Literary Arts: FY 2021 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel A
Aug 04, 2020

Dara M Beevas
Cofounder & Chief Strategic Officer
Wise Ink
Minneapolis, MN

Rafay Khalid (Layperson)
Senior Industry Analyst
Global Credit Services
Trabuco Canyon, CA

Juan J Morales
Professor and Chair
Department of English and World Languages
Colorado State University-Pueblo
Pueblo, CO

Lynne Nugent
Managing Editor
The Iowa Review
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Peggy Shumaker
Faculty
Division of Humanities
Pacific Lutheran University
Fairbanks, AK

Spencer Wise
Assistant Professor
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.
North Augusta, SC

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel B
Aug 05, 2020

Kira Brunner Don
Editor in Chief
Stranger's Guide
Oakland, CA

Joel B. Henderson
Professor of English
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Hixson, TN

Rajiv Mohabir
Assistant Professor of Poetry
Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing
Emerson College
Malden, MA

Anna Lena Phillips Bell
Editor, Ecotone and Lookout Books
Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing Department
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

Donna Shear (Layperson)
Director
University Press
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Alicia Upano
Assistant Journals Manager
University of Hawai‘i Press
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing Panel (Poetry)
Sep 16, 2020

David Anthony Baker
Professor of English
Denison University
Poetry Editor
Kenyon Review
Granville, OH

Chen Chen
Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence
Department of English
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Lara Cowell (Layperson)
Academy English Teacher
Punahou
Poetry Out Loud Coordinator
Punahou School
Honolulu, HI

Jennifer S Givhan
Adjunct Instructor
Central New Mexico Community
College Western New Mexico
University
Albuquerque, NM

Dawn Lundy Martin
Professor of English
University of Pittsburgh Main Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Sandra Meek
Dana Professor of English,
Rhetoric and Writing
Berry College, Inc.
Rome, GA

Literature Fellowships: Translation - Panel A
Jul 28, 2020

Kaveh Bassiri
PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature
University of Arkansas Main Campus
Fayetteville, AR

Michael S Bazzett
English Faculty
The Blake School
Minneapolis, MN

Aaron Richard Coleman
PhD Candidate, Chancellor's
Graduate Fellow
Comparative Literature
Washington University
University City, MO

Thomas James Kitson
Translator
New York, NY

Eleni A Sikelianos
Poet
Professor of Literary Arts
Brown University
Providence, RI

Laura Yoo (Layperson)
Professor of English
Howard Community College
Columbia, MD

Literature Fellowships: Translation - Panel B
Jul 29, 2020

Matt Jakubowski
Communication Standards Lead (Writer and editor)
Independence Blue Cross
Philadelphia, PA

Ezra Miller (Layperson)
Teacher
DC International School
Washington, DC

Flávia Rocha
Writer & Journalist
Founder & Communications
Director, Academia Internacional de Cinema (Brazil)
Portland, OR

Steven J Stewart
Professor of English
Brigham Young University–Idaho
Rexburg, ID

Chun Ye
Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
Providence College
Providence, RI

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel A
Nov 23, 2020

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Workshop Coordinator
artworxLA
Director
Women Who Submit
San Gabriel, CA

Joanne V. Gabbin
Professor, Department of English
Executive Director, Furious Flower Poetry Center
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

Aaron Glover
Executive Director
Writer's Garret
Dallas, TX

Mary Anne Hansen (Layperson)
Professor, Research Services Librarian
Coordinator, Tribal College Librarians Institute
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Justin Rogers
Citywide Poets Coordinator
InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Inc.
Detroit, MI

Jonathan Sanchez
Owner
Blue Bicycle Books
Charleston, SC

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel B
Nov 24, 2020

Lee Baird
Director of Literary Arts & Grants Analyst
Tennessee Arts Commission
Franklin, TN

Saraciea J. Fennell
Founder
The Bronx is Reading - Bronx Book Festival
Bronx, NY

Megan Jane Kaminski
Associate Professor of Poetry Writing
Department of English
University of Kansas Main Campus
Lawrence, KS

Ed Krishok (Layperson)
Managing Director
Urban Ecology Center
Milwaukee, WI

Leah Shlachter
Adult Program Coordinator
Teton County Library
Jackson, WY

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel C
Nov 24, 2020

Rus Bradburd
Professor
Department of English
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM

Andrea Lewis
Senior Program Officer
Maryland Humanities
Director
Maryland Center for the Book
Columbia, MD

Will Northrop (Layperson)
President
What-if-Concepts
Boise, ID

Marcie Rendon
Author, Performance Artist
Minneapolis, MN

Esperanza Snyder
Assistant Director Bread Loaf in Sicily
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College
Adjunct Research Professor
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV

Matt Weinkam
Executive Director
Literary Cleveland
Shaker Heights, OH