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Chancellor’s professor of History in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indianapolis and executive director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Philip K. Goff, has received the 2024 Henry R. Besch, Jr. Promotion of Excellence Award from the Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors at Indiana University.

The honor recognizes an individual who has exhibited distinction in promoting and encouraging the growth of excellence at Indiana University. It credits steadfast and tireless service for the students, faculty, and staff of IU, and of extraordinary professional and personal commitments to outstanding teaching, scholarship, and creativity.

Comments from Tamela Eitle, dean of the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis, regarding IU Indianapolis earning Research 1 status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, making the campus Indy’s only R1 institution:

We at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts are pleased IU Indianapolis has earned Research 1 (R1) status in recognition of the high levels of research activity occurring on our campus.

In the IU School of Liberal Arts, the importance of research, scholarship, and the drive for discovery are found across our school, in all areas of the humanities and social sciences.

Our Liberal Arts faculty are active researchers who have won research grants from external funders including the Lilly Endowment Inc., National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Archives, the Mellon Foundation, and others. Through their research and creative activity, our faculty, our students, and their collaborators are developing solutions for a wide range of local, state, national, and global challenges.

Liberal Arts doctoral and master’s students research areas include education policy and practice, health economics and health service research, political and civic engagement, community capacity building as well as communication as it relates to topics such as health, information, ethics, and well-being. They also engage in public scholarship in museums and community organizations and community-curated public humanities and social science projects.

Our school also has the largest number of faculty participating in IU Indy’s 1st Year Research Immersion Program (1RIP). First-year undergraduate students from across the campus have worked on projects including but not limited to inventorying and analyzing skeletal remains, collecting data to support local sustainability efforts, digital transcription of historical papers, and leveraging emerging technologies to make ancient history more accessible to more people.

Moreover, in addition to campus research recognition awards, Liberal Arts researchers have received nationally recognized research awards, including several Fulbright U.S. Scholars.

All of us in the School of Liberal Arts are proud of our significant contributions to IU Indy’s R1 designation and of the positive economic and societal impact of our scholarship.

Associate Professor of Sociology Carly Schall has been appointed as the new director of the General Studies Program in the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. The General Studies Program provides students the opportunity for a uniquely designed multidisciplinary course of study and is ideal for returning and nontraditional students seeking a college degree.

In making the announcement, School of Liberal Arts Dean Tamela Eitle said, “Professor Carly Schall’s experience in curriculum development, involvement with the First-Year Experience at IU Indianapolis, and overall commitment to student success will enable her to maintain the existing high standard of education within the program while also envisioning the program’s future.

Graduate students with the IU School of Liberal Arts Sports Capital Journalism Program, along with students in The Media School at IU Bloomington got the call for some of the most coveted press box opportunities in college football.

Three sports journalism graduate students, Cort Street, Chris Schumerth and Jeffery Green Jr., helped cover this year’s College Football Playoff games. Street and Schumerth started off early coverage at the Big 10 Championship in Indianapolis and then continued on to South Bend and then the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Now they are preparing for the National Championship game in Atlanta.

IU School of Liberal Arts geography professor, Jeffrey Wilson joined a group of Indiana University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington and the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University Indianapolis to study the potential benefits of a European-style certification for local foods, known as a “Geographical Indication” (GI), to boost the Hoosier state’s rural economies.

The study asserts that GI designation could help Indiana’s small agricultural communities thrive by linking the quality of local foods to their place of origin-akin to protected names like Champagne in France, or Parmigiano-Reggiano in Italy.

The annual IU Indianapolis Alumni Leaders Dinner was held last Thursday evening, November 14 where two exceptional alumni from the IU School of Liberal Arts were recognized for their remarkable careers and contributions to both their professions and the community–Belinda Drake and Shehzad Qazi.

IU School of Liberal Arts professor of history and the director of the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute Dr. Jason Kelly has joined a group of Indiana University Indianapolis researchers to tackle one of Earth’s biggest challenges — food security and climate responsiveness — with one of its smallest assets: insects. Supported by a three-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Global Centers program, they will develop sustainable and scalable solutions aimed at shifting traditional agriculture toward a bio-based model using insects.

IU School of Liberal Arts alumna Alice Wong (English and Sociology, BA ’97) is among the 2024 MacArthur Fellows announced this week. Wong is a writer, editor, and disability justice activist who enriches the political and cultural visibility of people with disabilities, celebrating the positive power of humanity.

The prestigious MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grants” recognizes individuals across disciplines who “demonstrate the ability to impact society in significant and beneficial ways through their pioneering work or the rigor of their contributions.” Each of the approximately two-dozen fellows receive no-strings-attached grants of $800,000, which the MacArthur Foundation describes as an “investment in a person's originality, insight, and potential."

Deeply rooted in disability justice, Wong uses her capacity for compelling storytelling across multiple media platforms. She publishes personal stories that expose ableist attitudes, policies, and practices across a society that pushes disabled people to the margins. She also shares her own experiences navigating the world as a disabled person with a progressive neuromuscular disease.

Wong is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project (2014) and a columnist for Teen Vogue. Wong served on the National Council on Disability (2013–2015), and her essays have appeared in The New York Times, KQED, and YES! Magazine, among other publications.

In late August, Frank Palumbo drove from upstate New York to IU Indianapolis to read letters, look at paintings and enjoy the little pieces of history that belonged to a man he considered a good friend.

Cavanaugh Hall is home to the Ray Bradbury Center Museum, one of the largest single-author archives in the country dedicated to the writer of books such as “Fahrenheit 451” and “The Martian Chronicles.” Bradbury was from Illinois and lived in Los Angeles, but his life’s work wound up in Indianapolis due to his connections with Hoosiers.

The IU School of Liberal Arts is proud to share that literary achievements of three celebrated faculty authors are recognized on the coveted shortlist as part of the 2024 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards. Dr. Edward Curtis, William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts, Director, Arabic Studies Program, and Professor of World Languages and Cultures, Dr. Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism and Public Relations, and Sarah Layden, Assistant Professor of English, were all honored with being named to the 52 shortlist.

The high-profile competition selects works by writers with deep Indiana connections whose work has been published in the last two years. Nine titles are chosen from a diverse set of stories in categories that include nonfiction, fiction, genre, middle grade, drama and young adult.