Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
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Interdisciplinary in the best sense of the word, the FCHI serves all those at Emory University and beyond who are interested in the compelling critical, spiritual, aesthetic, moral, and intellectual questions which the humanities address. Outreach to scholars in the Social Sciences, the Sciences, and the Professional Schools at Emory, as well as to the general public, is a vital part of the FCHI's work.
05/20/2026
This week, we're spotlighting Faculty Fellow and Emory Anthropology Assoc. Professor Kristin Phillips ✨
During her fellowship year, Kristin worked on her book project "Light Bills & Black Lives" that examines the ways in which the energy system in Georgia and high electricity bills impact people's abilities to pay their rent, to buy food, to purchase medications, to make homes, and to live a good life.
On her favorite part of her Fox Fellowship, Kristin shared:
"I've always loved working at Emory. It's such a stimulating place. I wear a lot of different hats at Emory, and I've loved what all those have helped me to do and to become. But having this time and space here has felt very nurturing in terms of my scholarship and provided me with focus that is really hard to get when you're in the thick of teaching, mentoring, and service. [T]o have this dedicated time has been a unique blessing."
This spring, Kristin was also awarded a $1 million Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to study the impact of the rapid growth of data centers.
Read more about this special honor: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/01/esc_sloan_grant_funds_15-01-2026/story.html
Check out Kristin's full spotlight interview: https://fchi.emory.edu/news-events/news-articles/fellow-focus-kristin.html
05/18/2026
📣 Fellowship Application Deadline Extended to June 1st! 📣
If you're a rising Emory College senior, there's still time to apply for the Fox Center's 2026-27 Undergraduate Humanities Honors Fellowship!
Guided by our "Habitat" theme, we invite students whose honors thesis tackle any of the following: the natural environment; climate change and natural disasters; architecture, housing and urban spaces; rural-urban divides; migration and identity; industrialization, globalization, and technological change 🌱🏭 🌊
Undergraduate Humanities Honors Fellows receive research funding, mentorship from senior fellows, and opportunities to participate in exclusive Fox Center programming.
Proposals from all humanistic and creative disciplines are welcome, and it is not necessary to have started work on your thesis project.
Learn more: https://fchi.emory.edu/fellowships/ug-fellowship.html
Apply now: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nPsE4KSwT0K80DImBtXfOCl0gQ5r2z1AuIwaK9PDCgFUNUdZQUNFTDdPQkhZWUJIOU0wTU45N0pOTyQlQCN0PWcu
05/13/2026
This week we're spotlighting Undergraduate Honors Fellow and Economics and History double major Daniel Bell 🌟 Daniel's honors thesis project examined the life of Herbert Jenkins, the longest serving police chief in Atlanta's history.
On the 2025-26 research theme "Life/Story," Daniel shared: "What I'm trying to extricate, and why I like the “Life/Story” theme so much, is: where does the individual end and the system begin? It's a really useful and necessary question for understanding history.
By asking this question, I am hoping to identify which events were the result of [Herbert] Jenkins’ actions versus which events were a natural consequence of the various systems in which he was operating."
If you're interested in becoming a 2026-27 Undergraduate Honors Fellow, there's still time to apply! The application deadline has been extended to June 1st.
Read Daniel's spotlight: https://fchi.emory.edu/news-events/news-articles/fellow-focus-daniel.html
Learn more about the fellowship: https://fchi.emory.edu/fellowships/fellowship-types/ug-fellowship.html
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