Over the summer Diya Patel (’26 Philosophy and Psychology) interned for the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art. Her responsibilities included collections management, marketing/social media, and creating/designing display cases. Patel wrote a story about her time interning, highlighting a few of her favorite things she did. Take a look! This past summer I lived and breathed
When Miyoko Takaragawa (1922-2015) died, her family found two photo albums among her possessions that included over 100 photographs taken at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, a World War II Japanese American confinement site. Miyoko and her husband, Yutaka Takaragawa, were incarcerated at Heart Mountain from 1942 to 1945, where their son Tetsuro Ronald Takaragawa was
Do you know how to handle an emergency? Few do. Tunnel vision occurs at all levels—emergency managers, first responders, tourists, commuters, community leaders, and local residents. This is why Professor Claudine Jaenichen (Graphic Design) and a team of professionals from The Design Network for Emergency Management (DNEM) created Design for Emergency Management. The book combines
Every fall the Voice of Wilkinson reaches out to the newest members of our community and asks them a few questions to get to know them a little better. We want to find out why they chose Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and what it means to be a part of the
This edition of From Our Eyes features Vivianna Juarez (‘24, Art and Philosophy; English minor) and Rhyan Warmerdam (‘24, English; Psychology and Secondary Education minors). The two students were given the opportunity to participate in Chapman’s 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) an on campus eight-week summer program that gives undergrads experience in hands-on research
This edition of From Our Eyes features alumnus and current staff member Christian Grevin (Political Science and History ‘22), who reflects on Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa’s recently installed Images and Imaginings of Internment: Comics and Illustrations of Camp exhibition, which examines the little-known visual representations of daily life within internment camps where Japanese Americans and Japanese
Dr. Samantha Dressel (Department of English) and Matthew Carter (Clayton State University) recently published their co-edited book, Boundaries of Violence in Early Modern England (Routledge Press). The book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence in the Early Modern world through a collaboration of scholars who participated in the 2021 Shakespeare Association of America
Wilkinson College associate professor of political science Crystal Murphy has been named a U.S. Fulbright Scholar for 2023-24. She will spend 10 months at Makerere University in Uganda completing a documentary that tracks the decades long movement for democracy in Sudan. The Fulbright program is the U.S. government’s flagship program of international educational and cultural exchange,
Each weekend, “Local Lens” in the Voice of OC features photo essays by Wilkinson journalism students who have covered and engaged with a wide swath of Orange County life, from civic engagement events such as The Great American Write In, to walking Orange County’s coastline. Recently, Visual Journalism student Jack Sunblad published Orange County Debuts
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