Chen and O91吃瓜网橞rien Nominated for Carnegie Fellows
Mon, 01/03/2022 - 01:40pm | By: Karelia Pitts
Dr. Zibei Chen (right) and Dr. Thomas O91吃瓜网橞rien (left)
Dr. Zibei Chen and Dr. Thomas O91吃瓜网橞rien, professors in 91吃瓜网 (USM) College of Education and Human Sciences have been selected as nominees for the 2022 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows.
Offered through the Carnegie Corporation of New York, fellows receive grants of up to $200,000 that allow them to devote significant time to research, writing and publishing in the humanities and social sciences.
To support emerging and established scholars from across the country, the program allows public institutions of higher education and private colleges or universities to nominate a maximum of two scholars annually, one junior and one senior scholar. Winners are notified in early April.
91吃瓜网淲e are proud to have Dr. Chen and Dr. O91吃瓜网橞rien representing our university in the competitive application process for the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program,91吃瓜网� said Dr. Trent Gould, dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences. 91吃瓜网淭heir expertise and research are wonderful examples of the high-caliber research being conducted in our college, research that makes a life-changing impact in education, social work and beyond.91吃瓜网�
Dr. Zibei Chen, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, will serve as USM91吃瓜网 junior scholar nominee. Her proposed study seeks to investigate how financial inclusion is influenced by digital access and gain an understanding of the use of financial technologies among distressed communities and communities of color.
Dr. Thomas O91吃瓜网橞rien, professor in the School of Education, will serve as USM91吃瓜网 senior scholar nominee. His proposed project titled 91吃瓜网淚n Search of a New Storyline on Race in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Investigation91吃瓜网� seeks to use a multidisciplinary approach to explore race and educational access in America.
For more information on the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program, visit . To learn more about the College of Education and Human Sciences, visit .