Research & Analysis: FY 2025 Grants Panelists

Research Grants in the Arts - Panel A
July 23, 2024

Sherica Jones-Lewis (Layperson)
Director of Community Research
The Equity Center
University of Virginia
Rochelle, VA

Anna Kim
International Advisor for the Arts & Culture
Associate Fellow
Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
University of Virginia
London

Rebecca Lepping
Assistant Professor
Neurology
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Olathe, KS

Dean Olah
Professor
School of Education
University of Guam
Tumon, GU

Lorenzo Perillo
Associate Professor
Theatre and Dance
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI

Research Grants in the Arts - Panel B
July 23, 2024

Megumi Azekawa
Music Therapy Coordinator
Ted Brown Music Outreach
PhD Student
School of Nursing
University of Washington
Tacoma, WA

David Fakunle
Assistant Professor
Public and Allied Health
Morgan State University
Associate Faculty
Mental Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Erika Knapp
Assistant Professor
Music Education
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

DeRon S. Williams
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Fine & Performing Arts
Loyola University of Chicago
Dramaturg
TimeLine Theatre Company
Chicago, IL

Research Grants in the Arts - Panel C
July 26, 2024

Anna Brady (Layperson)
Assistant Professor
Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

César Escobar-Viera (Layperson)
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh Main Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Asif Majid
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Human Rights
Dramatic Arts/Human Rights
University of Connecticut
Hartford, CT

Eleonora Redaelli
Professor
School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Siri Rolon-Rivera
Director
Centro de Economia Creativa, Inc.
Caguas, PR

Research Grants in the Arts - Panel D
July 26, 2024

John Arroyo
Assistant Professor
Urban Studies and Planning + Chicanx and Latinx Studies
Regents of the University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Jade de Saussure (Layperson)
Owner, Desa Training Inc.
Bronx, NY

Rachel DeSoto-Jackson
Professor
Music, Theatre, and Dance
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Murrysville, PA

Kayna Hobbs-Murphy
Assistant Professor
Design and Merchandising
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

Gabrielle Strouse
Associate Professor
Counseling & Psychology in Education
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

Research Grants in the Arts - Panel E
July 29, 2024

Francois A. Bethoux (Layperson)
Department Chairman
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Shaker Heights, OH

Sharon Herpin (Layperson)
Senior Research Associate
WestEd
Orange, CA

Candace Miller
Research Officer
The Wallace Foundation
Brooklyn, NY

Annie Schulz Begle
Research and Evaluation Contractor
Education Division
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Hagerstown, MD