So you’re in an MFA program–now what?
Fear and Loathing in an MFA Before I started the MFA in Creative Writing program at Chapman University, my understanding of an MFA student wasn’t accurate. I imagined stereotypical nerds dropping words like preposterous, obfuscation, pellucidity, and sesquipedalian into day-to-day conversations to prove a point about their fancy craft, whatever that meant. Honestly, I knew
Art Collections Forges Lead in Representation
A recent data survey of the permanent collections of 18 prominent art museums in the US found that out of over 10,000 artists, 87% are male, and 85% are white (Public Library of Science). A 2015 special issue of ARTnews on “Women in the Art World” featured a report by curator Maura Reilly revealing a
Professor Alicia Kozameh Participates in Historic Reunion of Over 350 Female Former Political Prisoners
On June 15th Professor of English Alicia Kozameh participated in a historic first reunion of more than 350 female former political prisoners, all of whom were held captive at the Villa Devoto prison in Buenos Aires during Argentina’s last military dictatorship. It is estimated that more than 30,000 people were disappeared or killed between 1976
Columbia Publishing Course
As an English major, there is no clear path for what to do after graduation. Both in my undergraduate and now graduate career, one of the most common questions I am asked is “What will you do with a degree in English literature?” In the spring of this year, I began to seriously wonder that
Current Students & University Guest Advise On FBI & State Department Careers
Next month on September 24th, Wilkinson College will be hosting a special discussion about careers within the FBI and United States Department of State. What makes this discussion special is its guests: Vanessa Zenji, Matt Kawecki, and Dominic So—three Foreign Service Officers who are also current graduate students in our MA in War & Society
A Tomato Saved My Thesis
Where do you do your writing? The library? Your room? When do you write? In the morning with a hot coffee, at night when you finally have some quiet? Do you have a schedule? Pace yourself? Take breaks? If your answers to these questions are anything like my own (wherever and whenever I find the
Halloran Awarded Fellowship
It’s no secret that Wilkinson College artist Lia Halloran, associate professor in the Department of Art, is busy intersecting art and science together everyday. Like really busy! During her sabbatical in New York last spring, she was invited as an Artist in Resident at the American Museum of Natural History in the astrophysics department, while
Research Students Work All Summer Long Collecting Data for Fear Survey
Each summer, a team of undergraduate researchers are assembled to work on The Chapman University Survey of American Fears (an in-depth examination into the fears of average Americans) and are supervised by Wilkinson Professors Chris Bader, Ed Day and Ann Gordon, meeting once a week out of The Babbie Center and Henley lab. The students
Undergraduate Research Conference (SCCUR): Nov. 23, 2019
The 27th annual Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) will be held at California State University, San Marcos on Saturday, November 23, 2019.SCCUR is an annual research conference held in Southern California where undergraduate students from ALL disciplines, including the arts, performing arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences, are invited to present their research
Annabelle Koeber Travels to Mediterranean Sea
Annabelle Koeber (‘BA in Anthropology, BA in Sociology, ’20,) was awarded an Undergraduate Student Scholarly Research/Creative Grant, where she recently traveled to Spain on The Island of Menorca for field school. Koeber conducted research in an archaeology program for beginners, learning how to work in the field, while gaining the experience and skills needed for