Faculty Books: Rim to River
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
Graduate Research: Humanization of the Refugee
Ani Gazazyan (She/Her) MA English ‘23 LinkedIn @anigazazyan on Instagram Ani Gazayan is a proud Armenian American who was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She received her BA in English from California State University, Northridge and moved to Orange, CA to pursue her MA at Chapman University. She is
Career Corner
Dear Seniors, In just eight short weeks, graduation will be here! College graduation is a double-edged sword. It represents immense accomplishments, as you have been working toward this goal for the past four years. It is the moment when your family, friends, and professors celebrate you and all you have done. On the flip side,
Bringing ISIS to Justice: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad
Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences recently welcomed Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Nadia Murad, a Presidential Fellow in Peace Studies, to campus for a week of classroom visits, receptions, and a public event held in the Musco Center of the Arts. On March 13, Murad sat
The Escalette Permanent Art Collection Selected to Participate in National Museum Program
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, recently selected a new cohort of 79 museums to participate in its 2023 Museum Assessment Program, including the Escalette Permanent Art Collection at Chapman University, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Since its inception in 1981,
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing presents Mikhail Shishkin and Andrei Kurkov
For more than 26 years The John Fowles Center (JFC) for Creative Writing in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, has hosted the Literary Art Reading Series every spring. The ’23 series will be hosting two prolific writers, Mikhail Shishkin (April 3) one of the most prominent writers in Russia today and Andrei
Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century
As a child, Professor Monique Charles (Sociology) loved to sing, write songs, and perform with her cousins. Her latest book, Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century is a combination of her lived experiences when she was young and her passion for studying intellectual pursuits … and of course her love of Black music
Advocating for Survivors: The Importance of Love in the Face of Tragedy
On March 10th, 2023, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences’ Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education hosted the awards ceremony for the 24th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest for middle and high-school students. The theme for this year was “The Strength of Love and the Will to Survive.” Participants used an interview with
HerStories: A Celebration of Women in History
Every March, in Honor of Women’s History Month, students in Wilkinson College’s Women and Gender Studies minor gather to tell stories of women past and present that have made their mark in the activist, academic, and political spheres. Through the use of multimedia presentations, the seniors highlight the histories, or “Herstories”, a term used to
Intelligent Entertainment
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences congratulates Richard Bausch (English), on the publication of his latest work, Playhouse (Alfred A Knopf, 2023). The story takes place in Memphis, Tennessee, where a theater company is putting together a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear for its gala opening, just after a complete renovation. But, the