Recipients of the Geisel Grant
The Office of the Dean is pleased to announce recipients of the 2022 Inaugural Geisel Grant. The awards will fund faculty research and professional development activities to advance the college and university's academic excellence. Professor Emeritus Paul Geisel's gift provides up about $5,000 per project to engage students and faculty in a project that impacts a municipality or underserved community in Texas or the US Southwest region. This would enable the college to extend its relationships with Texas municipal leaders and connect with under-resourced communities through informed research projects.
Congratulations to the recipients of the Geisel grant, who are listed below by name, department, and title of the project:
Charles MacBride | Assistant Professor
Brad McCorkle| Adjunct Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
Proposal: "TINY-HOME DESIGN-BUILD: CREATING AN ARLINGTON MICRO-COMMUNITY"
Julia Lindgren | Assistant Professor
Dennis Chiessa | Assistant Professor
Lizzie MacWillie | Director of Urbanism, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP
HOUSING MORE: "PROPOSING INTERVENTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE DENSITY IN DFW NEIGHBORHOODS"
Julia Lindgren | Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
Proposal: "BLACK + BROWN ENGAGEMENT IN CIVIC PROCESSES AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT."
Hannah Lebovits| Assistant Professor
Public Affairs and Planning
Proposal: "A SMART GROWTH ASSESSMENT AND POLICY PROCESS MAP FOR THE CITY OF LAVON, TEXAS"
Narjes Abbasabadi | Assistant Professor
Atefe Makhmalbaf| Assistant Professor
Dennis Chiessa| Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
Proposal: "A COMMUNITY ENGAGED APPROACH CRITICAL TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY SYSTEMS"
Joowon Im| Assistant Professor
Landscape Architecture
Proposal: "BLUE-GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION DESIGN GUIDELINES AND PILOT PROJECT – THE BOTTOM DISTRICT, DALLAS"
Oswald Jenewein | Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
Proposal: "VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT"
Letora Anderson | Assistant Professor
Landscape Architecture
Proposal: "JJ. CULBERTSON FOUNDATION AND DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS"
Austin Allen | Associate Professor/ Interim Associate Dean
Alan Klein |Director of Urban Studies
Landscape Architecture | Institute of Urban Studies
Proposal: "A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY FOR THE JOPPEE COMMUNITY IN DALLAS, TEXAS"
Karabi Bezboruah | Associate Professor
Emily Nwakpuda |Assistant Professor
Public Affairs and Planning
Proposal: "REIMAGINING CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE ARLINGTON TEXAS CULTURAL DISTRICT"