TLPL Doctoral Student Autumn Griffin Receives Grant to Present Research in Georgia
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Autumn Griffin, a second-year doctoral student in Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, received a Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant to present her research in Georgia.
During the Journal of Language and Literacy Conference at the University of Georgia in Athens on Feb. 3-4, 2018, Griffin and Melanie Kirkwood, a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, gave a presentation called ݮýBlack Girl in Om: A Virtual Ethnography of Black Womenݮýs Self Care Practices in Digital Spaces.ݮý Their presentation discussed their findings surrounding a virtual ethnography exploring the formation and development of Black womenݮýs digital communities.
Griffinݮýs research in the College of Educationݮýs Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry program focuses primarily on the literacy practices of Black women and girls and the representation of Black children in Common Core-recommended literature.
ݮýAutumn's research on Black girls' digital literacies is inspiring, and I have no doubt that her work was well-received at the JoLLE conference,ݮý said Dr. Jennifer Turner, an associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, and Griffinݮýs advisor. ݮýI am so proud that Autumn has received a Goldhaber Award from the Graduate School in recognition of her scholarship.ݮý
Graduate students at UMD are eligible to apply for the grants, which are intended to help defray the expenses related to travel for scholarly, scientific, or professional conferences to present papers, posters, or other scholarly material.
ݮýUMD and TLPL have prepared me for many opportunities academically, but it is often challenging to meet the fiscal demands of graduate school,ݮý Griffin said. ݮýWithout the Goldhaber Award, I would not have been able to attend the conference ݮý despite the acceptance of my research proposal ݮý and could have potentially missed the opportunity to share my work with colleagues and perhaps future employers.ݮý
