The Global Arts + Humanities — in collaboration with the Office of Engagement in the College of Arts and Sciences — is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026-27 Community-Engaged Grant competition. 

This grants initiative supports public-facing, community-engaged projects that explore how cultures circulate across local and global contexts. Designed to seed new efforts or sustain ongoing initiatives, these awards invest in projects that deepen the university’s capacity for transformative partnerships. Emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration, the grants center arts and humanities methods, practices and perspectives to foster meaningful, long-term community engagement. This cycle of grants focus on the 2026-27 annual theme, Cultures in Motion. 

Awardees 

• Bigger Than Me
  Associate Professor Michelle Wibbelsman (Spanish and Portuguese)
• Breaking Down Borders
  Professor Reanne Frank (Sociology) and Associate Professor Lucille Toth (French and Italian + Dance)
• Community Collaborative Learning Hubs
  Professor Stephanie Power-Carter (Education and Human Ecology), Assistant Professor Crystal Perkins (Dance) and Assistant Professor Casidy Campbell (African American and African Studies)
• (In)visibile Frequencies: A Community-Engaged Sonic Commemoration of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
  Assistant Professor Stevie Johnson (Music + African American and African Studies)
• Marion Futures Lab
  Professor Nikole Patson (Psychology-Marion), Associate Professor Margaret Sumner (History-Marion), artist Megan Jordan, Dean/Professor Jennifer Schlueter (Theatre, Film and Media Arts-Marion) and Anna Willow (Anthropology-Marion)