Bridge funding to ensure courses in English and related disciplines at Connecticut College

FAIN: ZED-283800-22

Connecticut College (New London, CT 06320-4125)
Lina Wilder (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

The hiring of a one-year visiting professor and poet-in-residence.

This grant will fund a full-time visiting professorship and distinguished poet-in-residence position to Dr. Kate Rushin for AY 21-22, filling an important gap in faculty resulting from a hiring freeze due to the financial impact of Covid on the College operating budget. This appointment would enable the College to sustain its curricular offerings in creative writing, English, and Africana Studies. These courses would contribute to NEH’s area of interest “A More Perfect Union: Exploring America’s Story and Commemorating its 250th Anniversary” given their exploration of African-American literature and experience, racial justice and gender equity.