Welcome to FAHSS

Welcome to the FAHSS (Faculty in the Arts, Humanities and lettered Social Sciences) Website. FAHSS is a Research and Interdisciplinary Initiatives Fund supported by the Offices of the Provost, Vice President for Research, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University. We are extremely grateful for their support, encouragement and commitment to FAHSS.

The purpose of FAHSS is to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue, research, and teaching in the Fine Arts, Humanities, and lettered Social Sciences at Stony Brook University. You will find information here about requirements for the FAHSS Individual Grant and Interdisciplinary Initiatives Fund, FAHSS Application, Committee members, recent FAHSS award recipients, along with a few examples of past award proposals.

FAHSS Committee members:

Harsh Bhasin, Asian and Asian American Studies
Michele Bogart, Art
Christina Bethin, Linguistics
Peter Carravetta, European Languages and Literature
Lisa Diedrich, Cultural Analysis and Theory
Daniela Flesler, Hispanic Languages and Literature
Eric Haralson, English
David Hicks, Anthropology
John Lutterbie, Theater
Judith Lochhead, Music (FAHSS Chair)
Kathleen Wilson, History
Michael Schwartz, Sociology
Hugh Silverman, Philosophy
Tracey Walters, Africana Studies

FAHSS Chair, Judith Lochhead
Judith.Lochhead@stonybrook.edu