The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance are pleased to announce the 2023 National Humanities Conference Equitable Access grant recipients. This program has been made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
These 30 grants reimburse travel, lodging, and registration expenses relating to the National Humanities Conference for U.S.-based humanities students and humanities professionals and scholars from a range of organizations such as state humanities councils, community colleges, four-year colleges, universities, museums, and community organizations. Applications were particularly encouraged from individuals from marginalized populations and communities previously underrepresented at the National Humanities Conference.
At the National Humanities Conference, this cohort will gather to get to know one another, attend and participate in conference sessions, and meet with senior staff from the NEH.
This year’s recipients are:
Jesus Barriera Bonilla
Programs Officer
Humanidades Puerto Rico
LaNaya Butler
Conversations Coordinator
Colorado Humanities
Yvonne Candelario
Teaching Assistant, Instructor
University of South Florida
Clare Camacho
Consultant/Grant Writer
University of Guam
Shawnrece Campbell
Professor of English & Interdisciplinary Studies
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Alex Corpuz
Community Outreach Assistant
Ohio Humanities
Adora Curry
Preservation of African American Cemeteries
Aditya Desai
Program Officer, Literature
Maryland Humanities
Dominic Dongilli
Graduate Student / Curatorial Team Member
University of Iowa / Public Space One
Robyn Evans
Outreach Liaison
Radical Readers
Judith Ha
Graduate Student
Georgetown University
Ye Han
Associate Professor
Washington & Jefferson College
Melissa Helton
Literary Arts Director
Hindman Settlement School
Milla Kaut
Doctoral Student
Northwestern University
John Kennedy
Assistant Professor & Director of Latina/o Studies Minor Program
Western Carolina University
Aleezay Khaliq
PhD Student
George Mason University
Jennifer Macias
History Programs Coordinator
Colorado Humanities
Alexandra Marchesani
Programs Intern
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Josephine Bolling McCall
President
The Elmore Bolling Initiative
Erlinda Naputi
Library Director/CNMI State Librarian
Joeten-Kiyu Public Library-CNMI State Library, Northern Marians Islands Center for the Book-Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA), and Northern Marianas Library Association (NMLA)
Shaina Nez
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and English
Diné College
Kamecia Ridley
Communications Manager
Mississippi Humanities Council
Mario Rodriguez
Archivist Assistant/Digital Preservationist
El Progreso Memorial Library
Ariel Seay-Howard
Assistant Professor of Race, Rhetoric, and Communication
North Carolina State University
Jennifer Sierra
Doctoral Student, DEI Coordinator
University of Michigan, Michigan Humanities
Tammie Sinclair
Archivist, Los Angelitos de Robb
El Progreso Memorial Library
Isabell Sluka
PhD candidate (ABD) in German Studies
University of Connecticut
Hannah Summerville
Founder
Radical Readers Children’s Literacy Program and Curricula for Political Education
Robert Taliaferro
Representative Spokesperson
Odyssey Beyond Bars (OBB), University of Wisconsin
Kalela Williams
Director, Virginia Center for the Book
Virginia Humanities
Each year, the National Humanities Conference, co-produced by the Federation and the National Humanities Alliance, brings together more than 600 humanists from colleges, universities, state and jurisdictional humanities councils, cultural institutions, and other community-based organizations to explore approaches to deepening the public’s engagement with the humanities. This year’s conference will be held October 25-29, 2023 in Indianapolis. Our Conference host this year is Indiana Humanities.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed by these recipients do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
