Division of Education Programs

Through the Division of Education Programs, NEH provides national leadership in formal humanities education from elementary through graduate school. These grant programs help teachers bring the finest humanities instruction into the classroom.

Exemplary Education Project grants support the development of educational materials and the implementation of effective instruction. One recipient, Brown University, will expand its hypermedia edition of Boccacio’s Decameron to include other texts, tools, and resources for classrooms. The project will build additional interactive elements for teachers and students, including a new translation component. The site plans to provide additional texts with bibliography and glossaries, an expanded archive of images and music, interactive historical timelines, conference proceedings, and an electronic publication of Decameron studies.

Humanities Focus Grants bring together groups of teachers at the same or neighboring institutions to improve learning. A collaboration between western Massachusetts’s Five Colleges Public School Partnership and four local school districts will explore the period of the American Revolution and its impact on various communities. Six topics--geopolitics, liberty, sovereignty, citizenship, equality, and empire--will be covered seminars and workshops for area faculty and teachers.

Schools for a New Millennium grants enable elementary or secondary school teachers to engage in the sustained study of a humanities subject while learning to use technology to enrich their teaching. Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools, in collaboration with the River of History Museum, received support for an intensive study of Michigan’s upper peninsula. In summer programs, middle school teachers will examine the area’s rich history, languages, folklore, folk art, archaeology, and geography by focusing on five themes: Ojibwa legacies, the French and the fur trade, shipping and the Soo locks, lumberjacks and logging, and Finnish culture. Participants will use digital technology to research data for websites and lesson-plan development.

Seminars and Institutes support faculty development each summer at colleges, universities, libraries, and research centers. During the summer of 2002, Julian Wasserman of Loyola University in New Orleans will conduct a five-week seminar for fifteen school teachers on the concept of monsters in literature. Based on philosophical, ethical, and cultural questions raised by ideas of monsters, the project will begin with an examination of a pair of texts: the Middle English Beowulf and John Gardner’s modern Grendel. Other characters to be explored through this lens are the Green Knight, Shakespeare’s Caliban, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Teachers will produce a digital lesson plans to be used on a website.

In 2001 a second and final competition for Humanities Scholar in Residence Awards was offered. This program was for states that have received a disproportionately smaller share of funds from the Endowment and for elementary and secondary schools that have not benefited from the regular grant programs. These small grants enlist expert humanities scholars to help improve school curricula. Dakota Prairie School District received support for a mentored program of study with a scholar of Western literature on works by North Dakota writers. The project will familiarize teachers with the works of Richard Critchfield, Louise Erdrich, Larry Watson, and other writers in order to teach about the relationship between the physical environment and cultural heritage.

In collaboration with the National Trust for the Humanities, WorldCom Foundation, and the Council of the Great City Schools, the NEH sponsors EDSITEment (edsitement.neh.gov), an online resource for humanities educators. EDSITEment comprises 130 humanities websites, each nominated by a peer review panel for its humanities content, interactive design, and usefulness in the classroom. EDSITEment has received national recognition, including an education award in the Smithsonian Computerworld competition. The site logs an average of one hundred thousand user sessions a month, and includes a search engine, lesson plans for kindergarten through grade twelve, and interactive activities for students.

Wilsonia E.D. Cherry
Acting Director
Division of Education Programs

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION

Grants improve formal humanities education in the United States from kindergarten through university level.

Academy of American Poets
New York, NY
Peg Peoples
$10,000

American Forum, Inc.
New York, NY
Hazel S. Greenberg
$200,000

American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
Joseph I. Horowitz
$180,000

Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Kenneth Hall
$24,701

Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
$25,000

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
Lucy Long
$25,000

Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn, NY
Deborah F. Schwartz
$7,000

Brown University
Providence, RI
Wanni W. Anderson
$25,000

Brown University Providence, RI
Massimo Riva
$15,000

Brown University
Providence, RI
Massimo Riva
$160,000

California State University, Dominguez Hills Foundation
Carson, CA
Joyce Johnson
$25,000

California State University
Northridge, CA
Jeffrey A. Auerbach
$25,000

Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
Ann Taves
$25,000

Columbia University
New York, NY
Stephen Murray
$215,000

Community College Humanities
Association Newark, NJ
Diane U. Eisenberg
$242,000

Community College Humanities
Association Newark, NJ
George L. Scheper
$220,000

Community College of Baltimore
County Baltimore, MD
Linda Zeidman
$24,339

CUNY Research Foundation/Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
Joshua Brown
$10,000

CUNY Research Foundation/Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
Joshua Brown
$130,000

Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Jonathan P. Berkey
$24,500

DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Jacqueline Taylor
$24,900

East-West Center
Honolulu, HI
Elizabeth B. Buck
$230,000

Five Colleges, Inc.
Northampton, MA
Neal Salisbury
$25,000

Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
Dirksen Bauman
$24,985

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
T. Mills Kelly
$24,596

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Roy A. Rosenzweig
$3,000

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
John H. McDowell
$100,000

Kennesaw State College
Kennesaw, GA
Sarah R. Robbins
$2,000

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA
John Wortman
$24,986

Lake Region State College
Devils Lake, ND
Sam A. Johnson
$25,000

Mars Hill College
Mars Hill, NC
Carol B. Boggess
$24,959

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Mark L. Kornbluh
$20,000*

Miles College
Birmingham, AL
Robert Cassanello
$11,912

Montana State University
Billings, MT
St. John Robinson
$25,000

Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
Tobias Higbie $25,000

North Carolina Central University Foundation
Durham, NC
Laurel C. Sneed
$10,000

Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Patrick Manning
$240,000

Ohio State University Research Foundation
Columbus, OH
Francis Abiola Irele
$10,000

Piegan Institute, Inc.
Browning, MT
Lori Falcon
$25,000

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Deerfield, MA
Timothy C. Neumann
$20,000

Prince George’s Community College
Largo, MD
Alicia Juarrero
$25,000

Salish-Kootenai Community College
Pablo, MT
Gerald D. Slater
$24,590

San Diego State University Foundation
San Diego, CA
Ross E. Dunn
$235,000

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Paul K. Longmore
$25,000

School District of Lee County
Fort Myers, FL
Brenda Sims Palmer
$24,952

Smith College
Northhampton, MA
Dana Leibsohn
$20,000

SUNY Research Foundation/Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
Thomas L. Dublin
$100,000

Theatre for a New Audience
New York, NY
Jennifer Donello
$25,000

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Elizabeth K. Wilson
$24,857

University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Peter Tokofsky
$130,000

University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Alan Y. Liu
$11,903*

University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
Peter Fritzsche
$25,000

University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
$24,998

University of Judaism
Los Angeles, CA
Lois Oppenheim
$24,959

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Catherine W. Ingold
$35,000

University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
Kevin J. Bowen
$180,000

University of Missouri, Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
Louis S. Gerteis
$185,000

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Brigette Bailey
$25,000

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Nancy P. Chin
$25,000

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Rebecca Horn
$24,993

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Edward L. Ayers
$10,000

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Johanna Drucker
$25,000

WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
Carol Greenwald
$100,000

HUMANITIES SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE AWARDS

Grants provide professional development for teachers through collaboration with humanities scholars.

Alexander Hamilton Middle School
Houston, TX
Martha Pauler
$10,000

Baldwin County Board of Education
Bay Minette, AL
Nancy Danley
$10,000

Berkeley Heights School District
Berkeley Heights, NJ
Jack Dennis
$10,000

Brother Martin High School
New Orleans, LA
Thomas Mavor
$10,000

Central Middle School
Devils Lake, ND
Teresa L. Tande
$10,000

Circle of Nations Wahpeton Indian School
Wahpeton, ND
Lise Erdrich
$10,000

Dakota Prairie School District
McVille, ND
Janet Edlund
$10,000

Dowdell Middle Magnet School
Tampa, FL
Dianne Stevens
$10,000

Emerson Junior-Senior High School
Emerson, NJ
Clifford Brooks

$10,000

Inter American University of Puerto Rico Ponce Reg. Coll.
San Juan, PR
Hector Alvarez-Trujillo
$10,000

Jefferson High School
Tampa, FL
Peter Billingsley
$10,000

Land O’Lakes High School
Land O’Lakes, FL
Jeff Morgenstein
$10,000

Lee’s Summit North High School
Lee’s Summit, MO
Jonetta Stewart
$10,000

Meadows Valley Schools
New Meadows, ID
Pam McGarry
$10,000

Natrona County High School
Casper, WY
Anne Pieper
$10,000

Pascack Valley Regional High School
District Montvale, NJ
Edie Weinthal
$10,000

Princeton Regional Schools
Princeton, NJ
Barbara O’Breza
$10,000

School District of Lee County
Fort Myers, FL
Brenda S. Palmer
$10,000

Texas Folklife Resources
Austin, TX
Patricia Jasper
$10,000

University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK
Giulia R.M. Oliverio
$10,000

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
Eric Sandeen
$10,000

Wayne High School
Huber Heights, OH
Thomas J. Schaefer
$10,000

William R. Satz School
Holmdel, NJ
Brian Johnston
$10,000

HUMANITIES TEACHER LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Grants go to participants in the Seminars and Institutes program to extend their experience to their learning community.

