Gabriele-Stauf Residency Award

Dr. Jane McPherson is the 2023 recipient of the Gabriele-Stauf Residency Award. McPherson is an Associate Professor at The University of Georgia School of Social Work who will use her residency to deepen her scholarship and teaching in the histories—particularly Georgia histories—of social work and social welfare.

On receiving the award, McPherson said, “Like Lillian Smith, I believe that we must understand history in order to learn from it, of course, but also to assess how our current policies and practices are shaped by it, and to determine how to create more just practices moving forward.”

The Gabriele-Stauf Residency Award provides a complimentary two-week retreat at the Center for an educator who is working on a project that would benefit from a residency. Gabriele Stauf, Professor Ermerita of English at Georgia Southwestern State University, and she sponsors this annual award because she understands the value of time and solitude required for creative pursuits.

You can hear more about McPherson’s research on the Lillian E. Smith Center’s podcast Dope with Lime.