The Program in Public Scholarship is pleased to announce the two inaugural recipients of the Arts & Sciences Public Scholarship Prize: Dr. Rebecca J. Lester (Anthropology), for her trade book on dissociative identity disorder, Coming Undone: One Woman, Twelve Personalities, and the Myth at the Heart of ‘Mental Health’ and Dr. Abram Van Engen (English), for work to expand and amplify his podcast “Poetry for All.”
The prize awards both Dr. Lester and Dr. Van Engen with $5,000 of research funds to enhance their work; an additional $2,500 will be awarded to the recipients upon successful completion of their projects.
"These high-profile projects promise to promote a culture of public scholarship for which Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis is swiftly becoming a leader," said Christopher Schaberg, director of public scholarship. "The Program received a robust pool of strong applications, reflecting the excellent public-facing work being done at our university."
