News

2018

Dr. Cornet was awarded Professor of the Year by the AAAS at the University of South Carolina for the 2017-2018 academic year.

2017–2018

Dr. Cornet was awarded a Faculty Fellowship with the Institute for African American Research at the University of South Carolina for the 2017–2018 academic year. The grant will fund the research for a groundbreaking book entitled: Dutch Caribbean Performativities. The grant will be used for travels, research, access, and information gathering from the Curaçaoan historical archives on film, performance arts, media, and politics. The information gathered will help me to introduce an approach to cultural studies and popular culture that is specific to the historical and contemporary developments on the island of Curaçao. This book on Curaçaoan Cultural Studies and Popular Culture will be a groundbreaking contribution to the field of cultural studies in the Caribbean.

2016–present

Dr. Cornet was awarded a Faculty Fellowship in The South Carolina Collaborative on Racial Reconciliation as a facilitator for the Welcome Table SC dialogues on race.