A senior year internship for Sydney Horner (‘22 History and Integrated Educational Sciences) at the Heritage Museum of Orange County quickly opened her eyes about what she wanted to do with her degree. She had the opportunity to be a part of The National Parks Service grant project, “Summer of Civil Rights: Chronicling the Black
A new book by Dr. Logan Esdale (English) and co-editor Jane Malcolm follows American poets Laura Riding and Gertrude Stein’s captivating, but brief, friendship and marks the first time their personal letters, as a whole, have been made available to the public. The Voice of Wilkinson spoke with Dr. Esdale about A Description of Acquaintance:
Chapman University students and recent graduates in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are conducting research that will be used to help alleviate the rising numbers of threats against public officials in the U.S. Funded by a grant from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska
Congratulations to the eleven Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences projects that were awarded a total of $106,805 from two new internal grant programs – Chapman University’s inaugural Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities and Wilkinson College’s Scholarly/Creative Activity Faculty Grant! Below is a summary of each of the funded projects.
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences’ outstanding faculty in our eight academic departments and numerous interdisciplinary programs support innovative curriculum, cutting-edge research, and public programming to ensure that the arts, humanities, and social sciences remain the distinguishing component in every student’s education. This spring, the Wilkinson College faculty listed below were recognized with
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science students were recently recognized with honors in a series of events that constituted this year’s annual Wilkinson award ceremonies and the 15th annual Campus Leadership Awards. Congratulations to all the winners! Gloria and Julian Peterson Award: Berkana McDowell ’23, Peace Studies, Environmental Science and Policy (pictured above)
Sarah Wilson (’22, B.A. English and ’23, M.A. Curriculum and Instruction) was recently awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to South Korea. “I was so excited to find out that I had received the award! I can’t even fully put it into words,” said Wilson. Fulbright is the most widely recognized and prestigious international
By Emma Walker (‘25 Political Science B.A. & Peace Studies B.A. & Honors Program minor) Chapman University’s Model UN team, led by Dr. Hilmi Ulas, was named “Honorable Mention” at the 2023 Model UN Conference in New York City in April where hundreds of teams participated. The Model UN Conference brings together thousands of college
Makena Metz (Dual MA English / MFA Creative Writing ‘23) has been awarded the highest honor for graduate students at Chapman University, The James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Award. The award is conferred annually to the outstanding graduating master’s and doctoral students with distinguished records of academic accomplishment, scholarship, and/or service. The names of the award recipients are
Wilkinson College English professor Tom Zoellner (whose Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire won the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for the best nonfiction book) recently published Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona – a story about his 46-day journey hiking through the redrock country