Marcus Johnson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, has been named one of the 2025 Independent Scholarship, Research, and Creativity Award (ISRCA) recipients. The ISRCA provides up to $10,000 in grant funding to each recipient to support their  research and associated expenses.

Launched in 2019, the ISRCA program aims to advance the professional development of faculty engaged in scholarly and creative work. Eligible projects may utilize historical, humanistic, interpretive, or ethnographic approaches; explore aesthetic, ethical, and/or cultural values and their roles in society; conduct critical or rhetorical analysis; engage in archival and/or field research; and develop or produce creative works. Awardees are selected based on peer review of the quality of the proposed project, the degree to which the project will lead to the applicant’s professional advancement, and the potential academic and societal impact of the project.

Professor Johnson’s award-winning project, Racialized Democracy: The Electoral Politics of Race in Latin America, explores race and political behavior in the region and will result in a book manuscript.

To view the full list of ISRCA recipients, click here. 

To view the full list of ISRCA recipients, click here

Portions of this article were originally published by Silvana Montañola on the Division of Research's website.