Past Projects
2024
Project: continuation of the "Hungry Heartland Reimagined"
(one of our 2022 IRG projects)

Recipients: Tom Hallaq and Valerie Padilla Carroll
Read their announcement in K-State Today.![]()
2023
Project: "The Learning Tree: Still Learning"

Recipients: Shreepad Joglekar, Katy Karlin, and Cameron Leader-Picone
Read their announcement in K-State Today.
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2022
Project: "Gendered Pathways: In Pursuit of Local Elected Office"

Recipients: Ethan Bernick, Brianna Heidbreder, and Chardie Baird
Read about their project updates via #ProjectPathways on our Facebook.
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Project: "Unsolved Histories: Uncovering the Lost Stories of Kansas’s Mental Health Institutions"

Recipients: Traci Brimhall (left) and Heather McCrea (second to left)
Follow their research on our social media with the #ProjectLostStories hashtag.
View the team's announcement in K-State Today.
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Project: "The Hungry Heartland"
Recipients: Tom Hallaq, Ian Punnett, and Shreepad Joglekar.
View our social media posts about their project: #HungryHeartlandProject.
View the project announcement in K-State Today
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2021
Project: "Grassland Conservation Landscapes in a Wildfire Context: Rural Emergency Response and Resilience"
Recipients: Audrey Joslin, Jason Bergtold, and Marcellus Caldas
Learn about their work here.![]()
2020
Project: "Sharing Stories and Building Bonds: A Sociological and Linguistic Analysis of a 'New Destination' Community"

Recipients: Mary Kohn (right) and Alisa Garni (left)
Read more about their research here.