Faculty Accomplishments

Chair, Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award Committee, Section on Race, Gender, and Class, American Sociological Association (2013, 2014)

Secretary-Treasurer (elected), Section on Race, Gender, and Class, American Sociological Association (2011-2014)

Fellowships Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities (2009)

The Association of Black Anthropologists, of which Riché Daniel Barnes is President, received the President's Award from the American Anthropological Association.

Was interviewed on the podcast, Zora's Daughters, Episode 12 "On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors" which aired February 17 for Black History Month and World Anthropology Day.

Was selected as a recipient of a fellowship to participate in the OpEd Project's "Write to Change the World" workshop.

Began a two-year term as President of the Association of Black Anthropologists. (2020)

Valerie Barr (Computer Science) received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for "HDR DSC: Collaborative Research: The Data Science WAV: Experiential Learning with Local Community Organizations" -  in collaboration with Smith College, Hampshire College, Amherst College, Greenfield Community College, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Springfield Technical Community College, Holyoke Community College and the  University of Massachusetts. The project is for three years.

Valerie Barr (Computer Science) received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for: "CUE Ethics: Collaborative Research: Evaluating Frameworks for Incorporating Computing Across the Curriculum." The project is for 18 months.

Valerie Barr Received a subaward from the National Science Foundation (NSF) via Duke University for The Alliance  for Identity-Inclusive  Computing  Education  (AIICE):  A Collective Impact Approach to Broadening Participation in Computing.

Horton, N. J., Baumer, B. S., Zieffler, A., & Barr, V. (n.d.). The Data Science Corps Wrangle-Analyze-Visualize Program: Building Data Acumen for Undergraduate Students. Harvard Data Science Review. Retrieved from https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/nvflcexe/release/1

Beaury, E.M., Finn, J.T., Corbin, J.D., Barr, V. and Bradley, B.A. (2019), Biotic resistance to invasion is ubiquitous across ecosystems of the United States. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.13446