Grants help the College of Arts and Sciences enhance the quality we provide. They help us to support a wide range of academic activities, research, and community impact projects. They also help us to provide greater access to higher education to a wider range of people. This page gives you a brief overview of what we're working on right now. There's also limited archival information. For more information, please contact the CAS Dean's Office.

CAS Grants Currently in Progress

The Illinois LSAMP STEM Pathway and Research Alliance (ILSPRA)

  • Issued by the National Science Foundation; subaward through Chicago State University
  • Administered by Chris Botanga and Sanjaya Ranmohotti

University of Illinois at Chicago Excellence in Education & Research (UIC CAREER)

  • Issued by the National Institutes of Health; subaward through UIC
  • Administered by Larissa Nonn and John Sowa

Influence of invasive earthworms on soil structure and function in forests of the Huron Mountains, Michigan

  • Issued by the Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation
  • Administered by Xiaoyong Chen and Mary Carrington

The Pedagogic Logics and Harms of Curricular Sequencing

  • Issued by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCTE)
  • Administered by Bradley Smith

Past Awards


  • War Memories and Commemoration in the Humanities

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    Regional and national news and information about the War Memories and Commemoration in the Humanities grant:

    -  Former CAS Dean, Andrae Marak, shares insights about his experiences with NEH Dialogues on the Experience of War grants.

  • War, Trauma, and the Humanities

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    War, Trauma, and the Humanities Events:
     

    Patrick Russel
    "War and Trauma"
    November 6, 2017
    Join Patrick Russell, founder and director of The Making History Project, for a discussion of soldier's stories, from the coast of France to the Middle East.
    Inspired by a visit to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in 2010, Russell collects oral histories of veterans and archives them with the U.S. Library of Congress.  Through his work, he allows veterans to talk about how their experiences of combat have affected them while preserving their stories for future generations.  Russell plans to expand the project to include stories from the Korean War, Iraq, and Afghanistan as well.

    A Reading by R.M. Ryan
    November 14, 2017
    Join poet and memoirist R. M. Ryan for a reading from his memoir, There's a Man With a Gun Over There, an autobiographical novel based on his military experiences.
    An antiwar activist while in graduate school, Ryan received a draft notice after the Tet Offensive in 19683. Opposed to the war, he considered moving to Canada until an army recruiter promised him a place in a German language class at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.  When he graduated as a translator, he was sent to Military Police School, a decision that kept him physically out of harm's way but caused severe and unexpected emotional consequences.
    About his book, Ryan offers: "All of us men with guns were pretty scary ... even scarier is the realization that most of the people who come through the American military are trained killers.  These people are your neighbors.  They're your relatives ... We need to face up to what we're doing, both to peasants in the Third World and to our own children."

    Veterans Speak: A Town Hall Event
    Hosted by Kevin Smith, GovState Director of Veterans Affairs
    December 4, 2017
    Five student veterans, along with Professors Rosemary Johnsen and Andrae Marak,  lead a discussion on how engaging war-related humanities sources enables veterans to make connections with their own experiences and to help others better understand war's impact on those who serve.
     
     
    Regional and national news and information about the War, Trauma, and the Humanities grant:

    Alumna Creates Course to Offer Better Understanding of War Experience

  • Making Spanish and Global Studies Accesible to All

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    Making Spanish and Global Studies Accessible to All

    Fall 2021 Events

    Immigration Speaker Series

    9/27 @ 6 pm          Reporter’s Notebook: Covering Immigration and Identity in the U.S.

    Washington Post reporter Ms. Silvia Foster-Frau discusses multiculturalism, immigration, and changing cultural demographics. || Engbretson Hall.

    RSVP to attend in person or virtually https://www.eventbrite.es/e/reporters-notebook-covering-immigration-and-identity-in-the-us-tickets-174462741757

     10/25 @ 7:30 pm         Virtual Movie Night + Discussion Panel

    Join us for a virtual movie night at the Chicago International Film Festival. View the film Flee, a Danish animated documentary about the journey of Amin Nawabi who fled Afghanistan and Taliban rule in the 90s, and join a discussion with a panel of GovState faculty. || Register to attend: https://forms.gle/qhaD6JnB479mzLTP7. “

    10/28 @ 6 pm        Peacemaking Theater in Times of Racialized Trauma

    Queer Korean-Chilean playwright/director Mr. Kyoung Park sparks a brave conversation on how to address state violence and white supremacy in immigrant communities through peacemaking theater. || Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc--ppz4sEtSJ9eWYcdmcLc0XRQTJwrhI 

    11/11 @ 6pm         Oral History, Collective Memory, and the Borderlands

    Chicano author, teacher, and activist Dr. Carlos Salomon discusses the Arizona and California borderlands region, collective and cultural memory, and his oral history project Bay Area Latin American Migrant Archive. ||  Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtf-qgqzgtHtIk20uDBrdg2Aa4ff_-xPBX

    10/2                       Field Trip to National Museum of Mexican Art

    Participants will visit the Museum's permanent collection along with the annual Day of the Dead exhibit. Depart GovState at 9:00 am, and return by 2:00 pm. Transportation from GovState + lunch subsidy included. || Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/170204192321

     10/19 @ 3pm         Voces de Otoño/Voices of Fall Bilingual Poetry Reading with Francis Mateo

    This ongoing, biannual event includes a bilingual poetry reading, Q&A, and discussion. Francis Mateo is an actor, poet, and writer based in New York. He will share his poetry and process in conversation with Professor Rey Andújar. || Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdOGoqTgsE91cKyIT3AlT2EQyqAIzAlJH  

    Mid-October          Chicago International Film Festival Screening. Date and time TBA.

    These events are supported by the Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant. Please contact co-directors Drs. Novia Pagone (npagone@govst.edu) or Jelena Radovic-Fanta (jradovic-fanta@govst.edu) for inquiries.

    Dias de Luz 

    Poet Yaissa Jiminez  
     
      Speaker Matthew Pettway

    Speaker Oswaldo Estrada  

     Spanish and Global Studies Speaker Series Lecture 1(1)

    Grant Overview:

    Through the U.S. Department of Education's Undergraduate and International Studies and Foreign Language Program (DOE UISFL), Governors State University has been awarded a grant that will assist the university with the development of off-campus study, curricular, and co and extracurricular opportunities to expand its existing Spanish and Global Studies Programs.

    With an emphasis on support and promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity at GSU and our Southland community, the grant - written by Drs. Novia Pagone and Jelena Radovic-Fanta of the College of Arts and Sciences - have been awarded for the 2020-2021 academic year.


    Making Spanish and Global Studies Accessible to All

    As the proud recipient of one of these DOE UISFL grants, the Spanish and Global Studies program has sought to further the GovState mission of fostering global citizenship in our thriving public square. This grant has facilitated the development of curriculum and resources for both students and faculty members.

    For more information about events related to the grant, please check the archive below.

    About The Grant Authors:

    Dr. Novia Pagone teaches Contemporary Spanish Literature, Film, and Cultures.   Visit her faculty page for more information.

    Dr. Jelena Radovic-Fanta teaches Anthropology and Latin American Studies.  Visit her faculty page for more information.

     

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