Honorary Professors of the Center for International Studies are eligible for annual funding for travel for international research and work. Eligible faculty are emailed each spring with a link to apply. Awards average about $500 per applicant, but awards can vary based on fiscal year and the amount of relevant applications. You can learn more about past awardees' research below.
2025-2026 Awardees
| Name | Department/School | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Augustine Agwuele | Anthropology | Book manuscript development and doctoral curriculum revision in Nigeria |
| Suparno Banerjee | English | Interviews and field research for a scholarly monograph on pandemic narratives in India |
| Joseph Kortarba | Sociology | Qualitative, interview‑based research on experiences of chronic pain in France |
| Judith Oskam | Journalism and Mass Communications | Interview‑driven investigation for a podcast on Scottish culture and creative identity |
| Steven Rayburn | Marketing | Collaborative research project examining employee leadership development programs in Peru and Colombia |
| Alejandra Sorto | Mathematics | Empirical data collection at the International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS) |
Past Research
- Conduct Shakespearean performances in Mexico City
- Research on educational equity among undocumented students in Canada
- Research anthropogenic change on stress in fish and amphibians in Spain
- Conduct excavations of Late Bronze Age tombs in Greece and Cyprus
- Conduct fieldwork of non-verbal religious communication in Nigeria
- Research “The Development of AI-Based Self-Driving Disaster Vulnerable Personal Evacuation Device” with the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
- Measure the impact of after-school programing and students’ interest in pursuing STEM careers in rural Honduras
- Research cultural influences on online behaviors and the impact of these differences on users' mental health, by comparing predominantly collectivist culture of Greece to the individualistic in the U.S
- Perform screendances in rural Mexico to draw parallels between environmental crisis and migration through the female lenses