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Center for Community Studies Grants

The Center for Community Studies in past years has awarded small grants to support research contributing to community wellbeing and individual scholarly advancement. The grants were meant to nurture community research by both faculty and graduate students who may have limited funding opportunities, particularly projects that could stimulate subsequent external funding. All Vanderbilt graduate-level students, junior faculty and senior faculty were eligible to apply. 

RECIPIENTS OF 2008 CCS RESEARCH GRANTS:

Pentecostalism, HIV/AIDS and South African Women's Burdens
Principal Investigator: Katy Attanasi

Evaluating Post-Genocide Reconciliation Promotion Programs in Rwanda
Principal Investigator: Josh Bazuin

Expanding Power Theory: The Qualitative Study of a Campaign for a Living Wage in a Midsized, Southern City
Principal Investigator: Carrie Hanlin

The Educational Ecology of Nashville's Neighborhoods
Principal Investigator: Chad Lykins

'On Wings Like Eagles': What Death Rituals Reveal about Race, Evangelicalism and Southern Civil Religion
Principal Investigator: Nichole Phillips

Exploring Women's Freedom in the Context of Inter-Cultural Exchange
Principal Investigator: Sarah VanHooser

The Navajo Wasteland: A Multi-Community, Network-Based Assessment of Waste Disposal Site Impact and Citizen Attitudes in the New Mexico Region of the Navajo Nation
Principal Investigator: Courte Voorhees

RECIPIENTS OF 2007 CCS RESEARCH GRANTS:

Baby College for the James A. Cayce and Surrounding Community: A Pilot Program
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Bess, Ph.D.

Food Security in Middle Tennessee: A Community Health Initiative
Principal Investigator: Darcy Freedman, M.P.H.

The Impact of HOPE VI Housing Programs on Neighborhood Schools
Principal Investigators: Kristin McGraner, M.A., and Claire Smrekar, Ph.D.

Afro-Ecuadorians of Northern Esmeraldas Province and Their Participation in the National Political Process
Principal Investigator: Peter Redvers-Lee, M.A.

"Littles" Speaking Big About Social Issues: A Photovoice Project
Principal Investigator: Emily Thaden, B.A.