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Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

2020-21 Faculty Funding Recipients

Northwestern Buffett is proud to support university faculty pursuing collaborative, interdisciplinary research.  Below is a list of faculty who have received funding from Northwestern Buffett in the 2020-21 academic year:

Global Connections Seed Grant Recipients

Kalyan Nadiminti

Kalyan Nadiminti

English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

“Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference”
Global Connections Seed Grant, in partnership with Progressive India Alliance
Awarded July 22, 2021
Emrah Yildiz

Emrah Yildiz

Anthropology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

“kaçak: Fugitive Forms of Bureaucracy and Economy in Southwest Asia”
Global Connections Seed Grant, in partnership with Mekanda Adalet Dernegi, The Center for Spatial Justice
Awarded May 20, 2021
Fizan Abdullah

Fizan Abdullah

Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine

“Global Database of Perioperative Data”
Global Connections Seed Grant, in partnership with the G4 Alliance
Awarded May 20, 2021
Chris Abani

Chris Abani

African Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

“Sustaining Global Connections in African Heritage”
Global Connections Seed Grant, in partnership with Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Amanda Logan, and institutional representatives and Caravans of Gold contributors from Mali, Morocco, and Nigeria
Awarded February 2, 2021
Bill Myers

Bill Myers

Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine

“Ophthalmology Program Development”
Global Connections Seed Grant, in partnership with Haitian hospitals
Awarded September 24, 2020
Nicholas Volpe

Nicholas Volpe

Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine

“Ophthalmology Program Development”
Global Connections Seed Grant, in partnership with Haitian hospitals
Awarded September 24, 2020

Global Campus Collaborative Grant Recipients

Wen-pin Hsieh

Wen-pin Hsieh

Asian Languages & Cultures, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Pei-Chih Lin
Awarded January 21, 2021
Fadia Antabli

Fadia Antabli

Middle East & North African Studies Program, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Eddie Nasser, Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
Awarded on December 23, 2020
Candy Lee

Candy Lee

Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Shira Dvir Gvirsman, Tel Aviv University School of Communication
Awarded on December 17, 2020
Tom Geraghty

Tom Geraghty

Center for International Human Rights, Pritzker School of Law

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Justice Mumbi Ngugi
Awarded December 14, 2020
Drew Davies

Drew Davies

Musicology, Bienen School of Music

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Anne Danielsen
Awarded December 14, 2020
Mindy Magrane

Mindy Magrane

Learning and Organizational Change, School of Education and Social Policy

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Mariana Garduño, Universidad Panamericana
Awarded on November 10, 2020
Sarah Bartolome

Sarah Bartolome

Music Education, Bienen School of Music

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Dr. Leonard Tan, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
Awarded on November 10, 2020
So Hye Kim

So Hye Kim

Asian Languages & Cultures, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Sangwoo Kang
Awarded October 23, 2020
Masi Asare

Masi Asare

Theatre, School of Communication

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Vishal Bhardwaj
Awarded October 21, 2020
William West

William West

English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Sophie Lemercier-Goddard (École Normale Supérieure-Lyon)
Awarded October 21, 2020
Matthew Grayson

Matthew Grayson

Electrical & Computer Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual Research Initiatives
in partnership with Grant Theron, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Awarded October 21, 2020
Wen-pin Hsieh

Wen-pin Hsieh

Asian Languages and Cultures, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with National Tsing-Hua University
Awarded on October 16, 2020
Licheng Gu

Licheng Gu

Asian Languages and Cultures, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with National Tsing-Hua University
Awarded on October 16, 2020
Alessia Ricciardi

Alessia Ricciardi

Comparative Literary Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Isabelle Alfandary, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
Awarded on October 14, 2020
William West

William West

English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Elizabeth Rodini (American Academy in Rome)
Awarded September 25, 2020
Tracy C. Davis

Tracy C. Davis

Theatre, School of Communications

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual Research Initiatives
In partnership with University of Cologne, University of Tel Aviv, Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Ghana and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Awarded September 3, 2020
Pablo Boczkowski

Pablo Boczkowski

Communication Studies, School of Communications

“Latinx Digital Media Center”
Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual Research Initiatives
In partnership with Eugenia Mitchelstein (Universidad de San Andres)
Awarded September 3, 2020
David Tolchinsky

David Tolchinsky

Radio/Television/Film, School of Communication

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, Virtual International Visitor: Oladipo Agboluaje
Awarded September 3, 2020
Kimberly Pusateri

Kimberly Pusateri

Communication Studies, School of Communication

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Ningxin Wang, National University of Singapore
Tom Geraghty

Tom Geraghty

Center for International Human Rights, Pritzker School of Law

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Dr. Mizanie Abate, Addis Ababa University School of Law and Governance Studies
Lina Deng

Lina Deng

Learning and Organizational Change, School of Education and Social Policy

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In Partnership with Northwestern professors Diane Knoepke and Kimberly Scott, and Peking University professor Lu Jiangyong
Beth Hurd

Beth Hurd

Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Nadia Marzouki of Sciences Po (CERI) and Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou of the Graduate Institute (Geneva)
Rifka Cook

Rifka Cook

Spanish & Portuguese, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Global Campus Collaborative Grant, International Classroom Partnering
In partnership with Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)