AY2025–2026 Faculty Writing Retreat Grant Awardees
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center is pleased to announce the AY25–26 Faculty Writing Retreat Grant awardees. Earlier this academic year, the Center invited applications for funding to support self-organized writing retreats designed to foster sustained research, collaboration, and intellectual community among UCLA faculty. Retreats must be scheduled and completed by June 30, 2026, and are intended to support majority UCLA faculty participants. Eligibility for this opportunity was open to UCLA senate faculty and non-senate faculty with an active UCLA appointment during AY 2025–2026.
Congratulations to the AY25–26 Faculty Writing Retreat Grant Awardees:
- Cristobal Silva, English
- Dante Anthony Tolentino, Nursing
- Darlene Lee, Education – Teacher Education Program
- Genevieve Carpio, Chicana/o & Central American Studies
- Ippolytos Kalofonos, Center for Social Medicine & Humanities
- Jonathan Winnerman, Near Eastern Languages
- Kristi Brown-Montesano, Musicology
- Laura Hartenberger, Writing Programs
- Shamara Alhassan, African American Studies
- Sherena Razek, Gender Studies
- Stephen “Kip” Tobin, Spanish & Portuguese
- Valerie Tornini, Institute for Society & Genetics
- Yessica Garcia Hernandez, Chicana/o & Central American Studies
This grant program is made possible through the generous support of our campus co-sponsors: the UCLA Division of Social Sciences, UCLA Division of Humanities, UCLA Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities, UCLA School of Music, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
