FACULTY
GRANTS
Michael Washington, Spring 2023 faculty micro-grant recipient, facilitating a conversation on an excerpt from Audre Lorde’s work during the Spring 2023 Belonging Symposium. Photo by Tariq Stone.
CCA@CCA Faculty Micro Grants support course efforts tied to democratic engagement. Project outcomes are featured within the Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series.
Applications for the upcoming semester open in April and November each year.
Past Recipients
Fall 2024
Kim Anno, Professor, Painting and Drawing Program and Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Citizen Artists/Designers/Journalists (ETHST-2000-6)
Carol Elkovich, Associate Professor, First Year Core Studio Program
Course: 2D Multilingual Studio (FYCST-1045-1)
James Graham, Assistant Professor, Architecture Program
Course: Architectural Theory (ARCHT-4220)
and
Irene Cheng, Chair, Graduate Architecture Program
Course: : Architectural Theory (MARCH-6220)
Maxwell Leung, Associate Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: American Politics (SSHIS-2000-1)
Natalie Pellolio, Visiting Faculty, History of Art and Visual Culture Program
Course: Art and the Machine (HAAVC-3000-1)
Isabel Samaras, Adjunct II, Illustration Program
Course: Studio 2: Concept (ILLUS-3040-1)
Chris Treggiari, Senior Adjunct, First Year Core Studio Program
Course: 4D Studio (FYCST 1120-2)
Spring 2024
Sholeh Asgary, Adjunct II, First Year Core Studio Program
Course: 4D Studio (FYCST-1120)
John de Fazio, Senior Adjunct Professor, Ceramics Program
Course: Queer Super Objects (UDIST-3000-3)
Melinda Luisa de Jesus, Associate Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Girl Culture (SSHIS-2000-1 )
Lucia Fagen-DeLuca, Adjunct II, History of Art and Visual Culture Program
Course: Tactile Bliss (UDIST-3000-2)
Michael Wertz, Chair, Illustration Program
Course: Tools: Illustrated Poster (ILLUS-2110)
Fall 2023
Faith Adiele, Chair & Professor, Writing and Literature Program / Professor, MFA Writing Program
Course: Eating Words: The Literature + Film of Food (LITPA-2000-3 / WRLIT-2100-1)
Neeraj Bhatia, Associate Professor, Architecture Program
Course: Urban & Landscape Elect: Forming Life in Common (ARCHT-5800-1 / MARCH-6800-1)
Rod Cavazos, Senior Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design & UDIST Programs
Course: Xenoludology (UDIST-3000-8)
Sara Dean, Assistant Chair & Assistant Professor, MFA Design Program
Course: Vernacular Futures Topic Studio (DESGN-6630-5)
and
Christoph Steger, Chair & Associate Professor, Animation Program
Course: Media History (ANIMA-3600-1)
Taro Hattori, Chair & Assistant Professor Sculpture Program / Chair, Individualized Studies Program
Course: Dissonance - Music and Conflict (UDIST-3000-4)
Marcel Pardo Ariza, Adjunct II Professor, Photography Program
Course: Practice, Process, and Production (PHOTO-3400-2)
Spring 2023
Sofía Córdova, Adjunct 2 Professor, Graduate Film
Course: Precarious Arrangements (GELCT-6340-3)
Anna Firth, Adjunct I Professor, Animation
Course: Character Loops (ANIMA-2700-8 / ILLUS-3137-2)
and
Kyungwon Song, Visiting Faculty, Animation
Course: Media History: History of Animation (ANIMA-3600-1)
Ebti Shedid, Teaching Fellow, Photography
Shao-Feng Hsu, Teaching Fellow, Photography
Course: Tools 1: Black & White (PHOTO-1000-1)
Aynne Valencia, Associate Professor, Interaction Design
Course: Advanced Studio: Experience (IXDSN-3100-1)
Michael Washington, Adjunct 2 Professor, Critical Studies
Ana Llorente, Adjunct 2 Professor, MFA Design
Course: Design as a Worlding Practice (UDIST-3000-3)
Stephanie Sherman, Adjunct 2 Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies
Non Conforming: Disability and the Arts (ETHSM-2000-10)
Fall 2022
Anthea Black, Assistant Professor, Printmedia
Course: Introduction to Printmaking (PRINT-1000-1)
Natasha Haugnes, Adjunct II Professor, Writing and Literature Program
Course: Writing 2: Seeing Citizenship (WRLIT-2030-1)
Steve Jones, Adjunct II Professor, First Year Core Studio
Course: Agitprop: Issues and Causes (ETHST-3000-7)
Nathan Lynch, Associate Professor, Ceramics Program / Chair, Ceramics Program / Chair, Glass Program
Course: Workshop: Clown Shoes (CERAM-2700-2)
Acacia Woods Chan, Adjunct I Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Writing 1: Writing Ancestors (WRLIT-1030-11)
Spring 2022
Shalini Agrawal, Associate Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Radical Redesign (ETHST-3000-3)
Kim Anno, Professor, Painting and Drawing Program
Course: Parks, Environment, & Leisure (UDIST-3000-5)
and
Mia Feuer, Associate Professor, Sculpture Program
Course: Material Worlds (Sculpt 2700-1)
Susanne Cockrell, Associate Professor, Ecological Practices Minor
Course: Ecological Practices Minor
John de Fazio, Senior Adjunct Professor, Ceramics Program
