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Defining Democracy: Democratic Commitment in the Arab World

November 16, 2023 by | Wilkinson College

Assistant Professor Hannah Ridge (Political Science) recently published her first book, Defining Democracy: Democratic Commitment in the Arab World. The book focuses on how Arabic-speakers in the Middle East use the word dimuqratiyya. The English translation – democracy – fails to capture the nuance of how the word is employed, according to Dr. Ridge. “When

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Celebrating First-Generation College Students

November 8, 2023 by | News

November 8 was National First-Generation College Day, honoring the Higher Education Act of 1965 and Chapman University celebrated first-gen students with a week-long list of events, helping to support them through study sessions, letter writing, food, and teaching them about the Promising Futures Program (PFP) at Chapman. As part of the celebration, the Voice of

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Wilkinson Alum Honored with Award for Successful Career

October 30, 2023 by Isabella Mahar | News

A successful career in the non-profit sector has garnered Natalie Reider (‘06 BA Art History) a 40 Under 40 award by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce. She has spent the past eight years working at Jamboree Housing Corporation, where she has worked her way up to Senior Vice President of Community Operations. The award recognizes

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A Year That Mattered: 1940 - 41

October 24, 2023 by Syd Brewster | News

The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education recently invited historian Daniel Greene and documentary filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to speak on “A Year That Mattered: Varian Fry and the Refugee Crisis, 1940 – 41.” Greene, who works at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Sauvage, a French-American documentary filmmaker who is a child survivor of the

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Wilkinson Student Receives Hands-On Experience at Hawaii News Now Internship

October 24, 2023 by Erika Taylor | News

Last summer, Wilkinson College student Kiana Kalahele (24′ B.S. Business Administration Marketing, B.A. English Journalism) interned at Hawaii News Now, having been selected to participate in the prestigious Dow Jones News Internship Program. “I was able to cover and report on stories of my own interest, which was a lot of fun,” Kalahele said. “One

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The Top 10 Fears in America 2023

October 20, 2023 by By Sam Andrus (’23)  | News

This fall marks the ninth wave of the Chapman University Survey of American Fears (CSAF). Conducted annually, the CSAF reveals the top 10 fears in America, following trends over time and identifying new fears as they emerge. The CSAF surveys a nationally representative sample to understand the fears that keep Americans up at night. Wave

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Bridges to Life

October 10, 2023 by Sweet Lou Mader Dauk | Events

The Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research hosted its first talk in the Windows to Italy series with a lecture by Dr. Thomas Harrison, a professor of Italian Studies at UCLA, whose lecture explored how the concept of bridges is a staple in Italian history. Introducing the series’s concept, Institute Director Dr. Federico Pacchioni

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Celebration of the International Day of Peace

October 3, 2023 by Syd Brewster | News

Khiara M. Bridges, J.D. Ph.D. recently spoke at the Celebration of the International Day of Peace, an event sponsored by The Department of Peace Studies in the Wilkinson College of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Dr. Bridges is a professor of law at UC Berkeley school of law and focuses on the intersection of race,

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“People Dying is Expensive:” Linda Villarosa on Health Inequity and Racism in America

October 2, 2023 by Samantha De La O | News

Linda Villarosa loves numbers. As a veteran journalist, activist, educator, and award-winning author, the data she has spent years acquiring is central not only to her work, but to the health of Black Americans. “I’m a numbers nerd,” Villarosa shared with a packed audience at Chapman University’s Musco Center for the Arts. “I’m good with

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