CENTER ANNOUNCES 15 RECIPIENTS OF COURAGE’S INAUGURAL RESEARCH GRANTS

The Center for Institutional Courage has announced its awarding of more than $50,000 in research grants to scholars at 15 universities in the U.S. and Canada.

Courage’s inaugural research grant program focuses on institutional courage and institutional betrayal, with emphasis on unstudied institutions and marginalized populations.

“These grants will empower researchers to continue to expose the harmful impact of institutional betrayal, and the promise of institutional courage to right wrongs,” said Dr. Jennifer Freyd, founder and president of the Center for Institutional Courage.  "Our grants have been made possible by the generosity of our committed donors, and we are thrilled to strengthen our research mission with these awards.”

Here is a sample of research project titles (the full list can be found on the Courage website at: https://www.institutionalcourage.org/grants-funded )

• School-based victimization and institutional betrayal among LGBTQ adolescents

• A Framework for Identifying and Measuring Institutional Courage and Institutional Betrayal within Immigration Court

• Double Jeopardy: Asian Students’ Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment and Xenophobia during COVID-19

• Title IX practitioners’ experience and perspectives of mandatory reporting for sexual violence

• The deadly consequences of DARVO tactics in Family Court

The 15 grant recipients (and their university affiliations) are listed below.  (Full list with project titles and summaries: https://www.institutionalcourage.org/grants-funded )

• Willoughby Britton (Brown University Medical School)

• Leticia Garcia (University of Oregon)

• Mavis Gallo (University of Oregon)

• Sally M. Hage & Mary Iellamo (Springfield College)

• Jessica Hatrick (University of Southern California)

• Kathryn Holland & Rachael Goodman-Williams (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

• Jamie Kynn & Hannah Boyke (Michigan State University)

• Katherine Lorenz, Erin O'Callaghan, & Veronica Shepp (California State University Northridge)

• Jianchao Lai, Jennifer Wagman, & Eunhee Park (UCLA)

• May Ly & Bridget Klest (University of Regina)

• Katherine Maldonado (UC Santa Barbara)

• Mayra Puente (University of California, San Diego)

• Marina Rosenthal & Kathryn LaBore (Saint Mary's University of Minnesota)

• Elizabeth Tomsich (University of California, Davis)

• Meghan Warner (Stanford University)