This year, Logan Lee, Grinnell College associate professor of economics was awarded a $6,000 Franklin Research Grant.

The fellowship program advocates for empowerment of women and girls in education

Susan Ferguson receives the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award

Grinnell College faculty members have been selected for a number of prestigious awards, fellowships, and scholarly prizes over the past few months.

Susan Ferguson, professor of sociology, has been awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching award from the American Sociological Association (ASA).

Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant, which she’ll use to travel to India to complete the research for and writing of her second book.

Fredo Rivera ’06, assistant professor of art history, has received a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Nicole Eikmeier, assistant professor of computer science at Grinnell College since 2019, has been named a Scialog fellow by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. This year, four Grinnell College professors were awarded Franklin Research Grants.

Grinnell College’s John Garrison, professor of English, has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.