Taaffe receives inaugural Immersion grant

Posted by larsonj on Thursday, February 23, 2023 in Spotlight.

Claudine Taaffe, senior lecturer of African American and diaspora studies, has received one of 44 inaugural Provost’s Faculty Grant for Culminating Projects in Immersion. The grant helps support faculty as they mentor students in completion of their Immersion projects.

“This funding support frees up space for me as a mentor to create a connection between the Black Girlhood Studies seminar and the necessary praxis of Black girlhood theory in the undergraduate classroom and the practice of Black girlhood at the high school,” Taaffe said. “Together we’re exploring the historical and current-day social, political, and cultural constructions of Black girlhood in the United States.”