Sheila Crane in the News

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Asst. Professor Sheila Crane Selected as University Teaching Fellow for 2008-09

Assistant Professor of Architectural History Sheila Crane has been selected as one of seven University Teaching Fellows for the 2008-09 academic year. The program, which is sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center, "aims to help our most intellectually sound and successful junior faculty members develop into exceptionally fine teachers. Thus the selection committee?comprised of award-winning faculty?seeks to choose each year junior faculty members who show promise of becoming both eminent researchers and inspiring teachers." The fellowship includes a $7,000 stipend to help fund summer research, as well as ongoing interdisciplinary sessions and teaching mentorships for the duration of the academic year.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Faculty Receive Grants from Graham Foundation

Four faculty members received grants from the Graham Foundation in the 2008 cycle. Assoc. Professor Cammy Brothers received a publication grant in support of an edited book, "Renaissance Architecture and the Antique: Selected Essays by Howard Burns". Asst. Professor Sheila Crane received a publication grant in support of her monograph, "Mediterranean Crossroads: Marseille and the Remaking of Modern Architecture". Asst. Professor Jason Johnson received a research and development grant in support of his forthcoming book, "Robotic Ecologies". Assoc. Professor and Chair Louis Nelson received a publication grant in support of his monograph, "Pulpits, Piety and Power: Anglicanism and Architecture in Colonial South Carolina".