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THIS WEEK:

Finding Funding Opportunities: Strategies for Success

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is hosting a webinar on finding funding opportunities. The webinar is for researchers at all career stages and in all disciplines. This session will cover resources to identify federal and foundation funding opportunities, provide strategies for connecting with sponsors, and lead a live demo of the SPIN funding database.

Tuesday, April 27
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Registration required. 

Open to graduate students, post-docs, and faculty 

Questions? Liane Moneta-Koehler 

Book Talk with Sandra L. Barnes

Join the Initiative for Race Research and Justice as Professor Sandra L. Barnes (HOD and Sociology) discusses her latest book, Kings of Mississippi. A free book will be given to the first 10 registrants who attend.

Kings of Mississippi: Race, Religious Education, and the Making of a Middle -Class Black Family in the Segregated South (Cambridge University Press, 2019) documents a 20th century anomaly – a middle class black family living in rural Mississippi. The Kings did not reflect the “well-scrubbed black middle class,” but experienced economic challenges as they lived and worked alongside the many struggling black and white sharecroppers and farmers in Gallman, Mississippi. Narratives and census data across time and a socio-ecological lens help assess how race, religion, education, and key employment options influenced economic and non-economic outcomes. Family voices explain how intangible beliefs fueled socioeconomic outcomes – under the ever-present specter of racial, gender, and economic stratification. The study provides an unexpected glimpse at how a family’s ethos can foster upward mobility into the middle class.

Tuesday, April 27
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Registration required. 

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Initiative for Race Research and Justice

Iris Book Club: I’ll Take You There, Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites

The book discussion features Community, Research, and Action alumna Dr. Amie Thurber, with Dr. Learotha Williams, Jr., editors of I’ll Take You There and Dean’s Diversity Lecture speakers.

ALL students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us for the discussion.

Wednesday, April 28
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Register for Iris Book Club Discussion.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association (PPGSA) General Body Meeting

Calling all Peabody professional and graduate students! Please plan to attend PPGSA’s end of the year meeting to share feedback about spring semester, discuss ideas and plans for next year, and to check-in. Zoom link here (password PPGSA).

Applications to serve on the leadership board for 2021-2022 are also currently being accepted. More information will be shared at the meeting. Please consider applying for the executive board to help advocate for student voice and to engage other professional and graduate students in fun and meaningful ways! Applications are due by 11:59 p.m., Friday, April 30th.

Wednesday, April 28th
7:15 – 8:15 p.m.
Virtual event. Zoom link. (password: PPGSA)

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students

Questions? Elam Miller

Peabody Research Spotlight

The Peabody Research Spotlight (PRS) series is designed to showcase research conducted by Peabody College faculty, PhD students, and PhD alumni, and to facilitate and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations. The series is open to prospective Peabody PhD students as well.

The upcoming and last AY session will be anchored on research during the COVID-19 global pandemic. One faculty member from each department will give a short presentation (5-7 minutes), focused on how their research has proceeded during the COVID-19 global pandemic, followed by a brief Q&A (2-3 minutes).

Speakers

Leadership Policy and Organizations: Dr. Adela Soliz, assistant professor of higher education and policy

Teaching and Learning: Dr. Corey Brady, assistant professor of mathematics education

Human and Organizational Development: Dr. Jessica Perkins, assistant professor

Special Education: Dr. Elizabeth Biggs, assistant professor

Psychology and Human Development: Dr. James Booth, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Brianna Yamasaki, postdoctoral researcher

Thursday, April 29
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Virtual event. Registration required. 

Open to current and prospective Peabody Ph.D. students, post-docs, and faculty

Questions? Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez

CONTINUING:

Meditation Mondays

Co-sponsored by the Peabody Office of Student Engagement & Well-Being and the Center for Student Wellbeing, we invite all Peabody faculty, staff, and students to a free guided meditation every Monday.

Every Monday
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Virtual event. Registration required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students, Peabody undergraduate students, Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Fitness in the Tents

The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons is sponsoring weekly fitness classes in the new heated tents. Spaces are limited. Please RSVP by searching fitness in the tents in Anchor Link. Masks are required.

WERQ: HIP HOP DANCE
Every Wednesday
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
In person event. Commons Center Tent. Registration required.

Open to Peabody professional and graduate students and Peabody undergraduate students

Questions? Martha Rivers Ingram Commons