{"id":5021,"date":"2024-11-21T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/?page_id=5021"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:48:58","slug":"kaigc-faculty-fellow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/faculty-opportunities\/kaigc-faculty-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"KAIGC Faculty Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">KAIGC Faculty Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our Faculty Fellows! We welcome Vanessa Voller, Ernesto Capello, and Amy Elkins to our Fellows family and look forward to all of the amazing work they&#8217;ll be doing in collaboration with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proud to present their background and current projects below. Please read more about who they are and the impact they are making in their expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5881 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-4-300x200.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-4-768x512.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t        <h2 class=\"accordion-group__heading\">About Vanessa Voller (2026-2028)<\/h2>\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Background<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/vanessa-voller\/\">Vanessa Voller<\/a> is a mixed-methods, community-engaged researcher whose work centers on gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and adolescent sexual and reproductive health. A former Fulbright Scholar in Bolivia and Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, her research examines experiences of GBV and barriers to contraception among adolescents and young adults in rural Bolivian communities. Dr. Voller previously worked clinically as a medical advocate, accompanying survivors through forensic sexual assault examinations in emergency departments in Minneapolis.<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-2\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Current Projects<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p>She currently volunteers as an expert witness providing testimony in asylum cases involving GBV survivors from Bolivia before the U.S. Department of Justice. This work has further shaped her commitment to research that is grounded in social justice, trauma-informed practices, and policy change.<\/p>\n<p>During the KAIGC Fellowship, she will conduct <em>a research project focused on the experiences of Bolivian survivor migrants<\/em> and will disseminate findings to both academic and community audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Fellowship support will also enable her to attend the <em>2026 Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum in Thailand <\/em>and pursue additional training in engaged Buddhism to inform her research, teaching, and advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>She is particularly grateful for this opportunity given the current ICE raids unfolding across Minnesota and political rhetoric vilifying refugee and immigrant communities.<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-5-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5879 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-5-1024x680.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-5-300x199.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-5-768x510.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t        <h2 class=\"accordion-group__heading\">About Ernesto Capello (2026-2027)<\/h2>\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Background<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/facultystaff\/ernestocapello\/\">Ernesto Capello<\/a> joined the Macalester faculty in 2008 and is Professor of Latin American History. He received his BA from Vassar College and his PhD from the University of Texas. Professor Capello\u2019s teaching explores local and global identity, racial difference and power, and the relationship between arts, politics, and the state in Latin America. His scholarship emphasizes transnational imaginaries, urban history, visual culture, mountains, and the history of cartography.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbies include backgammon, British murder mysteries, and cooking pasta e ceci.<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-2\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Current Projects<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p>At the KAIGC, he will be writing two chapters from his book project,\u00a0<em>Equator Imagined: Commemorating and Contesting Geodesic Science in the Andes<\/em>, which focuses on commemoration of an 18th-century French mission to measure the curvature of the earth at the equator and its subsequent contestation by Indigenous Kichwa populations and allies.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes to help develop programming at Mac with community partners in Ecuador, exploring Indigenous ways of knowing.<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-3-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5873 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-3-826x1024.jpg 826w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-3-242x300.jpg 242w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-3-768x952.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2026\/02\/unnamed-3.jpg 993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t        <h2 class=\"accordion-group__heading\">About Amy Elkins (2026-2027)<\/h2>\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Background <\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/english-and-creative-writing\/facultystaff\/amyelkins\/\">Amy E. Elkins<\/a> is Associate Professor of English &amp; Creative Writing at Macalester College. She is the author of\u00a0<em>Crafting Feminism from Literary Modernism to the Multimedia Present<\/em>\u00a0(Oxford University Press), a hybrid monograph that sparked a range of conversations locally and globally about the role of craft and art-making in literature, queer theory, and nonviolent resistance.<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-2\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Current Projects<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p>As the KAIGC Faculty Fellow, Professor Elkins will conduct research for her second major academic project,\u00a0<em>Oblique Strategies in the Archive: Humanities Research as Innovative Praxis<\/em>, and its accompanying exhibition. Working in a range of archives, which includes the Furtak Collection of artists\u2019 books at the Walker Art Center, she will advance embodied and artistic ways of understanding literary and cultural worlds\u2014a key intervention in framing what \u2018counts\u2019 in academic work and how we might create more equitable models for higher education and transformative learning in the humanities.<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">KAIGC Faculty Fellow Academic Year 2025-2026<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":5413,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2025\/03\/headshot-1-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2025\/03\/headshot-1-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2025\/03\/headshot-1-2-300x200.jpg 300w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2025\/03\/headshot-1-2-768x512.jpg 768w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/469\/2025\/03\/headshot-1-2.