The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (CHPS) at the University of Florida in collaboration with the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) and the National Humanities

Michael Stoop (Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology) – “(Re)claiming Literacy: Appropriation, Modernity, and Mississippi Choctaw Language Revitalization” Michael Stoop’s research uses linguistic, historical, and anthropological methods to study the role of writing in the

Meghna Sapui (Ph.D. Candidate, English) – “Edible Empire: Eating in Indian Anglophone Literature, 1820–1910” and Venu Mehta (Ph.D. Candidate, Religion) – “The Making of a Jaina Divinity: Devotion for the Jaina Goddess Padmāvatī among the Śvetāmbar Mūrtipūjak Jains in Gujarat”