NEH awards two-year grant to History faculty

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The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $60,000 Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education grant that will fund a project proposal crafted by History professor Dr. and her research team. Titled 鈥淔inding Your Place: Teaching the History of People of Color in Connecticut,鈥 the project鈥檚 goal is to create curriculum and resources on communities of color for Connecticut K-12 educators. Glaser鈥檚 team includes CCSU faculty members Dr. , Dr. Juan David Coronado, Dr. , and Dr. with support from , Connecticut Explored, and the CT League of History Organizations, and in consultation with CCSU鈥檚 Africana Center, the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Center, and members of the Anthropology faculty. The project was one of 258 humanities proposals that were funded by the NEH, totaling $35.63 million in grant awards nationwide.

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