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RCPL Faculty Member Receives $15,000 Faculty Investment Program Grant

John Harris.

RCPL Faculty Member Receives $15,000 Faculty Investment Program Grant

Assistant professor of Regional and City Planning, John Harris, and co-principal investigators Lupe Davidson (Women and Gender Studies) and Firat Demir (Economics) were recently awarded $15,000 from the VPR’s Faculty Investment Program to conduct a study of baseline conditions for women in northern Uganda. This initiative was awarded a Gibbs College of Architecture Program for Research Enhancement Grant in Fall 2017.

Learn more about Dr. Harris' work in Uganda.


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