An Exploration of Black Excellence in the Escalette Collection
In celebration of Black History Month, the Escalette Collection of Art shares ways to engage with artists whose works explore Black history, culture, and its influence on America. This blog post features things to see, listen, read, experience, and create this month and beyond. See Artists on Display As a “museum without walls,” the Escalette
Career Champion 2022
Dr. Ann Gordon, Associate Professor of Political Science in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, is our 2022 Faculty Career Champion! In addition to teaching classes in Research Design and American Politics, Dr. Gordon is also the Director of the Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory and the Director
Wilkinson Faculty on Desmond M. Tutu and his Legacy
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor” – Desmond M. Tutu Desmond M. Tutu, the archbishop and human rights activist who helped end apartheid in South Africa, died on December 26, 2021. He was 90. “The history of modern South Africa and indeed the global struggle
NEH Grant Awarded to Launch Asian American Studies Minor at Chapman University
A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant will establish a minor in Asian American Studies and support current ethnic studies courses and programming at Chapman University. The $150,000 award announced in January is the largest NEH grant in the university’s history and just one of 208 awarded to universities, museums and other organizations across
Testimony of Chapman Sociologist Pete Simi Leads to Judgment Against Organizers of Charlottesville Rally
Two weeks into the high-profile trial of the white nationalists who organized the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., Chapman University sociologist and hate group researcher Pete Simi finally got his chance to testify as an expert witness. He was more than ready for the moment. “Simi’s testimony was devastating,” the Slate online
Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on Environmental Justice Podcast Series
As the Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on Environmental Justice series comes to a close, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences would like to continue the conversation. We invite you to explore the Engaging the World six-part podcast series which offers more in-depth dialogue on environmental justice with the experts who participated
Latinx Revolutionary Horizons Book Manuscript Workshop
In December 2021, Dr. Renee Hudson, Assistant Professor of English in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences hosted a book manuscript workshop for her first book project, Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Américas. The workshop highlighted the work of Dr. Hudson who was awarded an Institute for Citizens and Scholars
From Our Eyes
When 25,000 gallons of oil spilled along Huntington Beach on Saturday, October 2, 2021 damaging valuable, intertidal ecosystems and threatening public health, the students in Dr. Richelle Tanner’s “Environmental Advocacy Through Story” saw an opportunity to apply our knowledge of science communication and strategic framing to make a difference, here in Orange County. Our course,
From Our Eyes
The Escalette Collection is looking back at some of the amazing work students created in the Fall 2021 semester based on artwork in the collection. Displaying artwork throughout Chapman’s campus gives students the opportunity to engage with the collection, whether in their classes or just walking by. By bringing their unique backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge
Faculty Books: Difficult Joy
As part of a 4-book poetry series he calls “Green Party Tetralogy,” Dr. Brian Glaser, associate professor (English) in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, completes the collection with Difficult Joy (Shanti Arts, Dec. 2021). The final installment focuses on two main areas, leftist radical poetics of the Surrealists and the Dadaists, and