Call for Proposals results in the funding of new research projects focused on pressing
global issues
The Diplomacy Research Lab at the University of Memphis is a transdisciplinary research
group investigating the world’s most pressing issues about how diplomacy can improve
relations, reduce tensions, and reveal the dynamics of dyadic, regional and organizational
cooperation in the international system. This new research cluster recently held a
call for proposals for summer funding. The Diplomacy Research Lab sought to support
projects from any academic unit or discipline on the theme of diplomacy, broadly defined,
and with support from the Division of Research & Innovation and the FedEx Institute
of Technology, the Diplomacy Research Lab awarded seven inaugural projects.Projects and Researchers Awarded:
Dursun Peksen (Political Science): Civic Engagement and Education through Analysis of Conflict and Trauma
Ashish Joshi (School of Public Health): Role of Public Health Diplomacy in the 21st century
Leah Windsor (Institute for Intelligent Systems): DELTA ISA: Bridging International Relations with the Mid-South and Mississippi Delta
Michael Pérez (Anthropology): U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy in Socialist Latin America
Jasper Fessmann (Journalism and Strategic Media): Fighting ‘the good’ framing battle: Counter-framing against disinformation to defend
liberal-democratic values
Dustin Hornbeck (Leadership): Conceptualizing Democracy: An international comparison of curricular perceptions.
J. Elliott Casal (English): Modeling Cultural Understanding Diplomatic Negotiations through Emotion Perception
and Expression
For more information on these projects or this initiative, contact Dr. Leah Windsor
at lcwells@memphis.edu.
