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  1. Simmons University Main College Building in the fall
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons Faculty Recognized for Innovative Teaching During the Pandemic

    Simmons University received a $10,000 Presidential Grant through the Davis Education Foundation to fund a Post-Pandemic Innovative Teaching Award.

  2. A powerful collaboration memorial piece to George Floyd from the corner of Holton and North Avenue in Milwaukee.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Writing on the Wall: Assistant Professor Ann Graf Documents the Significance of Graffiti Art

    Assistant Professor Ann Graf sees the world a little differently, and she's on a mission to record it. After choosing to complete her thesis on graffiti art, Graf has expanded her research to cataloging street art in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  3. Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. 1942
    Faculty Spotlight

    Archives and Memory of the Great Migration: An Interview with Professor Sumayya Ahmed

    Assistant Professor Sumayya Ahmed discusses her current project which looks at the archival traces of Black Southerner migration to Chicago through the lens of her maternal great-grandfather, who migrated from Alabama to Chicago in the early 1930s.

  4. Assistant Professor Eric Poulin's great-grandfather Lester "Buster" Brown, bartending at Luchessi's Cafe in the 1940s.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Discovering the History of the “Classic Neighborhood Corner Bar” with Assistant Professor Eric Poulin

    After working at a neighborhood bar for nearly 20 years, Assistant Professor Eric Poulin is combining his current professional work with local barroom culture. In his latest research project, Poulin gives voice to the history made in these integral spaces.

  5. Headshot of Rebecca Davis
    Faculty Spotlight

    Assistant Professor Receives Grant to Research African American Students in Academic Libraries

    SLIS Assistant Professor Rebecca Davis has received a Laura Bush 21st Century Early Career Development Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.