Collaborative Arts Research Initiative

The University of Alabama’s Collaborative Arts Research Initiative has announced its newest cohort of faculty fellows. The 2022–2024 faculty fellows, chosen from a large and competitive applicant pool, are: Brandon Colvin, Journalism and Creative Media Jennifer Feltman, Art and Art History Misha Hadar, Theatre and Dance Yolanda M. Manor, English Jared Margulies, Geography Sarah Marshall, Art and Art History Kathryn Elizabeth O’Harra, Honors College Sree Kalyan Patiballa, Mechanical Engineering Alvon Reed, Theatre and Dance Jaye Johnson Thiel, Human Development and […]

Become a CARI Faculty Fellow February 1-28, 2022, the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative will accept applications for a new cohort of Faculty Fellows to begin in August, 2022. Any full-time faculty member at the University of Alabama, tenure-track or renewable contract is eligible to apply. A CARI Faculty Fellowship is a 2-year commitment to being an active member of a collaborative arts research community. In addition to the opportunity to strengthen your research design and impact, the benefits of a CARI Faculty Fellowship include: ● […]

Congratulations to the second funded Joint Pilot for Arts Research projects, co-sponsored by CARI, the College of Education, and the Office for Research and Economic Development. The funded projects include: The Science of Writing Through Arts-Integrated Applications Using PAGES: A Professional Development Program for Elementary Teachers Julie Bannerman, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Julieanne Coleman, Professor of Elementary & Literacy Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Carol Donovan, Professor of Literacy Education, Special Education, and Multiple Abilities, Tracey Hodges, Assistant Professor of […]

Congratulations to Jamey Grimes, CARI Fellow and Assistant Professor of Art, and Dr. Julia Brock, CARI Fellow and Assistant Professor of History on being awarded a National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant for their project, Flow Tuscaloosa. Flow Tuscaloosa recognizes the successful restoration of Hurricane Creek, a Tuscaloosa natural resource, as inspiration to ignite action to protect the resources of the Black Warrior River watershed and bring attention to environmental justice efforts in West Alabama. Drawing from expressive […]

Congratulations to CARI Faculty Fellow Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar on being awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award and being named the Fulbright Canada Research Chair at York University in Toronto. Through the Fulbright Specialist Program, Dr. Dewar received support to visit the Antonio Nariño University in Bogotá, Colombia in June. He gave two public seminars on experimental music and intermedia arts, discussing both the history of those art forms and his own creative research in those fields. “To receive this kind […]

Congratulations to Robin Behn, CARI Faculty Fellow and UA Professor of English, for advancing as a finalist in the Berlin Shorts Film Festival, the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, and the Paris International Short Film Festival. Her submission, Requiem for the Innocent: El Paso and Beyond, is a research project that addresses the tragedy of the mass shooting at the Walmart in El Paso on August 3, 2019 in which twenty-three people were killed.

  CARI Director And UA Professor, Rebecca Salzer, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in February of 2021. Her funded project aims to create an online resource to increase accessibility to recordings of works by Black choreographers. This is Salzer’s second NEH grant for her project. Read more about this award and Salzer’s research here.

Congratulations to CARI Fellow, Dr. Catherine Roach, for being UA’s SEC Achievement Award Winner. The program recognizes one individual from each SEC university for their teaching accomplishments, scholarly contributions and discoveries. Dr. Roach is recognized for her excellence in pursuing new research frontiers, experimenting with different writing mediums and finding new audiences. To read more about Dr. Roach’s research and career as a professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at UA, click here. In addition to her award, Catherine has also […]

The University of Alabama’s Collaborative Arts Research Initiative has announced its newest cohort of faculty fellows. The 2021–2022 faculty fellows, chosen from a large and competitive applicant pool, are: Sarah Bryant, Library & Information Studies Andrew Raffo Dewar, New College and Music Amanda Koh, Chemical & Biological Engineering Jeremy Levine, Journalism & Creative Media Claudia Romanelli, Modern Languages & Classics Erin Stoneking, Gender & Race Studies Elizabeth Tavares, English These fellows will participate in a collaborative arts research community for […]

Congratulations to the first funded Joint Pilot for Arts Research projects, co-sponsored by CARI, the Alabama Life Research Institute, and the Office of Research and Economic Development! The funded projects include: “Instruments of Culture and Agents of Change: Performing Arts Training as a Vehicle for Empowerment and Wellbeing among Alabama Youth,” which includes Dr. Courtney Helfrecht, assistant professor of anthropology; Dr. Stephanie McClure, assistant professor of anthropology; Dr. Alexis Davis-Hazell, assistant professor of music; and Alvon Reed, assistant professor of […]