by over 15 reviewers. A total of five (5) applications were selected for funding.
The awarded teams PIs and Co-PIs (in no particular order), and their project titles, are noted below:
A Fight for Our Future: Geographies of Protest and Power at George Mason University
Planning and Implementing an Antiracist Learning Community
PI: Wendi Manuel-Scott, PhD, Associate Professor, Integrative Studies, CHSS
PI: George D. Oberle III, PhD, Assistant Professor, University Libraries and History and Art History (CHSS)
Internal Mason Collaborators
Co-PI: Benedict Carton, PhD, Associate Professor, African and African American Studies and Integrative Studies (CHSS)
Co-PI: Alyssa Fahringer, PhD University Libraries
Co-PI: LaNitra Berger, PhD, Associate Director, African and American Studies Program
Co-PI: Matthew Rice, PhD, Associate Professor, Geography and Geoinformation Science (COS)
Co-PI: Nathan Burtch, PhD, Assistant Professor, Geography and Geoinformation Science (COS)
Co-PI: Laura Moore, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, History and Art History (CHSS)
Exploring the influence of Cultural Factors in the Black Community about Sexual Health Communicative Behaviors among Faith-Based Leaders and College Students
Co-PI: Rochelle R. Davidson Mhonde, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health
Co-PI: Leah M. Adams, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology and Women & Gender Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)
External Collaborators
D. Robert Kennedy, EdD, PhD, Pastor Emmanuel Worship Center, Alexandria, VA
Trevor Kinlock, PhD, Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Hyattsville, MD
Designing and Evaluating an Online Intervention to Combat Anti-Asian Racism: A Pilot Study
PI: Beidi Dong, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Internal Mason Collaborators
Co-PI: Xiaoquan Zhao, PhD, Professor, Department of Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Co-PI: Cher Weixia Chen, PhD Associate Professor, School of Integrative Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Co-PI: Julie Choe Kim, PhD, Director of Graduate School Life
Expanding Access to Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening (EAST-IS): Promoting Anti-Racism, Inclusive Excellence, and Equity in College Health
PI: Jessica L Harley, DNP, FNP-C, Health Equity Lead Nurse Practitioner, Student Health Services
Internal Mason Collaborators
Co-PI: Megan Symanowitz, MSN, RN, Student Health Services
Co-PI: Diana Rodriguez Rosales, Graduate Professional Assistant; College of Public Health
The Alan Cheuse International Writers Center’s BALDWIN100 A year-long celebration in 2024-25
PI: Alice Magelssen-Green, Assoc. Director, Watershed Lit, English, CHSS
Internal Mason Collaborators
Co-I: Jessica Kallista, artist, Curator, Head Moderator, Kritikos Anti-Racist Reading Gr., CVPA
Co-I: Leeya Mehta, writer, Professor, Interim Director, the Cheuse Center, English, CHSS
Co-I: Keith Clark, Baldwin scholar, Professor, English, African American Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)
External Partners:
William Miller, co-founder of the Cheuse Center, Chair of the Center’s Board
Kris O’Shee, writer, psychotherapist, Cheuse Center Board member
Andy Shallal, founder, Busboys and Poets
We want to thank all the teams that participated in the competition and congratulations to the teams selected for funding.