Jesuit Foundation Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our recent grant recipients!
Fall 2023
Healing Centered Racial Affinity Groups for K-12 Teachers
Sarah Capitelli, Professor, School of Education
Exploring our Roots and Planting New Seeds: Jesuit Catholic Education at USF"
Donal Godfrey, S.J., Associate Director for Faculty & Staff Spirituality and University Chaplain
USF Gellert Family Business Center's NextGen Certificate Program
Monika Hudson, Associate Professor, School of Management
Thomas Maier, Associate Professor, School of Management
Kimberly Connor, Emeritus Professor, School of Management
Improving Gleeson Library Website Accessibility
Sherise Kimura, Head Electronic Resource and Systems, Gleeson Library
An Ignatian Pedagogical Model in Classroom for Future Career
Matthew Motkya, S.J., Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Adjunct Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences
Ignatian Colleagues Program at USF (ICP@USF)
Sonja Martin Poole, Professor, School of Management
Social Justice and Information Literacy: Building Student Success with Online Instructional Videos
Magaly Salas, Student Success Librarian, Gleeson Library
Annie Pho, Head Instruction and Outreach, Gleeson Library
Spring 2023
USF Community Mental Health Clinic Inaugural Launch
Cori Bussolari, Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology, School of Education
Ignatian Leadership and Holistic Success Fellows Program
Karin Cotterman, Director, Engage San Francisco Initiative, Leo T. McCarthy Center
Rhonda Magee, Professor, School of Law
Professional Development in Global Psychology
Carolina Echeverria, Director Partnerships & Communication, School of Nursing and Health Professions
"Building Synergy" Institutional Assessment for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in the School of Nursing and Health Professions
Dory Escobar, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Finding Place: USF + Ohlone Land
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata
Antiracism as Jesuit Praxis: Equity Mini Grants
Sabrina Kwist, Associate Vice Provost for Antiracism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Work + Well-Being Learning Lab: Experiential Research Course
Courtney Masterson, Associate Dean for Faculty, Research, and Impact, School of Management
Series on Addressing Bias and Racism in Assessment
Marisa McCarthy, Associate Director of Curriculum Management, Office of Assessment and Accreditation Services
From Equity Talk to Equity Walk
Annette Miramontes, Transfer Credit Articulation Analyst, Strategic Enrollment Management
Ignatian Pedagogy and Inclusive Teaching
Sheila Smith McKoy, Vice Provost, Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Excellence
"Holocaust and Genocide Studies Curriculum" for Catholic Schools
Aaron Hahn Tapper, Professor, Arts and Sciences
Alexis Herr, Adjunct Faculty, Arts and Sciences
Faculty/Staff Immersions
Anastasia Vrachnos, Vice Provost, Global Education, Immersions, and Strategic Initiatives
Computer Science Education Research to Increase Diversity
Beste Yuksel, Associate Professor, Arts and Sciences
Fall 2022
Improving the Holistic Health of Migrant Populations Through Binational Interdisciplinary Teaching and Scholarship
Alexa Curtis Associate Dean, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Confronting "Us vs Them" by Pluralizing Us: Anti Populist Coalitions for Pluralism in Global Comparative Perspective
Nora Fisher Onar, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Purposeful Pedagogy: Building Professional Skills
Devanshi Unadkat Hisabeck, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Supporting Resiliency Among Women of Color During COVID 19 Pandemic
Annette Regan, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Jovita Murillo, Gerardo Marin Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Nursing and Health Professions
The Navigations, Challenges, and Triumphs of Undocumented Graduate Students at USF
Genevieve Negron-Gonzales, Associate Professor, School of Education
Humanizing Educators and Learners: Advancing the Mission of in Education
Ruchi Arganal-Rangnath, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Farima Pour-Khorshid, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Chinese Immigrants' Student Mental Health and Experiences with AAPI Discrimination
Christine Yeh, Professor, School of Education
Spring 2022
Examen Tu Salud for Health Care Workers in a FQHC
Kelly L'Engle, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Partnerships in Nursing with Marin Health and Human Services and the Telehealth Clinic: BSN Nursing Students Advocating for Healthy Outcomes for the Community
Mary Lou DeNatale, Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Lisa Sabatini, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Reparative and Inclusive Description (RID) Survey Scholar Internship
Annie Reid, University Archives, Gleeson Library
Justine Withers, Associate Librarian, Gleeson Library
Becoming Korean, Becoming Japanese: Nationhood, Citizenship, and Resistance in Japan
Hwa-ji Shin, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Fall 2021
MMS Critical Migration Conference
Amy Argenal, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Self-guided URBAN Trail
Sarah Camhi, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Radical Redistribution: Reparations for the Black Descendants of Enslaved Africans
Aaron Hanh Tapper, College of Arts and Science
Visiting Afghan Legal Scholar
Peter Honigsberg, School of Law
Dons Get Fit Community: Utilizing Technology to Promote Healthy Behaviors Around Physical Activities
Jenny Lee, Assistant Director, Health Promotion Services, Student Life
Course Development for Save the Children Home Coordinators Value Added Education as Community Health Workers
Jo Loomis, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Coming of age rites of passage and impacts over the lifespan
Kelly McDermott, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Medical Legal Partnership: Increase understanding of the legal needs and services for low-income vulnerable parents in SF
