Strategic Cultural Partnerships is privileged to work with exceptional faculty across a variety of disciplines. Funding from our generous donors allows us to support the work of these talented scholars of all ranks and appointments, who strive to find common ground and develop innovative approaches to teaching and learning. Faculty Fellowships support the university's mission and help contribute to the strategic goals of Vision 2026. We are pleased to list previously funded projects that have advanced scholarship, enriched student learning, and strengthened our community partnerships. SCP Faculty Fellowships launched in 2022, and have continued every subsequent academic year.
List of SCP faculty fellows by year.
2022 - 2023 SCP Faculty Fellowship Cohort
List of SCP faculty fellows by year.
2022 - 2023 Cohort
Faculty Member
Academic Affiliation
Project Description
Dawn Edmiston Ed.D. '20
Clinical Full Professor of Marketing
Raymond A. Mason School of Business
Engaging advanced business students in marketing analysis of museum studies programs.
Julie Richter M.A. '85, "M.A. '89, Ph.D. '92
Faculty Affiliate, Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History
Director, National Institute of American History and Democracy
Leading research on historical rhetoric of freedom and race in Williamsburg's history.
Jason A. Chen
Professor of Educational Psychology
School of Education
Building a virtual reality exhibit and learning environment to engage the public in intellectual inquiry about the Williamsburg Bray School.
Janise Parker
Associate Professor of School Psychology
School of Education
Exploring the history of the oppressive socialization of Black school-age students through academic processes and religion justifications.
2023 - 2024 SCP Faculty Fellowship Cohort
List of SCP faculty fellows by year.
2022 - 2023 Cohort
Faculty Member
Academic Affiliation
Project Description
Troy Wiipongwii M.P.P. '18
Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Institute for Integrative Conservation
Consulting and supporting grassroots Indigenous efforts across campus.
Leslie W. Grant Ph.D. '06
Associate Professor of Education
School of Education
Collaboratively developing innovative systems for curriculum design with K-12 educators relevant to the Williamsburg Bray School.
Molly Mitchell '99, M.S. '03, Ph.D. '18
Assistant Professor
William & Mary's Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences & VIMS
Leveraging mapping and GIS technology to highlight historical Algonquian place names.
Buck W. Woodard M.A. '08, Ph.D. '13
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
College of Arts & Sciences
Engaging with Brafferton Indian School Descendant Communities.
2024 - 2025 SCP Faculty Fellowship Cohort
List of SCP faculty fellows by year.
2024 - 2025 Cohort
Faculty Member
Academic Affiliation
Project Description
Holly Maples
Professor of Theatre
College of Arts & Sciences
Creative immersive heritage performances to reveal hidden histories of Virginia heritage sites.
Kirstin Wustholz
Margaret Hamilton Professor of Chemistry
College of Arts & Sciences
Revealing the fugitive palette of early American painters & paintings.
Laura P. Guerrero
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
College of Arts & Sciences
Developing a philosophy class that uses visual art to reflect on questions of metaphysics.
2025 - 2026 SCP Faculty Fellowship Cohort
List of SCP faculty fellows by year.
2025 - 2026 Cohort
Faculty Member
Academic Affiliation
Project Description
Holly White
Adjunct Professor of History
Colleges of Arts & Sciences
Launching a public history initiative for K-6 students highlighting children's often overlooked roles in the American Revolution.
Marcus Holmes
Professor of Government
Chair of the Department of Government
Colleges of Arts & Sciences
Leading a student-driven project exploring Indigenous diplomacy in colonial Virginia.
Phil Wagner
Clinical Associate Professor
Raymond A. Mason School of Business
Integrating museum partnerships into Organizational Reckoning Winter Seminar through the Washington Center.
Paul Manna
Isabelle and Jerome E. Hyman Distinguished University Professor of Government
College of Arts & Sciences
Expanding partnerships with the Cape Charles Rosenwald School Restoration Initiative ot develop training programs to help community members engage more effectively in civic processes.
Mitch Brown
Assistant Professor of Classics
College of Arts & Sciences
Investigate how Greek and Roman antiquity influenced Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe to illuminate how their classical education shaped founding democratic ideals.
Jennifer Bickham-Mendes
Professor of Sociology
Chair of the Department of Sociology
College of Arts & Sciences
Expanding Aprendiendo Juntos initiative, using participatory theatre integrated into English-leaning workshops to empower immigrant families.
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