Miami Studies Fellows

The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab (WPHL) is thrilled to announce the 2021–2022 cohort of Miami Studies Fellows from across FIU’s many colleges, departments, and programs. These nine interdisciplinary scholars will participate in reading groups, training workshops, and lectures in the building of a new, robust program in Miami Studies, a WPHL initiative funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. All workshops and lectures will be free and open to the public. For more information, please sign up for our e-blasts here.

Miami Studies Fellows for 2022–2023:

  • Emily W. Anderson, Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies (College of Arts, Sciences & Education)
  • Niurca E. Márquez, Assistant Teaching Professor, Honors and Religious Studies (Honors College and Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
  • Matthew D. Marr, Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
  • Catherine Mas, Assistant Professor, History (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
  • Lindsey Maxwell, Assistant Teaching Professor, History (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
  • Jeanette Smith, Assistant Teaching Professor, Religious Studies (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
  • Previous Miami Studies Fellows (2021–2022)

    Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication (College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts)

    Linda Chamorro, Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design (College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts) 

    Eduardo A. Gamarra, Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations (Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs)

    Laura Kurtzberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Media (College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts) 

    Shewonda Leger, Assistant Professor, Department of English (College of Arts, Sciences & Education)

    Dionne Patricia Stephens, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology (College of Arts, Sciences & Education)

    Oren Baruch Stier, Professor, Department of Religious Studies (Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs)

    Sarah E. Stumbar, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Health, and Society (Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine) 

    Pioneer Winter, Assistant Teaching Professor, The Honors College