Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences recently welcomed editorial cartoonist, Chicano artist, and TV writer and producer Lalo Alcaraz to speak about his politically themed and nationally syndicated comic strip “ La Cucaracha” as a part of the Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on Ethnic Studies series. Alcaraz’s “La Cucaracha” strip, first
An intrepid group of Creative and Cultural Industry (CCI) students in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, has leaped headfirst into a project that promises to turn heads. Dr. Patrick Fuery’s fall Creative and Cultural Industries in Practice class was tasked with creating none other than The Dream Machine. The Dream Machine is
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Month, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences recently welcomed Native filmmaker Ryan RedCorn (Osage) to speak about his overall experiences in the industry, working as a screenwriter on FX’s Reservation Dogs, and directing his film “Dead Birds Hearts.” While working on his MFA in screenwriting, RedCorn took electives
The Department of English and Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences welcomed transgender and Latinx author Aiden Thomas to discuss their New York Times Bestseller novel: Cemetery Boys, a fantasy novel featuring a young LGBTQ+ adult. Dr. Renee Hudson (English), recently taught Cemetery Boys in her literature course analyzing the Chicano movement. According
On November 2, 2022, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences was awarded special recognition for the addition of its Asian American Studies minor program, which will officially launch in fall 2023, as well as its Ethnic Studies initiatives driven by Engaging the World 2022: Leading the Conversation on Ethnic Studies (ETW) initiative. Congressman
Actor, author, activist and social media favorite George Takei brought his powerful story of childhood imprisonment during World War II to Chapman University. Takei – perhaps best known as helmsman Hikaru Sulu of “Star Trek” – recounted “the terror of that morning” his family was forced from their home and taken to prison camps, along
Pride Month has evolved into a national fixture each June, but October marks a perhaps lesser-known celebration – LGBT History Month. Pride Month has been acknowledged on Chapman University’s campus, so some may wonder if LGBT History Month is also recognized. “There is a compelling argument for why LGBT History Month makes sense to celebrate
This month’s Career Corner has been taken over by Wilkinson College senior, Amy Asmussen (Creative Writing major and Environmental Studies minor). Wilkinson College’s growing portfolio of Interdisciplinary Minors, including Africana Studies, Law and Liberal Arts, Creative and Cultural Industries, Disability Studies, and Ethnic Studies, among others, represent the heart and soul of Chapman University—its liberal
Graduating seniors of the Women’s & Gender Studies Minor Program in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, recently installed a feminist (theory) pop-up exhibition, “Feminist Theory Is Liberatory Practice,” in Argyros Forum (near the Student Union Lounge). The wall celebrated a number of feminist theorists whose work as scholar-activists seeks to deepen our
Wilkinson College’s Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on Ethnic Studies, welcomed alumnus Gustavo Arellano (’01, Film, Cinema, and Media Studies), who presented the keynote address at this year’s Education and Ethnic Studies Summit. Arellano, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of Orange County: A Personal History and Taco USA: How Mexican