{"id":12412,"date":"2021-06-04T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=12412"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:21:22","slug":"dine-college-professor-wins-rare-book-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/06\/04\/dine-college-professor-wins-rare-book-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor at Din\u00e9 College wins prestigious fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Din\u00e9 College Assistant Professor wins prestigious fellowship and partners with NAU on NEH grant<\/div>\r\n
Friday, June 4, 2021<\/div>\r\n
Din\u00e9 College<\/div>\r\n
dinecollege.edu<\/a><\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe following is the text of a June 4, 2021, press release from Din\u00e9 College<\/a>.<\/em>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nTSAILE, Arizona — Rhiannon Sorrell<\/a>, an Assistant Professor in the Din\u00e9 College School of Arts, Humanities & English (SAHE), has been selected as one of 15 fellows for the Rare Books School\u2019s second cohort of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage<\/a>. Ms. Sorrell is also the school\u2019s Instruction and Digital Services Librarian.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThe Fellows will participate in a three-year program which includes an orientation, Rare Book School (RBS) coursework, community symposia, and other activities relating to multicultural collections and trainings,\u201d said Dr. Herman Peterson, Director of Libraries at Din\u00e9 College. \u201cWith just three cohorts to be selected overall, this prestigious and highly competitive fellowship \u2018aims to advance multicultural collections through innovative and inclusive curatorial practice and leadership.\u201d \r\n

<\/p>\r\nMs. Sorrell, along with other fellows who represent institutions ranging from the University of California to the Smithsonian, \u201cwill build connections with diverse communities and publics through a combination of strategic programming, outreach, and advocacy\u201d as stated in the RBS press release. \r\n

<\/p>\r\nMs. Sorrell also represents Din\u00e9 College Library in a partnership with Northern Arizona University Cline Library\u2019s Special Collections and Archives that was recently awarded $349,526 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a> to digitize a portion of the moving image collection as a part of the project known as “Digitizing the Moving Images of the Colorado Plateau and the American Southwest.” \r\n

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