Dickens Project gets prestigious $200,000 NEH grant to host institute for high school teachers

(October 16, 2024)

UC Santa Cruz News

A $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities is funding a new Dickens Project initiative, an in-person institute for 25 high school teachers from across the United States.

The institute, “Great Expectations in the Global Imaginary,” will help participating teachers consider bold new approaches to teaching Charles Dickens' classic 1861 novel Great Expectations by incorporating multicultural and global perspectives, said University of California, Santa Cruz Associate Professor of Literature Renée Fox, who will direct the institute at the UC Santa Cruz campus.

This grant is one of 22 NEH grants distributed to California colleges and universities this year, amounting to more than $4 million in funding.