Launch Awards Program Recipients 2024
2024 Recipients
The DRN-LAP is intended for faculty of color and diversity scholars at MSU. The award supports scholars in launching new research through pilot study, creative projects of scholarly merit or the enhancement of a measure or technique. Work that benefits diverse scholars or populations will be prioritized. Collaborations across departments or colleges are also of high priority.
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Celeste Campos-Castille
College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Media and Information
Project: Co-designing Accessible Mental Health Screeners with Racially Diverse Autistic Adolescents
Tama Hamilton-Wray
Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
Project: Resurrecting Cultural Heritage Sites in the Historic African American Resort Town of Idlewild, Michigan
Salah Hassan
College of Arts and Letters, English/Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Project: Aesthetics of Solidarity by Arab American and Arab/Swana Diaspora Artists in the US, 1948-Present: "Programming + Publication Proposal"
Chamara Jewel Kwakye
College of Arts and Letters, African American and African Studies
Project: Chronicling Cimarron: The Making of Diaspora Across Space and Time
Jungmin Kwon
College of Education, Teacher Education
Project: Heritage Language Learning and Maintenance Among Children, Families, and Communities of the Asian Diaspora in Michigan