Two English professors receive National Endowment for the Humanities awards

Clemson University English professors Michael LeMahieu and Rhondda Robinson Thomas will receive support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the agency’s latest round of grants and fellowships.

LeMahieu has been awarded a $60,000 Fellowship to continue work on his book project “Reconstructing Civil War Memory in American Literature after Brown v. Board of Education.”

Rhondda Robinson Thomas, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant of $11,165 to host a two-day “Documenting Your Roots” event in February 2020.

The grant is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Common Heritage program, which supports community digitization and outreach events aimed at preserving America’s cultural heritage.