Course: Queer Super Objects (UDIST-3000-3)
Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Senior Adjunct, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Migrants, Exiles, Refugees (ETHSM-3000-3)
Edith Garcia, Senior Adjunct Professor, Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studio
Course: The Contemporary: Globalization in Contemporary Art (UDIST-3000-7)
Mia Yinxing Liu, Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture
Course: Theories of Identity, Difference, and Power (VISCR-6220-1)
Pallavi Sharma, Adjunct 2, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Catalyst for Change (ETHST-2000-5)
Fall 2021
Shalini Agrawal, Associate Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Julia Grinkrug, Adjunct II Professor, Architecture Program
Course: Care in Common(s) (UDIST-3000-9)
Mary Banas, Adjunct II Professor, MFA Design and Graphic Design Program
Ana Llorente, Adjunct II Professor, MFA Design and Graphic Design Program
Course: The Studio 1: GD (DESGN-6020-1)
Cindy Bello, Adjunct II Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture Program
Course: Methodologies (VISCR 6100-1)
Julia Grinkrug, Adjunct II Professor, Architecture Program
Janette Kim, Assistant Professor, Architecture Program
Course: Architectural Analysis (MARCH-6210-1)
and
Neeraj Bhatia, Associate Professor, Architecture Program
Nataly Gattegno, Professor, Graduate Architecture Program
Course: MA'RCH STUDIO 3 (MARCH-6030-1)
Taro Hattori, Senior Adjunct, Individualized Studies Program
Course: Dissonance - Music and Conflict (UDIST-3000-6)
Genevieve Hyacinthe, Assistant Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture Program
Course: Experiments in West African Dance (HAAVC-3000-4)
Brian Karl, Senior Adjunct Professor, Critical Studies Program
Course: Deconstructing Prison (ETHSM-3000-2)
Katherine Lambert, Professor, Interior Design Program
Course: Inclusive and Integrated Embodiment (UDIST-3000-7)
Marina Pugliese, Adjunct II Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture Program
Course: Contemporary Art (HAAVC-2280-1)
Spring 2021
Curtis Arima, Co-Chair and Associate Professor, Jewelry and Metal Arts Program
Course: Specialty Course: Hand to Mouth: Questioning Consumption (METAL-2080-1)
Vanessa Chang, Adjunct Professor, Visual and Critical Studies Program
Course: Methodologies (VISCR-6100-1, VISCR-6120-1)
Aaron Gach, Senior Adjunct Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program and SICA
Course: Community Practice Workshop 2 - Art & Society (DIVST-2000-8, DIVST-3000-15, COMAR-3700-1, COMAR-2700-1)
Rekia Gina Jibrin, Adjunct Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: 'Tryin' to Get Free': Foundations and Futures of Intersectionality (DIVSM-2000-3, DIVSM-3000-13, SSHIS-3000-7)
Janette Kim, Assistant Professor, Architecture Program
Course: Urban Imaginaries (ARCHT 5800-1)
Sara Raffo, Assistant Chair and Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Program
Course: Graphic Design Tools (GRAPH-1080-1)
Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera, Assistant Professor, First Year Core Studio Program / MFA Design / Graphic Design
Course: Topics: Designing Our Way Out: Imagining Liberation (DESGN-6720-2)
Kate Rutter, Adjunct Professor, Interaction Design Program
Course: InterStudio: Professional Practices (IXDSN-3500-1)
Pallavi Sharma, Adjunct Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Catalyst for Change (DIVST-2000-4, DIVST-3000-6)
Leila Weefur, Adjunct Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Course: Black Experimental Narrative (DIVSM-2000-4, DIVSM-3000-5)
Bz (Brenda) Zhang and Kevin Bernard Moultrie Daye, Adjunct Professors, Graduate Architecture Program
M'Arch Studio 2 (MARCH-6020-1)
Fall 2020
Kim Anno, Professor, Painting and Drawing Program
Project title: Make, Act, Resist: A Teach In on Borders and Migration
Susanne Cockrell, Associate Professor, Community Arts Program
Project title: WE'ave THE PEOPLE
Jacqueline Francis, Associate Professor and Chair, VCS; Associate Professor, Visual Studies
Project title: Methods for Change
Linda Geary, Professor, Painting and Drawing Program
Project title: Believe In Truth
christopher hamamoto, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Program
Project title: Fall Exhibition Design Series: Alt Knowledges
Steve Jones, Adjunct Professor, First Year Core Studio Program
Project title: Agitprop: Issues and Causes
Jaime Knight, Assistant Professor, Printmedia Program
Project title: BIPOC Virtual Print Studio
Aspen Mays, Associate Professor, Photography Program
Project title: What is your voting story?
Vreni Michelini-Castillo, Adjunct Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Project title: The Circle: Autonomy Beyond the Nation-State
Jon Sueda, Associate Professor, Graphic Design Program
Project title: Post-Identity Design