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Excel Funding Program announces 2024 faculty recipients in the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences

The Office of The Vice President for Research provides resources to support meritorious research and scholarship in all disciplines across the university, including the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences. The Excel Funding Program was founded in 2022 to help faculty in these fields pursue top-quality research, scholarly and creative projects. By providing seed funding to liberal arts, humanities and social sciences faculty, Excel also aims to bolster their competitive edge in applying for subsequent external funding.

The work produced by faculty in these areas is more essential now than ever before. As a flagship research institution, our university must support scientific research that leads to technical innovations as well as endeavors that make the world more humane and enlightened.

— Julius Fridriksson, USC Vice President for Research

This year, the VPR is excited to fund 23 Excel projects by faculty from 17 different departments across the USC Columbia and Palmetto College campuses. 

Please join us in congratulating the 2024 Excel funding recipients.

2024 Excel Recipients

Primary Investigator(s)
Department and College
Applegate, Brandon Criminology & Criminal Justice - College of Arts and Sciences 
Broussard, Rebekah
Sociology - College of Arts and Sciences
Chun, Elaine
English Language and Literature - College of Arts and Sciences
Collins, Alyssa
English Language and Literature - College of Arts and Sciences
Dubinsky, Stanley
  • Co-PI: Spence, Lucy (Instruction & Teacher Education)
English Language and Literature - College of Arts and Sciences
Edmunds, Sarah
Psychology - College of Arts and Sciences
Fang, Man
  • Co-PI: Guo, Jie (Languages, Literatures & Cultures)
School of Music
Fenimore, Wanda
Speech - University of SC Sumter
Garane, Jeanne
Languages, Literatures & Cultures - College of Arts and Sciences
Garner, David
School of Music
Gavin, Michael
  • Co-PI: Dubinsky, Stanley (English Language and Literature)
English Language and Literature - College of Arts and Sciences
Ha, Byeongwon
School of Visual Art and Design - College of Arts and Sciences
Harrison, Carol
History - College of Arts and Sciences
Liu, Xiaofeng
Educational & Developmental Science - College of Education
Lu, Kelan
Political Science - College of Arts and Sciences
Melvin-Koushki, Matthew
History - College of Arts and Sciences
Nagel, Caroline
  • Co-PI: Brown, Kara (Leadership, Learning Design, and Inquiry)
Geography - College of Arts and Sciences
Quinn, Joseph
Sociology - College of Arts and Sciences
Stawkowski, Magdalena
Anthropology - College of Arts and Sciences
Stoeltzner, C. Michael
Philosophy - College of Arts and Sciences
Tu-Keefner, Feili
School of Information Sciences - College of Information & Communication
Williard, Ashley
Languages, Literatures & Cultures - College of Arts and Sciences
Wright, Parrish
Languages, Literatures & Cultures - College of Arts and Sciences

 

1 February 2024

 


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