Achievements

With its more than one hundred fellows to date, the ISI has hosted some of the most active and successful of our colleagues on campus. In many cases their projects, under development in an ISI seminar, have come to fruition in scholarly or creative arenas. While we do not claim credit for all successes or special recognitions, we are proud to list some of the achievements of our ISI community here.

Former ISI Fellow John Higginson Celebrates Publication of Book

On February 6th, former ISI fellow John Higginson celebrated the publication of his new book, Collective Violence & the Agrarian Origins of South African Apartheid, 1900-1948. Higginson teaches in the History Department here at the University of Massachusetts and is a research Fellow in the College of Human Sciences and in the Department of History at the University of South Africa in Pretoria. 

Mari Castañeda Appointed As First Chancellor's Leadership Fellow

Mari Castañeda, Professor of Communication and former ISI fellow has been appointed as the first Chancellor's Leadership Fellow, effective at the beginning of the spring semester. Castañeda will be mentored by John McCarthy, dean of the Graduate School. Mari will be developing and implementing a new Preparing Future Faculty program as well as participating in planning and decision-making. Her term runs through the fall semester.

Aline Gubrium Co-Authors Op-Ed on Milwaukee Teen Pregnancy Awareness Program

Aline Gubrium, Associate Professor of Community Health Education and current ISI Value fellow, and Betsy Krause, Professor of Anthropology, published an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Jan. 22 in which they characterize the teen pregnancy awareness campaign launched by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee as cruel and misguided.

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