12-02-2025
Morningside University receives $500k grant for humanities research project
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Morningside University has received a half-million dollar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a research project.
University officials say the money would be used for 'At Home in Siouxland – A Humanities Collaboratory for Displacement and Belonging.' The three-year project will focus on belonging within local Indigenous, settler, and immigrant communities.
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The funds will allow the university to develop academic courses, host pedagogical workshops exploring displacement and belonging through a humanities lens, and develop academic courses. Dr. Vickie J. Larsen, PhD, will serve as the Primary Investigator and director of the project, which is set to run from 2025 to 2028.
'As a team, we will bring the study of literature, music, theater, political theory, Spanish, history, and the digital humanities to the question of how people have made our city and its region their home,' Larsen said in a statement in part. 'The community-building work of the Morningside faculty and students testifies to the vitality of the humanities in the Siouxland and American public life.'
The Mellon Foundation is giving out over $14 million to 30 colleges and universities across the country as part of its 2024 Higher Learning Open Call initiative.
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