Adjunct Research and Professional Development Fund Award Session Online
The Adjunct Research and Professional Development Fund provides awardees with financial support for activities such as conducting research for publication, presenting at conferences, and completing artistic works. Join OFE and the Montclair Adjunct Union for a special session with awardees of the Fall 2025 Adjunct Research and Professional Development Fund application cycle. Learn about the recipients' projects and celebrate their achievements!
Awardees:
Jess Blaustein (Art and Design)
Project: "Minute Lines"
Melissa Donahue (Social Work and Child Advocacy)
Project: [title forthcoming]
Ning Liao (Political Science and Law)
Project: "Building Technological Rivalry in Status Contestation: Deconstructing the Identity-Security Complex in the U.S.-China Technology Showdown"
Joanna Madloch (History; English; Classics and General Humanities)
Project: "Photography, Dirty Feet, and Freed Hens: The Eccentric Afterlives of Julia Margaret Cameron"
Klara Naszkowska (College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Project: "Clara Happel, Judaism, and Psychoanalysis in America: Memory, History, and Interpretation"
Adrienne Wallace (Management)
Project: "Envisioning Leadership: Empowering SLPs to Shape the Future"
Moderators: Courtney Crimmins, OFE Adjunct Liaison; Mary Wallace, Montclair Adjunct Union President
- Date:
- Friday, April 17, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- ALL MSU
- Categories:
- Adjunct Faculty
Courtney Glore Crimmins is a Faculty Developer in the Office for Faculty Excellence and serves as OFE's Adjunct Liaison. She supports faculty of all ranks in teaching and development, including systems training. Courtney facilitates OFE's "Just for Adjuncts" programming, a series of professional development workshops and drop-in sessions, as well as the newly-developed Adjunct Orientation. Courtney also teaches in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. She has a Ph.D. in Germanic Language and Literature from the University of Michigan.