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship proudly announces Professor Morgan Adamson of Media and Cultural Studies to be the 2025-2026 Faculty Fellow.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Professor Morgan Adamson<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Adamson works at the intersections of non-fiction film and cultural studies. Grounded in archival research and collaboration, her practice animates hidden histories and infrastructures as a form of social engagement situated in place.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganadamson.info\/film\">A Glimpse Into Her Work<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Brutal Utopias (2023)<\/p>\n<p>Her recent award-winning documentary, <em>Brutal Utopias<\/em> (2023), is an essay on the struggle to define social utopia through architecture. She is the author of a book on political cinema, <em>Enduring Images: A Future History of New Left Cinema <\/em>(University of Minnesota Press, 2018), in addition to numerous scholarly and popular essays.<\/p>\n<p>After the Industrial River: Essay Collection<\/p>\n<p>Taking as a starting point its concerns with the past infrastructural interventions into the Mississippi River as well those developments still to come, three of Field Station 1\u2019s primary organizers, Morgan Adamson, Bruce Braun, and Roopali Phadke, have commissioned a collection of essays to explore these conditions further. In this introductory text, they foreground the entanglement of social, political and ecological tributaries that comprise the post-industrial river and are considered in the essays that follow.<\/p>\n<p>Enduring Images: A Future History of New Left Cinema (University of Minnesota Press, 2018)<\/p>\n<p>A timely reassessment of political film culture in the 1960s and \u201970s, Enduring Images examines international cinematic movements of the New Left in light of sweeping cultural and economic changes of that era. Looking at new forms of cinematic resistance\u2014including detailed readings of particular films, collectives, and movements\u2014Morgan Adamson makes a case for cinema\u2019s centrality to the global New Left.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p>During her time as a KAIGC Faculty Fellow, Professor Adamson will engage the Macalester and Twin Cities community in the production of <em>Forever and Forever and Forever<\/em>, an experimental documentary film that follows communities in the East Metro as they come to terms with their own toxic legacy as the birthplace of forever chemicals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>KAIGC looks forward to collaborating with Professor Adamson, whose work supports our commitment to critical global engagement that acknowledges local\/global interconnections, invites reflection on power structures and positionalities, and engages across intersectional differences to impact social change.<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">KAIGC Faculty Fellowship Application<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p>Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship and the Provost Office invite applications for a year-long fellowship opportunity in 2025-2026. Tenured faculty, pre-tenure faculty who have completed the third-year review and NTT faculty members are eligible to apply. One faculty fellow will be named each academic year; the fellow will be granted two course releases by the Provost\u2019s Office during the fellowship year. The KAIGC Faculty Fellow is expected to implement a research, creative, or pedagogical project that supports <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1BYomOYvQJepd0Ltz2FKLWbxuw0uuLOnlZf1Yp37YuBY\/edit?tab=t.0\">KAIGC&#8217;s purpose and priorities<\/a>, and reflect our values and approaches and Macalester\u2019s Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"left\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Considering the impact of the two course releases on departmental offerings as well as on pre-tenured faculty\u2019s progress towards the tenure review, applicants should consult with their department chairs and obtain a brief statement of support before applying.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"left\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Outcomes of the project should include both significant efforts at dissemination of one\u2019s own work and concrete benefits to Macalester and\/or our community partners.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"left\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Specifically, the KAIGC Faculty Fellow is expected to:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>present at a conference, submit for publication, or share creative work through a<br \/>\nperformance or exhibition, acknowledging Macalester KAIGC\u2019s support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>create opportunities to engage with campus and\/or community partners around their<br \/>\nproject<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>participate in the major events hosted by KAIGC such as International Roundtable, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>be in conversation with KAIGC\u2019s leadership and staff, in order to learn about our work<br \/>\nand be an effective and enthusiastic ambassador for KAIGC around campus and in the<br \/>\ncommunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>KAIGC looks forward to building sustained relationships with the faculty fellow through a year-long engagement. A 2\/1 teaching load is highly recommended so that the fellow maintains an active presence on campus during the fellowship year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Application process:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Please submit the following materials to hwilcox@macalester.edu by January 10, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A statement of interest (3-page maximum)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 3-page abbreviated CV that highlights experience relevant to the proposed project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A brief statement of support from your department chair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For community-based research &#8211; local or global, a brief letter of support from community partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The applications will be reviewed by a committee composed of members of KAIGC leadership team and the Provost Leadership Team. We expect to notify applicants of our decision by January 31, 2025. 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We welcome Vanessa Voller, Ernesto Capello, and Amy Elkins to our Fellows family and look forward to all of the amazing work they&#8217;ll be doing in collaboration with us. We are proud to present their background and current projects below. 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