Working Group on Advancing Arts & Humanities
Sponsored by the Office of Research, the Working Group on Arts & Humanities is a collaborative team of faculty striving to develop and articulate a strategic approach to enhancing arts and humanities research, scholarship, and creative production system wide. Led by Faculty Fellow Ashley Boyd (English), members of the 2023–2024 Working Group are:
- Chris Dickey (Music)
- Steven Fountain (History)
- Samuel Ginsburg (Languages, Culture, and Race)
- Joe Hedges (Art)
- M.A. Miller (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
- Phillip Mudd (Digital Technology and Culture)
- Johanna Phelps (English)
- Jacqueline Wilson (Music)
The group’s goals include engaging with multiple stakeholders to define a set of activities and outcomes to enhance Arts & Humanities and to lead multiple types of engagements with faculty.
We will be hosting a series of events to meet these goals and expand the conversation around Arts & Humanities at WSU paired with a funding opportunity in support of work in the Arts & Humanities.
Events
Interdisciplinary Dialogues
In Spring 2024, the Working Group on Arts & Humanities hosted two Interdisciplinary Dialogues, bringing together diverse voices on topics critical to our society.
Additional Dialogues are planned for Fall 2024:
- Environmental Impacts
- October 2, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., CUE 518
- Topic TBD
- October 30, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Virtual
Arts & Humanities Showcase
On April 10th, 2024, the Working Group on Arts & Humanities hosted an Arts and Humanities Showcase to highlight the research, scholarship, and creative production of WSU faculty. Stay tuned for more information on the 2025 Arts and Humanities Showcase in Spring.
Workshops
Narrating Impact: Tools to Document Your Work for Promotion and Tenure
The Office of Research and the Office of the Provost will host a two-workshop series on “Narrating Impact: Tools to Document Your Work for Promotion and Tenure”, 3:00 – 5:00pm on October 22nd (CUE 518) and October 29th (CUE 512) and via Zoom. All WSU faculty are welcome to attend.
Arts & Humanities Process Grants
As part of the Arts & Humanities Initiative, competitions will be held for funds to support faculty’s needs for research, scholarship, and creative activity. The grants are intended to support smaller items needed such as: materials, printing, tools, software, permissions, services (transcription or translation), event support, marketing, participant stipends, etc. Travel is not an eligible expense. Grants are open to all faculty engaged in work based in the Arts & Humanities, regardless of track, campus, or unit. We especially encourage faculty of color, queer, trans, gender non-binary, working-class and other underrepresented individuals to apply.
Recipients will share a 3-minute flash talk during an event in Fall 2024.
Proposals for the Fall awards are open and will be due September 20th. For questions about the Arts & Humanities Process Grants, email or.orap.servicedesk@wsu.edu.