College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Lecture Series Grant
Call for applications: April and November
The College of Arts and Sciences will provide funding of $500 to 1,000 to host prominent speakers, presenters, or performers. Funding will supplement what each unit or units commit towards the speaker’s visit. The speaker’s activities will be fully determined by the host unit(s). Speakers’ activities are expected to be listed in the unit’s speaker/performance series and as part of the Arts and Sciences Diversity Series. Applications from all A&S units will be considered. When appropriate, partnerships with non-A&S units are encouraged.
Speakers must fall under one or both of these categories:
a) address issues of diversity or multiculturalism in general or in the context of
a given discipline or group of disciplines
b) belong to a group that is underrepresented in that discipline, regardless of the
topic of his or her talk.
In all cases, and unless special circumstances emerge, it is expected that speakers have time assigned to meet with undergraduate and/or graduate students.
There will be a spring (April) application for speakers expected to come in the fall and a fall (November) application for speakers visiting in the spring. Specific due dates will be announced each semester.
The completed application (not to exceed 2 pages) should be sent electronically in
a single file to cas-diversity@ksu.edu, specifying the following:
1) Host name(s), affiliated department(s), and contact information
2) Name, affiliation and area of invited speaker
3) Target date for visit
4) Short description of speaker’s accomplishments, include CV and/or URL
5) Short description of the diversity/multicultural dimension of the speaker
6) Short description of activities, including importance of visit and benefit to
other units
7) Estimated budget, including other funding sources
Selection criteria include:
i) Relevance of speaker as a role-model in his or her discipline
ii) Prominence of speaker
iii) Relevance of lecture (and other planned activities)
iv) Distribution of speakers across disciplinary areas
v) Other sources of support
For more information please contact cas-diversity@ksu.edu.
Previous Diversity Lecture Series Awards
- Spring 2006
- Modern Languages, R. Corum
Guest: Jarrod Hayes, University of Michigan - Psychology, J. Frieman
Guest: J. Frank Yates, University of Michigan
- Fall 2006
- English, L. Rodgers
Guest: Eric J. Sundquist, UCLA - Journalism, K. Baltrip
Guest: Earnest L. Perry, Missouri School of Journalism
- Spring 2007
- Hale Library, R. Peairs
Guest: Banda AffroReggae, Brazil
- Fall 2007
- Modern Languages, D. Benson
Guest: Jeffrey R. William, University of Missouri - English, G. Eiselein and L. Al-Atheri
Guest: Dunya Mikhail, Dearborn Public Schools - English, L. Tatonetti
Guest: Chrystos, Washington - Biology, B. Sandercock
Guest: Scott V. Edwards, Harvard University
- Spring 2008
- Philosophy, M. Sabates
Guest: Linda Martin-Alcoff, Hunter College
- Fall 2008
- Mathematics, M. Korten & C. Moore
Guest: Rodrigo Bañuelos, Purdue University