Rhodes College
Mellon Innovation Fellowship Program

2016-2017 Faculty Fellows

Zac Casey


Assistant Professor of Educational Studies

Miriam G. Clinton


Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

Rebecca Finlayson


Associate Professor of English

Dee Garceau


Professor of History

Amy Jasperson


Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science

David Mason


Associate Professor
Chair of Theatre
Director of Asian Studies

Tara Massad


Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies and Sciences

Evelyn Perry


Assistant Professor of Sociology

Marsha Walton


Professor of Psychology

2015-2016 Faculty Fellows

Sarah Boyle


Chair of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biology

Stephen Haynes


Professor of Religious Studies

Tim Huebner


Irma O. Sternberg Professor of History

Rachel Jabaily


Assistant Professor of Biology

Kimberly Kasper


Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Joel Parsons


Director, Clough Hanson Gallery

Elizabeth Pettinaroli


Director of Latin American Studies, Associate Professor of Spanish

Rashna Richards


Associate Professor of English
Chair of Film and Media Studies

2014-2015 Faculty Fellows

John Bass


Director of the Mike Curb Institute for Music

Michael Collins


Associate Professor of Biology

Dana Horgen


Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Laboratory Coordinator

Kendra Hotz


Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Felix Kronenberg


Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Director of the Language Learning Center

Bernadette McNary-Zak


Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Amy Risley


Associate Professor of International Studies

Katie White


Chair of Psychology
Associate Professor

Elizabeth Daggett


Former Director, The Center for Outreach in the Development of the Arts (CODA)

Angela Frederick


Assistant Professor of Sociology
Student Fellows
  • Tiegst Ameha
  • Anna Baker-Olsen
  • Madalyn Bryant
  • Madeline Carwile
  • Erin Deery
  • Dominique Defreece
  • Grant Ebbesmeyer
  • Justice Franklin
  • Daniela Garcia
  • Ros KennyBirch
  • Sophia Mason
  • Maddie McGrady
  • Christopher Meadows
  • Aylen Mercado
  • Mitchel Trychta
  • Kirkwood Vangeli