Announcing the 2018 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows!!!!

Psst… the word is out! We have a great new SFF Cohort for 2018 and our theme, “We the People: America’s Grand and Radical Experiment with Democracy”. As expected, we had a large group of strong applicants for this theme. Of course, this meant that the selection process was very tough, as there are a limited number of fellowships available. The Committee spent a long time reviewing applications, and working to select the 2018 Fellows. Our new cohort reflects a variety of academic disciplines and the SFF Leadership Team is eager to get started.

Fellows will begin meeting in January in preparation for our museum visits which will begin in March, 2018. Projects will be implemented with classes in the Fall, 2018.

Our new Smithsonian Faculty Fellows for 2018 are:

Eddy Enriquez Arana, RV, World Languages (Spanish)

Rachel Bonaparte, RV, Communications

Keith Elphick, RV, English

Benjamin Osmond Farrell, RV, Communications

Alejandro Leopardi, GT, English

Raquel Licamele, RV, English and Reading

David Lott, TPSS, ELAP

Monica Mallini, GT, Engineering

Brett Pelham, GT, Psychology

Deborah Solomon, RV, Media Arts and Technology

David Sowards, GT, English