National Endowment for the Humanities funds Clemson English professor's research on American icon, 'Rosie the Riveter'

Clemson University News

Clemson University Associate Professor Michelle Smith has been awarded a $6,000 stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to write a book on a feminist icon known as “Rosie the Riveter.” 

Smith, who has taught courses on rhetorical theory, feminist rhetorics and utopian literature at Clemson since she arrived in 2017, was one of two professors in South Carolina to receive an award in April. The NEH announced $26.2 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country. 

“From studies of the impact of emerging technologies on humans to new documentaries that lift up undertold stories, these projects show how the humanities help us understand ourselves and our world,” NEH chair Shelly C. Lowe said. 

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