News – Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence

June 4, 2025

The Mellon Initiative marks the end of a cycle with “The World As It Is”, a 2-day Conference

New York, NY – The Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence proudly presented “The World As It Is: Celebrating Collective Transformation,” a two-day conference held on...

March 10, 2025

Mellon Fellow Sean Jacobs ('24-'25) Explores Audre Lorde’s South African Connections in NEW CONTEXT Article

Source: https://thenewcntxt.com/08-issue-03

The Mellon Initiative is excited to share “Air fragrant with lime trees”, a new article by Sean Jacobs (Faculty Fellow ’24-’25) featured in THE NEW CONTEXT, an online...

February 18, 2025

Mellon Fellow Julián Gómez-Delgado ('24-'25) Co-Authors Article on Debt and the Developmental State published in 'Economy and Society'

The Mellon Initiative is pleased to announce that Julián Gómez-Delgado, current Mellon Dissertation Fellow, has co-authored a compelling article in the journal Economy and Society. The article...

February 6, 2025

Mellon Fellows Brittnay L. Proctor and Kelly Walters Contribute to Pretty Little Brick, a New Anthology from Obsidian Writers Collective

The Mellon Initiative is proud to share that former Mellon Fellow Brittnay L. Proctor, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow 2021–2023, Mellon Faculty Mentor) is a contributing writer, and former Mellon...

February 6, 2025

Mellon Fellow Veronica Olivotto ('23 - '24) Publishes Groundbreaking Climate Research in Frontiers in Climate

The Mellon Initiative is excited to share that Veronica Olivotto, Dissertation Fellow 2023–2024, has published the first part of her dissertation in Frontiers in Climate. Her research, shaped...

February 6, 2025

HALO by Immanuel Oni (24' - 25') Commemorating the Chrystie Street African Burial Ground at M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden

The Mellon Initiative is excited to share that Immanuel Oni, Community Fellow 2024–2025, has unveiled HALO, a public art installation commemorating the Chrystie Street African Burial Ground...

February 3, 2025

Lee Jiménez ('22-'24) featured in new exhibition on Nuyorican and Diasporican Art

The Mellon Initiative is excited to share that Lee Jiménez, Community Fellow 2022-2024, is exhibiting work in the new exhibition, RicanVisions: Global Ancestralities and Embodied Futures, presented...

September 12, 2024

Updates from 2023-24 Post-Doctoral Fellows

We are excited to present new updates from our recent Post-Doctoral alumni. These Fellows have taken their projects to new heights since the spring semester, and we wish them the best with their...

August 21, 2024

Introducing the 2024-2025 Mellon Initiative Fellowship Cohort

We are thrilled to announce our newest cohort of Mellon Initiative Fellows! This year, we welcome 12 Faculty and Dissertation Fellows from across The New School, 2 new Community Fellows, and...

March 5, 2024

Anthonine Pierre, Mellon Community Fellow, featured in new report on Black Movement Leadership and Reflections on 2020

Reckoning with Sustainability: Black Leaders Reflect on 2020, the Funding Cliff is the latest report in Building Movement Project’s Movement Infrastructure series. In this report, Anthonine...

March 5, 2024

Denise Lim awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

Congratulations to Denise Lim, current Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, for winning the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (NEH) in Digital Publications. Her project, Excavating Palimpsests...

December 14, 2023

Announcing Co-Teaching with Mellon Initiative Fellows at The New School this Spring 2024

The Mellon Initiative is pleased to announce we will be implementing a new model of co-teaching at The New School this Spring 2024, where Community Fellows and Faculty Fellows or Mentors pair...

October 20, 2023

Highlighting Dissertation Fellows' Achievements

The Mellon Initiative would like to highlight news and updates from previous Dissertation Fellows. Congratulations to our Fellows for their academic and professional achievements! Tania...

October 20, 2023

Mellon Initiative Alumni, Milton X. Trujillo, Awarded Art Matters Fellowship

Congratulations to Milton X. Trujillo, who has been recently awarded a 2023 Artist2Artist Fellowship through the Art Matters Foundation. Milton was a 2021-23 Mellon Community Fellow. He practices...

September 7, 2023

Celebrating the Mellon Initiative's First Cohort of Post-Doctoral Fellows

We are thrilled to celebrate our first cohort of Mellon Initiative post-doctoral fellows who have now transitioned into tenure track positions in their respective departments and are making meaningful...

September 23, 2021

Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence Launches Fellowship for Emerging Scholars

Source: The New School

The fellowship program began with the Transformative Seminar series that provides mentoring, networking, and community building for the inaugural fellows

January 21, 2021

The New School Awarded $5.5 Million by the Mellon Foundation to Advance Diversity for Emerging Scholars and Politically Engaged Art

Source: The New School

Since its founding in 1919, The New School has been a higher education institution dedicated to innovative scholarship and radical ideas

January 11, 2021

Mellon Grants to the New School Will Advance Demographic and Intellectual Diversity for Emerging Scholars and Politically Engaged Art, Scholarship, and Public Engagement

Source: The New School

Combined $5.5 Million Provides Four Years of Funding in Largest Mellon Gift Received by University