This grant was started in 2018 by President Toro.
2020 Grant Winners
- "Creating Equitable Educational Experiences: Excavating Layers of Knowledge of Self, Society, and Systems"
Grantee: Professors Antoinette Ryan and Stacey Williams
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy & Instructional Technology
Amount: $2.000 - "Environmental Justice in the 2020s: A Course Proposal for Geological Sciences and the Honors Program"
Grantee: Professor Gary Gomby
Department of Geological Science
Amount: $1,500 - "Teaching, Learning and Empowering Diverse Communities"
Grantee: Professors Jesse Turner, Joy Hansen, Shelly Jones, and Martha Kruy
Department of Literacy, Elementary, and Early Childhood Education
Elihu Burritt Library
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Amount: $1,600 - "Developing Teachers' Culturally Diverse Perspectives through the Use of Multicultural Literature"
Grantee: Professor Jessica Edwards
Department of Literacy, Elementary, and Early Childhood Education
Amount: $535 - "The Creation and Development of a New 400-level Sociology Course entitled, "Variety of Viewpoint": Conservative, Libertarian, and Liberal Social Policy"
Grantee: Professor John Mitrano
Department of Sociology
Amount: $2,130 - "Women in Construction: Safety and Understanding the Construction Industry"
Grantee: Professor Krishna Kisi
Department of Manufacturing and Construction Management
Amount: $2,900 - "Minority STEM Summer Program"
Grantee: Professors Luz Amaya and Nidal Al-Masoud
Department of Engineering
Amount: $1,059 - “Developing Diversity Awareness, Cultural Competence, and Historical Knowledge Among Future Teachers of First and Second Generation Latinx Communities in Connecticut Through Study Abroad”
Grantee: Professors Mary Ann Mahony and Michael Bartone
Department of History
Department of Literacy, Elementary, and Early Childhood Education
Amount: $3,000 - “Self-Reflective Professional Development for Early Childhood Professionals Focusing on Race and Bias”
Grantees: Professors Genese Clark and Candace Barriteau Phaire
Department: Literacy, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Amount: $5,276