CAH: Research

Research & Development

Research and creative activities are essential to Arts & Humanities. In order to enhance these areas, funding has been set aside for an interdisciplinary initiative. This initiative is intended to break interdepartmental walls by building interdepartmental bridges. It will hopefully lead to research and creative productivity, as well as generate outside funding. Furthermore, it will afford us a unique opportunity to create partnerships with the surrounding metropolitan area and other entities.

Highlights

Walters Awarded Grant for Virtual Fair Project

photoLori C. Walters was awarded a $1.47 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a 3D virtual recreation of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Virtual fairgoers of all ages will be immersed in an accurately modeled historical world with more than 140 pavilions on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and an array of arts and humanities exhibits. Discovery Points throughout the virtual environment will afford opportunities for in-depth engagement in STEM topics that will empower participants to explore the broader consequences of technological innovations. Project partners include the Queens Museum of Art and New York Hall of Science.

Gregory Thompson Awarded Grant to Study Dialect in Spain

photoGregory Thompson has been awarded an In-House Grant Award to study shifting pronunciation patterns in Spain and to investigate how they are changing the traditional view of the dialect of southern Spain. The project will study specifically the shifts in language usage and prestige in speakers of the Peninsular variety of Spanish (spoken in Spain).

Shaun Gallagher receives Distinguished Researcher Award

photoShaun Gallagher has been selected to receive the 2008-2009 Distinguished Researcher Award for the College of Arts and Humanities. Shaun Gallagher's research is conducted in the area of philosophical phenomenology, the philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences. His work is highly interdisciplinary and draws not only from philosophy, but developmental and experimental psychology, neuroscience, social theory, and robotics.