The 2026 Health Humanities Fellows sponsored by the Office of Health Initiatives and the Health Humanities Lab at the Humanities Research Center are:
- Wendy Bundy, Virginia Zero Suicide Hub
- Dawn Johnson, CHS, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
- Andrea Lewis, Health Equity Specialist
- Janit Llewellyn, Wilder School, Urban and Regional Planning
- Thea Pepperl, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
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Health Humanities Lab Faculty Fellows – Call for Proposals
As part of the Health Humanities Lab and the Office of Health Initiatives ongoing collaboration, we seek faculty partners to:
- Create new modules related to providing health care in rural areas, and
- Provide models for faculty and units to incorporate material from the History and Health: Rural Health series into both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Each Health Humanities Lab Faculty Fellow will receive a $750 stipend, with payment contingent upon successfully (by end of fall semester 2026):
- Incorporating material from 2–3 modules (listed here) into a pre-existing or new syllabus,
- Creating a new module to be incorporated into Canvas Catalog (The Office of Health Initiatives will provide necessary technical assistance)
- Disseminating information regarding Rural Health Series modules within your department/program/unit
Deadline: December 19th 2025, 5:00 PM for Fall 2026 classes. Please submit your proposals via this google form.