Last spring the Guggenheim Gallery presented “Split Diopter” an installation that took over three years to create, which was developed out of a series of conversations between its three curators—Jan Tumlir (Art History at SCI-Arc), Reza Monahan (SCI-Arc Channel Producer/Director), and Marcus Herse (Guggenheim Gallery Coordinator)—concerning the relations of fine art and cinema. The principal
Dr. Patrick Fuery (Professor and Director of the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries) recently published his 9th book, Intimacy and the Anxieties of Cinematic Flesh: Between Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis (Bloomsbury, 2023). “This was a book I have wanted to write for some time,” said Dr. Fuery. “All my previous books have looked at different
Creative Writing Professor Lisa Cupolo recently published her book Have Mercy On Us (Regal House Publishing, 2023). The new book is a collection of stories that explores love, relationships, and all the complications: loss, betrayal, and longing. The collection features not only romantic love and relationships, but also that of mothers and daughters, fathers
The Voice of Wilkinson sat down with new faculty member Dr. Maliheh Ghajargar and asked her why she chose Wilkinson College and what it means to be a part of the heart and soul of Chapman University. As always, we included those fun “get-to-know-you” questions we all love. Dr. Maliheh Ghajargar Assistant Professor of Graphic
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences congratulates Dr. Justin St. P. Walsh (Department of Art) and Dr. Alice Gorman (Department of Archaeology at Flinders University in Australia) who were recently presented with the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2023 Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology for their work on International Space Station Archaeological
For Richelle Tanner, it was a time of passage. She was a science student on her way to becoming a faculty researcher, and along the way she crossed the channel from Long Beach to the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island more times than she can remember. Now she’s helping her Chapman University students
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences English Professor Alicia Kozameh began writing before she even knew how to read. She remembers being about 3 or 4 years old growing up in Rosario, Argentina and dictating what she needed to express to her mother. Her family sent her to a private teacher at
How can self-help practice bring about true individual happiness or societal happiness when so many problems stem from racist, misogynist, heteronormative, and classist policies and structures? This is just one of the hard questions Dean Gail Stearns, Associate Professor of Religious and Peace Studies in Wilkinson College tackles in her latest publication Liberating Mindfulness: from
Dean Jennifer D. Keene recently announced two endowed professor appointments in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Dr. Wendy Salmond now holds the inaugural Martha Weidlein Masters Professor in Art and Dr. Kyle Longley was named the Henry Salvatori Professor of American Values and Traditions. Both endowed professorships provide research funds to advance
Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa (Sociology) was awarded a $124,906 grant from California State Library’s California Civil Liberties Public Education program. The competitive grant program supports the creation and dissemination of educational and public awareness resources concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices carried out against communities or populations. Dr.