Hendrix's Vernon receives NEH Fellowship

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs has awarded a 12-month research fellowship to Alex Vernon, Julia Mobley Odyssey Professor of English, at Hendrix College.

Vernon’s application was one of the 99 approved out of the 1,220 total received across all four NEH fellowship programs. He is the first Hendrix faculty member to receive an award of this scope from the NEH, according to Hendrix officials.

Citing prominent historical and art exhibits that reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, and the 18-hour nonfiction film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Vernon said the time is right for also revisiting the literary history of this decade-long war.