Anne Sidwell, Assistant Professor, School of Law
Spring 2021
The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Educational Experiences of Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Monisha Bajaj, Professor, School of Education
Speak on It Conversations
Seenae Chong, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Amplifying San Francisco Voices: Building Bridges in CommUNITY Conversations
Karin Cotterman, Director, Engaged SF
Leslie Lombre, Director, External Relations
Jacqueline Ramos, Instructor, Community Empowerment Activist
Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
Way of Proceeding: Ethical Decision-making for Students at Jesuit Schools for Business and Management
Kim Connor, Professor, School of Management
Summer Academic Program
Imene Ghernati, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Colorism and Economic Opportunity in Nigeria
Andrew Hobbs, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Rubens, the Early Jesuits, and the Virtues of Spiritual and Artistic Exercises
Catherine Lusheck, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Poems, Prayers, and Recited Verse - Integration of Ignatian Humanism
Omar Miranda, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
African Mothers Health Initiative (AMHI) Joyful Motherhood (JM) Piloting of Mobile App for Electronic Health Records & Program Evaluation
Marcianna Nosek, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Becoming Shrewd Samaritans: Toward Meaningful and Effective Engagement with Poverty and the Global Poor
Bruce Wydick, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Encouraging User Action on Environmental Justice Through Virtual Environments
Beste Yuksel, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Fall 2020
The Virtual Arrupe Community Healing Immersion
Belinda Hernandez Arriaga, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Policies and Practices Perpetuating the Gaps between Housing and Health Access for Vulnerable Populations in Marin County
Carolina Echeverria, Director of Partnerships, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Kelly McDermott, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Rita Widergren, Alumna, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Baptisteries of the Early Christian World
Nathan Dennis, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Digitizing Early Editions of The Spiritual Exercises for Free Online Access
John Hawk, Librarian, Gleeson Library and Geschke Center
Community-driven Engaged Scholarship in Migration Studies: Intersections of Lived Experiences, Migration Studies, and Praxis
Karina Hodoyan, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Jane Pak, Adjunct Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Empowering Underserved Youth during COVID-19 by Promoting Health Education and Self Advocacy
Jodie Sandhu, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Carolina Echerverria, Director of Partnerships, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Kelly L. L'Engle, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Spring 2020
Ghost Forest: Research in Ignatian Spirituality to Compose a Requiem
Byron Au Yong, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Understanding College Students' Commitments to Jesuit Values in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alison Cohen, Assistant Professor, School of Management
Esther Madriz Diversity Scholars Puerto Rico Initiative
Kathleen Coll, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
The Teachings of Father Ignacio Martin-Baro: Applied Practice Applications in Health Professions
Dory Escobar, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
A Foundation Course for Graduate Global Immersion and Community Research
Karina Hodoyan, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Examen Your Health / Examen Tu Salud
Kelly L'Engle, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions
The Dao of Humility: Paths Toward Self Restraint in an Arrogant Age
Stephen Roddy, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Thacher Gallery Exhibition and Programs: What Does Liberation Mean to You?
Glori Simmons, Director, Thacher Gallery
Social Justice Through Career Exploration: Training and Increasing Career Knowledge Through Community Partnerships
Angela Tang, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Fall 2019
St. Francis Xavier College, Kathmandu, Nepal Faculty Research and Staff Development
Richard Callahan, Professor, School of Management
Transgender Spectrum Initiative
Lionell Daggs, Assistant Director, Cultural Centers
CY Kao, S.J., Program Manager, Outreach and Special Projects, Cultural Centers
The Grounds for Peace: Integrating Jesuit Values on Local Peace Building Processes in Cali, Colombia
Brian Dowd-Uribe, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Lucia Cantero, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Deepening the University's Concept and Practice of Engaged Research for Social Change: Training in Applied Community Research at the Institute of Intercultural Studies at Javeriana Cali, Colombia
School of Education Team:
Susan Katz, Professor
Monisha Bajaj, Professor
Lisa De La Rue, Assistant Professor
Emma Fuentes, Associate Professor
Danfeng Koon, Assistant Professor
Exploring the Ignatian Spirituality of Bees
Craig Petersen, Director of Operations, Facilities Management
Exploring Places and Identities in the Modern World: A Conversation and Reading by Tommy Orange, author of the award-winning book, "There There"
Center for Research, Artistic, and Scholarly Excellence (CRASE)
Saera Khan, Professor, College or Arts and Sciences, Co-Director, CRASE
Christine Yeh, Professor, School of Education, Co-Director, CRASE
Sara Fan, Program Assistant, CRASE
Caring Conversations: Saving Lives
Suzy Kisylia, Senior Wellness Manager, Human Resources
Barbara Thomas, Senior Director, Counseling and Psychology Services
Jenny Lee, Manager, Health Promotion Services