InternalThe Charger Blog02/05/2025Professor Receives $600,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Nonprofit Providing Job Skills, Hope to Young People in Detention CentersEnglish professor Randall Horton, Ph.D., who founded Radical Reversal, said the Mellon grant will give young people in a detention center in his home city of Birmingham, Alabama, and youths living in the neighborhood around it the chance to develop skills in digital content creation, podcasting, film, music production, and graphic design.Jackie Hennessey, Contributing WriterFebruary 5, 2025Dr. Horton and Travis Scott, the in house producer, setting up the new music studio made possible thanks to the Mellon Foundation Grant.Dr. Horton and Travis Scott, the in house producer, setting up the new music studio made possible thanks to the Mellon Foundation Grant.Newscollege-arts-sciencesname-randall-hortonnews-allnews-blogoffice-alumnioffice-grantsprogram-ug-englishyear-2025