News
Cambridge Residents Slam Council Proposal to Delay Bike Lane Construction
News
‘Gender-Affirming Slay Fest’: Harvard College QSA Hosts Annual Queer Prom
News
‘Not Being Nerds’: Harvard Students Dance to Tinashe at Yardfest
News
Wrongful Death Trial Against CAMHS Employee Over 2015 Student Suicide To Begin Tuesday
News
Cornel West, Harvard Affiliates Call for University to Divest from ‘Israeli Apartheid’ at Rally
The third Radcliffe Junior Faculty Fellowship at the Bunting Institute was officially awarded yesterday. Shannon P. Jackson, assistant professor of English and American literature will use the fellowship to continue her ongoing studies.
Jackson, who received a Cue Guide rating of 5.0 last year, said she wants to temporarily shift the focus of her energies from teaching to research work.
"While I love all the other things that go along with being a professor," Jackson said, "It will be nice to have a little time...to return to a project."
Jackson's project, "Lines of Activity: Space, History, Performance," examines how Jane Addams and other founders of the Hull-House Settlement in Chicago used the arts to enrich the lives of turn-of-the-century immigrants.
Jackson's research assistant Sara E. Kimberlin '97 said the fellowship will give Jackson the time to continue studies of Hull-House that began with her doctoral work.
"I know she's been wanting to spend a lot of time working on it," Kimberlin said. "[The fellowship] During the upcoming year, Jackson plans to interview surviving residents of Hull House. Jackson said she also hopes to develop upon her one-woman play inspired by the diaries and letters of women who lived in the House
During the upcoming year, Jackson plans to interview surviving residents of Hull House. Jackson said she also hopes to develop upon her one-woman play inspired by the diaries and letters of women who lived in the House
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.