Fall 2020 Internal Research Award Outcomes

December, 2020

On the recommendation of the Research Awards Committee, 51 research awards were made this semester, including 6 Annual Research Grants, 20 GU Research Leaves, and 25 Summer Salary Supplements.  In light of the current fiscal constraints confronting the university, the dollar value of research support was necessarily reduced: while the level of support provided under the Summer Salary Supplement (previously known as Summer Academic Awards) was maintained, the number of SSSs awarded was reduced from around 40 each year to just 25 in 2020. 

The Annual Research Grant program replaced the smaller dollar value Fall and Spring Competitive Grants in Aid, and the Non-Competitive Grants in Aid.  Six ARGs were awarded, with an average value of around $9,500 each.

Finally, the number GU Research Leaves (previously Senior Faculty Research Fellowships, but this year open to junior faculty) was maintained at 20 summaries of the awards, including breakdowns by gender, rank, and discipline of the recipient’s home academic unit, can be found here.

Individual award recipients, to whom we offer our congratulations, are listed below.

Summer Salary Supplement

Full Name Rank Academic Unit
Gregory Afinogenov Assistant Professor History
Mike Amezcua Assistant Professor History
Marcus E. Board Assistant Professor African American Studies
Molly Elizabeth Borowitz Assistant Professor Spanish and Portuguese
Jennifer Boum Make Assistant Professor French and Francophone Studies
Claire Catenaccio Assistant Professor Classics
Kathryn M. de Luna Associate Professor History
Sylvie N Durmelat Associate Professor French and Francophone Studies
Aaron C. Emmitte Associate Professor French and Francophone Studies
Jay Hammond Assistant Professor Performing Arts
Benjamin J Harbert Associate Professor Performing Arts
Justin Haynes Assistant Professor Classics
Elena Herburger Associate Professor Spanish and Portuguese
Joseph R. Johnson Assistant Professor French and Francophone Studies
Diana Kim Assistant Professor School of Foreign Service
Karah E Knope Associate Professor Chemistry
Jamie Martin Assistant Professor School of Foreign Service
Meredith McKittrick Associate Professor History
Sarah McNamer Professor English
Rosemary N. Ndubuizu Assistant Professor African American Studies
Felicitas M Opwis Associate Professor Arabic and Islamic Studies
Ricardo L Ortiz Associate Professor English
Amanda D. Phillips Assistant Professor English
Eva Rosen Assistant Professor McCourt School of Public Policy
Andrew Zeitlin Assistant Professor McCourt School of Public Policy

Annual Research Grants

Full Name Rank Academic Unit
Denise Brennan Professor Anthropology
Jay Hammond Assistant Professor Performing Arts
Marko Klasnja Assistant Professor School of Foreign Service
Ronald Leow Professor Spanish & Portuguese
Meredith McKittrick Associate Professor History
Eva Rosen Assistant Professor McCourt School of Public Policy

Georgetown University Research Leave (GURL)

Full Name Rank Academic Unit
Ahmad Alqassas Associate Professor Arabic and Islamic Studies
Leticia Bode Associate Professor Communication, Culture, and Technology Program
NaLette Brodnax Associate Professor McCourt School of Public Policy
Kate Chandler Assistant Professor School of Foreign Service
David Collins Associate Professor History
Kathryn M. de Luna Associate Professor History
Jennifer Natalya Fink Professor English
James K Freericks Professor Physics
Garance Genicot Professor Economics
Adam E Green Associate Professor Psychology
Elena Herburger Associate Professor Spanish and Portuguese
Diana Kim Assistant Professor School of Foreign Service
Janet Mann Professor Biology
Jessica Roda Assistant Professor School of Foreign Service
Ronda J Rolfes Professor Biology
Micah Sherr Assistant Professor Computer Science
Sarah L Stoll Professor Chemistry
John M Tutino Professor School of Foreign Service
Gina M Wimp Associate Professor Biology
Duncan Wu Professor English