2015-16 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

ARHU extends congrats to 19 faculty awardees.

The College of Arts and Humanities extends its congratulations to outstanding faculty who have been named 2015-16 recipients of the Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CAPAA) or Research and Scholarship Awards (RASA) from the University of Maryland’s Graduate School.

ABOUT CAPAA:

CAPPA supports artistic activities and are awarded to full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty. Faculty who receive a semester award are excused from teaching duties during the period for which the CAPAA was granted. Those who receive a summer CAPAA will receive a $9,000 stipend for two months during the summer for which the award is granted. To be eligible for the summer award the faculty member needs to hold a 9 – 9 ½ appointment, which means they do not have teaching responsibilities over the summer. The most recent CAPAA summer awardees will apply the award to summer 2015.

ARHU’s semester CAPAA recipients include:

Stanley Plumly, Department of English

John Ruppert, Department of Art

ARHU’s summer CAPAA recipients include:

Carmen Balthrop, School of Music

Patrick Craig, Department of Art

Larissa Dedova, School of Music

Justin Strom, Department of Art

Delores Ziegler, School of Music

ABOUT RASA:

RASA are awarded to full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty. The awards support research and scholarship. Faculty who receive a semester award are excused from teaching duties during the period for which the RASA was granted. Faculty who receive a summer RASA will receive a $9,000 stipend for two months during the summer for which the award is granted. To be eligible for the summer award the faculty member needs to hold a 9 – 9 ½ appointment, which means they do not have teaching responsibilities over the summer. The most recent RASA summer awardees will apply the award to summer 2015.

ARHU semester RASA Recipients:

Luka Arsenjuk, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Carmen Benito-Vessels, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Alejandro Caneque, Department of History

Kira Gor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Dora Hanninen, School of Music

Dan Moller, Department of Philosophy

Sangeeta Ray, Department of English

Alicia Volk, Department of Art History

Mary Helen Washington, Department of English

Ruth Zambrana, Department of Women’s Studies

ARHU summer RASA Recipients:

Lindsey Anderson, Department of Communication

La Marr Bruce, Department of American Studies

Sarah Cameron, Department of History

Jason Farman, Department of American Studies

Julius Fleming Jr., Department of English

Julie Koser, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Esther Lee, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Ting Zhang, Department of History

For more information about the CAPPA and RASA awards, visit the Graduate School at: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_support_awards.html