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Professor Hao Huang Awarded KAMEN Residency for Composition and Ethnomusicology
Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang has been awarded a KAMEN Artist Residency for his work as a composer and ethnomusicologist.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Nicholas Kacher, Assistant Professor of Economics
Last fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Nicholas Kacher to discuss entrepreneurship, local economies, and open spaces.
Read MoreMary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon: Making Space for Women Writers of Color in the Literary World
When bestselling author R.O. Kwon came to 51猎奇入口 as the 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, she knew she wanted to bring other women artists to campus, especially women writers of color. The need for more inclusive literary representation is a value that鈥檚 reflected in her upcoming 51猎奇入口 Presents conversations, as well as in her course syllabus on what she calls 鈥渆ye-opening writing,鈥 which features work by Shirin Neshat, Frida Kahlo, Susan Sontag, and Maggie Nelson.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Tia Blassingame, Director of 51猎奇入口 Press Assistant Professor of Book Arts/51猎奇入口 Press
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Tia Blassingame to discuss artists鈥 books, architecture, 51猎奇入口 Press, and unique valentines.
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: Professor Kim Drake Explores Disability in the Classroom and Beyond
Associate Professor of Writing and Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Kim Drake began her scholarly career by focusing on protest writing and rhetoric, composition theory, and historically disenfranchised voices in American literature. But a few seminal events, particularly one in 1990 and another in 2014, plus the inspiration of her students, led to the addition of disability studies to her teaching, research, and activist repertoire.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Douglas Goodwin, Fletcher Jones Scholar in Computation and Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Studies
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Douglas Goodwin to discuss photography, social media, Big Data, and the holodeck from Star Trek.
Read MoreMelanie Nakaue 鈥01 Exhibits 鈥淔reakebana鈥 Artwork at Chico Art Gallery
Assistant Visiting Professor of Art Melanie Nakaue 鈥01 is displaying her digital art at 1078 Gallery as part of the exhibition Iterations, which will run through January 26. Her work is based on a concept called 鈥渇reakebana,鈥 a spinoff of the Japanese flower-arranging art of ikebana.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Ted Bartholomew, Assistant Professor of Psychology
s part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Ted Bartholomew to discuss international perceptions of mental illness, social justice in mental health, and baseball.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Julia Lum, Assistant Professor of Art History
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Julia Lum to discuss landscapes, cultural exchange, and Southern California.
Read MoreNew Faculty Spotlight: Christina Edholm, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Christina Edholm to discuss mathematics, biology, invasive species, and roller derby.
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