51¹ÙÍø Professor Awarded North Carolina Humanities Grant
May 10, 2024
Alan Michael Parker, Douglas C. Houchens Professor of English, has received a fellowship from the North Carolina Humanities. This $8,000 grant will support his book project, One Million Likes: Understanding Cartooning in a Digital Age.
“To have my project, One Million Likes: Understanding Cartooning in the Digital Age, validated by North Carolina Humanities funding means that I can spend two months writing a book I want to matter," Parker writes. "It's my job to help us see the world more clearly--and this grant makes all the difference in how I can do my job. We're all on the Internet, defining ourselves differently by our interactions with the digital universe; in One Million Likes, I want us to think together about what the Internet means for cartoons, memes, likes, shares, and how new kinds of social capital change social practice.â€
Parker’s fellowship is made possible by a grant from North Carolina Humanities, a statewide nonprofit and the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
