Frances Vavrus, associate professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) was selected as a Fall 2012 Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Faculty Fellowship Recipient. The IAS brings together scholars from diverse disciplines–including architecture, sociology, political science, studio art, anthropology, American Indian studies, global studies, curriculum and instruction, literature, history, art history, writing studies, biomedical engineering, theater, and gender, women and sexuality studies–to work on a wide variety of collaborative and interdisciplinary projects.