SIPA Faculty Among Columbia Provost’s 2024 Grant Awardees

Columbia University Provost Angela V. Olinto recently announced this year’s recipients of awards and grants from the Office of the Provost’s award programs. Among the recipients were the following SIPA faculty members: 

Junior and Mid-Career Faculty Grants

These programs offer grant support to further the scholarship of outstanding junior and mid-career faculty who contribute to the diversity goals of the University through their research, teaching, and mentoring activities. 

Erica Lonergan (Fall 2023 Junior Faculty Grant Awardee)
Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs
Artificial Intelligence and the Implications for International Stability

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Spring 2024 Mid-Career Faculty Grant Awardee)
Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs 
Democracy, Citizenship, and the Paperwork State

Provost’s Initiative to Support Faculty Cluster Hiring

The Provost’s Initiative to Support Fourth Purpose Scholarship aims to accelerate the recruitment of outstanding faculty members who advance the Fourth Purpose of universities—namely, work to bring forward rigorous knowledge and scholarship to societal impact and serve the public good. 

School of International and Public Affairs
Fourth Purpose Scholarship Initiative

Spring 2024 Dialogue Across Difference Seed Grant Awardees

Dialogue Across Difference aims to support new spaces for critical conversations by providing frameworks to promote constructive dialogue and convening forums where we can hold difficult conversations with mutual respect. 

Academic Upheaval in a Time of Geopolitical Conflict
Page Fortna, Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy, Department of Political Science and Alexander Cooley, Senior Research Scholar, Harriman Institute and Professor of Political Science, Barnard College

Skill-Building Workshops - Interview Techniques for Intercultural Communications
Eugenia McGill, Senior Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs; Michael Nutter, David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs; Tsuya Yee, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs; Michael Littlejohn, Assistant Dean for Student Life, School of International and Public Affairs and Andrew Heinrich, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs

Bollinger Convenings at the Forum at Columbia University 

In honor of President Emeritus Lee C. Bollinger, the Bollinger Convenings highlight Columbia’s commitment to its Fourth Purpose by showcasing innovative initiatives that create societal impact and advance human welfare. 

Food for Humanity: Unlocking the Potential of Universities to End Hunger and Malnutrition 
Glenn Denning, Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs; and Jessica Fanzo, Professor of Climate; Interim Director of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Saving Journalism
Anya Schiffrin, Senior Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs; and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor