We welcome you to celebrate the work and research of our BU Diversity & Inclusion Grant recipients at our annual grants celebration. Our grant recipients are invited to present their work in a poster gallery to showcase it to the community.
2024-2025 Grants Celebration
April 10, 4:00 – 5:30pm
BU D&I Programming Space, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Floor 1M
2024-2025 Grant Recipients
Inclusion Catalyst Grants
- “Holiday Culture Walk” – Alexander Johnson (Warren Towers Res Life)
- “Latine Student Task Force” – Isabella Caruso and Michael Arellano (CAS)
- “Asian Student Task Force” – Yash Patel (CAS)
- “Black Student Task Force” – Karrington Riley
- “Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah Artist Residency” – Elana Harris (BU Arts Initiative)
- “An Evening with Tommy Orange” – Sophie Godley and Richard Tonetti (Kilachand Honors College)
- “Here Where the River Forever Divides Them: Understanding Nod and Opera through the lense of Queer Aesthetics” – Christopher Ellars (CAS World Languages & Literatures)
- “Zine Lugar Zine” – Soffia Blystra (GRS Romance Studies)
- “Proyecto R.E.A.L.” – Alejandro Perez (LAW)
- “Utilizing a Little Free Library to promote diverse voices and reduce stress among medical campus students” – Kate Flewelling (BUMC Alumni Medical Library)
- “Community Investing Startup” – Matei Mihai Serban (CAS)
- “Bridging Research and Advocacy: Advancing Health Equity Through Policy and Community Engagement Workshops” – Quinn Adams (SPH, Environmental Health)
- “Breath, Rhythm, and Music for Your Wellbeing” – Ignor Iwanek (CFA, Music Theory)
- “Pathways for Math Empowerment: A Community Collaboration” – David Fifty (CAS Mathematics)
- “Black United Body Fashion Show Bentley University” – Hector Rivera (CFA)
- “Biological Anthropology Scientific Experience: Being Human” – Jessica Martin (CAS Anthropology)
- “The Stories We Tell Ourselves” – Fyn Rhoades (COM Film & Television)
- “Curiosity in Care: Developing Hands-on Science Education for Pediatric Patients” – Nicole Stepovich (WHE)
- “Screening of the Racial Trauma Treatment Protocol: A 12-Session Approach” – Grace Murray (Clinical Psychology, PBS, GRS)
Learn More Community Grants
- “Healing Nation: Decolonization and Disability Through an Indigenous Lens” – Ruchi Khanna (WHE Special Education)
- “Lecture on Legal and Social Movements for Indigenous Liberation” – Caitlin Glass (LAW)
- “Connecting Anti-Colonial Movements for Collective Liberation: An Indigenous Perspective Series” – Ruofei Shang (CAS Anthropology)
- “Native American Law Student Association” – Tamara Buitrago (LAW)
- “Art and Indigenous Social Justice in Morocco: Filmmaker Nadir Bouhmouch” – Cynthia Becker (CAS History of Art & Architecture)
- “Bridging the Gap Between Indigenous Ways of Knowing and the Scientific Method” – Noelle Henderson (SPH Environmental Health)
- “New Growths: A Cross-Institutional Conversation on Land, Integrity & Ecologies” – Parren Fountain (Sustainability)
- “Palestinian Dabke Dance Workshop” (School of Public Health)
- “Bridging Cultures, Fostering Understanding: Amplifying Indigenous Voices in Healthcare Education” – Maria Datel, Christina Michaud, & Ashley Davis (CAS Romance Studies)
Learn More Research Grants
- “Latin American Indigenous Voices: Developing a Digital Archive” – Celia Bianconi, Maria Datel, Edgardo Tormos Bigles, & Jose Quispe Coronel, Fernanda Alves Dos Santos (CAS Romance Studies)
- “Navajo Obsidian Organizational Landscapes Project [NOOLyínii]” – Wade Campbell, Gabriel Vicencio Castellanos, & Thatcher Seltzer-Rogers (CAS Anthropology)
- “Supporting Northern Pomo Community Efforts in Language Reclamation” – Mary Catherine (Cathy) O’Connor, Tyler Lee-Wynant, Brady Dailey, & Andre Batchelder-Schwab (WHE, CAS)
2023-2024 Grant Recipients
Inclusion Catalyst Grants
Click through the poster gallery to learn more about projects funded through the Inclusion Catalyst Grant.
- “‘At What Cost’ – Social Impact Film Premiere” – Jiaqi Christine An (COM, CAS)
- “Empower Science: Diverse Voices; Ethical Choices” – Matilde Carrera (CAS, Philosophy)
Learn More Community Grants
Click through the poster gallery to learn more about projects funded through the Learn More Community Grant.
- “Decolonizing Food through Indigenous Cuisine in Latin America” – Azlín Perdomo (CAS, Romance Studies), Edgardo Tormos Bigles (CAS, Romance Studies) & María Datel (CAS, Romance Studies)
- “Indigenous Spiritualities Emphasis Week” – Charlene Zuill (STH)
- “LS 307 Indigenous Perspectives on Global Issues” – María Datel (CAS, Romance Studies)
Learn More Research Grants
Click through the poster gallery to learn more about projects funded through the Learn More Research Grant.
- “Testing for Dung Microremains as Archaeological Evidence of Early Navajo Sheepherding in Northwest New Mexico” – Wade Campbell (CAS, Anthropology & Archaeology)
- “Gender, Education, and Indigenous Identity in Southwest China” – Chun-Yi Sum (CGS, Division of Social Sciences, CAS, Anthropology)