Bernardin Grants and Haskell Awards
Francis M. Bernardin Research Development Grants
Each year, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences awards five Bernardin Grants to promote faculty research. These grants provide course buyout monies for faculty applying for research grants, allowing them to prepare, complete and submit research proposals.
Haskell Distinguished Teaching Award
In recognition of the Haskell family and their significant contributions to UMKC, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences allocates awards to support the completion of a scholarly project or creative work conducted by faculty.
How to Apply
Visit the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) to learn more about these grants and awards and find out how to apply.
Past Grant Recipients
Bernardin Research Development Grant
John Barton, Department of English
Lynching Plots: African American Literature & Anti-Lynching Activism, 1835-1935
Lyn Elliot, Department of Media, Art and Design
Short film Charming Tales of Illegal Immigration which examines family stories about ancestors who came to the U.S. illegally
Elijah Gowin, Department of Media, Art and Design
Visual art book on black self-taught artist Lonnie Holley and his art environment in Birmingham, Alabama
Joseph Hartman, Department of Media, Art and Design
Eye of the Hurricane: Politics of Art, Architecture, and Climate in the Modern Caribbean — a book-length study exploring how hurricanes have shaped the political, cultural, and visual landscapes of the Caribbean in the twentieth century
Diane Mutti Burke, Department of History
Archival research for a large-scale book project that explores the experiences of diverse refugee populations throughout the US South and Border States during the Civil War
Jeff Rydberg-Cox, Department of English
Research questions that describe Marc Chagall’s 1975 illustrated edition of Homer’s Odyssey describing the book and its eighty-two lithographs as a physical artifact
Haskell Research Development Grant
Rebecca Best, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Co-author with Professor Jeremy Teigen on investigating whether Americans receive messaging about the effect of DEI policies on military effectiveness differently from different messengers
Brian Frehner, Department of History
The impact of allied bombing on Naples’ cultural heritage and the role of the Monuments Men
Sirisha Naidu, Department of Economics
Industrial Food Systems and Economic Wellbeing — studying food chain workers in the animal slaughtering and processing industry and the impact in rural Kansas and Missouri through a feminist political economy lens
Erik Olsen, Department of Economics
Studying firm growth using Form 5500 under different types of ownership structures, specifically employee-owned and conventionally owned firms
Debra Leiter and Benjamin Woodson, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Survey Kansas voters to establish attitudes, preferences, and knowledge levels of the courts and how campaigns can shape this information
Bernardin Research Development Grant
Matthew Edwards, Department of World Languages and Culture
Publication subvention for Toward Dissent: Accessing Political Struggle Across the Americas
Zachary Frazier, Department of Media, Art and Design
Participation in New York Art Book Fair and research into discrimination in the field of graphic design
Caitlin Horsmon, Department of Media, Art and Design
Documentary film that examines technology, colonialism, and climate change through the lens of three common houseplants
Massimiliano Vitiello, Department of History
The last Pagan women of Rome
Location scout and visual research in Vancouver for Cougar, a fictional short film
Haskell Research Development Grant
Deja Beamon, Department of Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies
Ohio against the world: community-supported infrastructures and affective belonging in Columbus during COVID-19
Brian Frehner, Department of History
Italian immigrant coal miners: transitioning from coal to oil
Jessica Gantt-Shafer, Department of Communication and Journalism
Documenting reproductive justice activism in Ireland, the U.S., and beyond
Marijana Kotlaja, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Support interview components to evaluate the programs funded under the Violence Prevention Fund
The dynamics of digital platform companies and their effect on the global economy
Bernardin Research Development Grant
Jennifer Frangos, Department of English
David Freeman, Department of History
Gwen Nally, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Hyeyoung Shin, Department of Media, Art and Design
Deborah Smith, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Ben Woodson, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Haskell Research Development Grant
Misty Campbell, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
J. Antonio Molinar and Greg Vonnahme, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Ye Wang, Department of Communication and Journalism
Joseph Workman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bernardin Research Development Grant
Dale Dan-Irabor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Jessica Gantt-Shafer, Department of Communication and Journalism
Marijana Kotlaja, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Lori Sexton, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Michelle Smirnova, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Haskell Research Development Grant
Zachary Frazier, Department of Media, Art and Design
J. Antonio Molinar, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Greg Vonnahme, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
Whitney Terrell, Department of English
David Trowbridge, Department of History