David B. Besozzi
Glenville, NY
$2,000

Chris S. Blackburn
Newfield, NY
$2,000

Melissa Borgmann
St. Paul, MN

$2,000

Richard F. Celio
Canton, CT
$2,000

Dianne L. Cherry
Alexandria, VA
$2,000

Sara K. Cohan
Pensacola, FL
$2,000

Mark S. Hilgendorf
Milton, MA
$2,000

Nancy J. Horner
Arkansas City, KS
$2,000

Mary J. Immediata
Raleigh, NC
$2,000

Kimberly B. Jenkins
Milltown, NJ
$2,000

Gregory J.Loselle
Southgate, MI
$2,000

Decoursey C. Lucas
Chatham, VA
$2,000

Nancy P. Maness
Cortez, CO
$2,000

Lisa P. McDonagh
Brookline, MA
$2,000

Susan H. Mitchell
San Diego, CA
$2,000

Laura T. Murphy
Idyllwild, CA
$2,000

Lori D. Nelson
Los Angeles, CA
$2,000

Laura Nicholls
Cornwall, NY
$2,000

Linda M. Robb
Danville, IN
$2,000

Marc P. Schuhl
Atlanta, GA
$2,000

Janice C. Sinur
Milwaukee, WI
$2,000

Edward L. Stering
San Francisco, CA
$2,000

Robert J. Wilson
Suffern, NY
$2,000

SCHOOLS FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM

Grants improve the teaching of humanities subjects in elementary or secondary schools through professional and curricular development and the use of new technology.

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Beth Luey
$145,000

Blytheville School District
Blytheville, AR
Sandy K. Hughey
$120,000

California State University
Long Beach, CA
Donald R. Schwartz
$140,000

Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
Careda Taylor
$145,000

Greater Cincinnati TV Educational Foundation
Cincinnati, OH
Patsy C. Carruthers
$30,000

Henry Street Settlement
New York, NY
Susan Fleminger
$145,000

Los Angeles Educational Partnership
Los Angeles, CA
Barbara Golding
$95,000

Pueblo of Laguna Department of Education
Laguna, NM
Nicholas Cheromiah
$145,000

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Ponoma, NJ
Paul Lyons
$145,000

San Dieguito Union High School
District Encinitas, CA
Karen Veinbergs
$145,000

Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Catherine L. Tibbett
$145,000

Valley View Alternative Elementary
School SeaTac, WA
Tracey E. Drum
$144,660

SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES

Grants support national summer seminars and institutes in humanities subjects for teachers.

American Academy in Rome
New York, NY
Karl Galinsky
$99,979

Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Austin Sarat
$124,166

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Asuncion Lavrin
$168,368

Boston Athenaeum
Boston, MA
Richard Wendorf
$122,539

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Timothy J. Meagher
$89,040

Center for Applied Linguistics
Washington, DC
Joy K. Peyton
$17,000

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Maureen O. Eke
$77,279

Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Philip M. Richards
$86,495

College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Therese M. Dougherty
$110,041

College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Todd T. Lewis
$137,225

Community College Humanities Association
Newark, NJ
George L. Scheper
$242,113

East-West Center
Honolulu, HI
Peter Hershock
$171,649

Ferrum College
Ferrum, VA
Peter G. Crow
$127,064

Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DC
Janet M. Field-Pickering
$174,996

Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Pearl McHaney
$123,266

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Patrick K. Ford
$114,816

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Eric Lohr
$161,427

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Carolyn Eisenberg
$86,347

Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL
James E. Davis
$66,291

Jackson State University
Jackson, MS
Leslie B. McLemore
$172,500

La Sierra University
Riverside, CA
Gloria London
$155,000

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
John Kincaid
$161,175

Loyola University
Chicago, IL
Thomas Wren
$83,404

Loyola University
New Orleans, LA
Julian Wasserman
$84,200

North Dakota State University, Main Campus
Fargo, ND
Tom Isern
$84,905

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
Patrick Miller
$91,081

Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
Anuradha Needham
$100,733

Pennsylvania State Univ. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Anne H. Hawkins
$137,500

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Carolyn Abbate
$135,422

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Winona, MN
Gregory A. Gaut
$70,231

San Diego State University Foundation
San Diego, CA
Charles D. Hamilton
$105,868

Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Anita Silvers
$98,058

Shakespeare & Company
Lenox, MA
Mary Hartman
$121,256

Shenandoah Shakespeare
Staunton, VA
Ralph A. Cohen
$181,618

Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Mark Busby
$153,000

Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Marilyn J. Boxer
$107,954

Texas A&M Research Foundation
College Station, TX
C. Jan Swearingen
$114,459

University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Katherine N. Hayles
$3,608

University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
David Hoy
$180,000

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Fred Donner
$176,118

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Jerrold Levinson
$185,666

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA
Gerard M. Koot
$97,017

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Alexander Knysh
$139,991

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Natasha Kolchevska
$122,772

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Lee Cassanelli
$126,773

University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Michael L. Conniff
$179,934

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Peter Nosco
$160,928

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Charles Aiken
$151,136

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
William A. Stephany
$133,609

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Lisa Reilly
$72,317

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
Anne G. Jones
$107,500

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
John Purdy
$81,316

Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Amelie O. Rorty
$95,459