French Professor Wins U of A Research Grant
The Office of Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development at the University of Arkansas has awarded seven faculty research grants through its Arts and Humanities Seed Funding Program.
The grants, totaling $25,000, are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of the faculty member and the university and result in new opportunities for research or other creative endeavors. The money will be used on items that will further a project such as materials, supplies and travel.
Kathy Comfort, an associate professor of French, will use her grant to travel to military archives in Paris and Meaux, France, where she will by analyze autobiographical and autofictional works written from divergent points of view, including those of a 41-year old volunteer soldier, a female war correspondent, and a member of a French colonial regiment. Her work will add to the body of research in the subgenres of recent critical studies in the subgenres of war literature and autofiction.
Other winners of the grant are:
- Todd Cleveland, Department of History
- Kelly Hammond, Department of History
- Lisa Hinrichson, Department of English
- Jonathan Marion, Department of Anthropology
- Joshua Byron Smith, Department of English
- Lia Uribe, Department of Music
Check out the Newswire story for more info about the other winners.