�鶹��Ƶ Law and Society Students Attend West Point Conference</h1> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ Law and Society Students Attend West Point Conference</h1> <p>dfrezza — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:23:46 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Law and Society Students Attend West Point Conference</span> <span><span>dfrezza</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-03-12T11:23:46-04:00" title="Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 11:23">Thu, 03/12/2026 - 11:23</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Last October, �鶹��Ƶ College students Kash Radocha ’26 and Charlotte Patrick-Dooling ’25 attended the 76th Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA), held at the United States Military Academy at West Point. SCUSA is a prestigious four-day event where undergraduate students collaborate with scholars and leaders to develop innovative policy proposals on pressing issues in U.S. foreign affairs. We interviewed Charlotte and Kash about their experiences at the conference. </em></p><p><strong>Tell me a little about your experience at SCUSA! What was it like? </strong></p><p><strong>Charlotte Patrick-Dooling:</strong> My committee focused on defense burden sharing and strategic partnerships, so we talked a lot about NATO and the Belt and Road Initiative. We worked on policy memos the whole time and proposed a method for the U.S. to change its strategic partnerships to be more advantageous. We then proposed it to a panel. </p><p><strong>Kash Radocha: </strong>The overarching framework was to establish policy goals to prepare the U.S. for a multipolar world. There were about 12 to 14 different topics in different policy areas. My group discussed domestic policy, and it was a great mix of people! At the end, we presented our policy to leaders in military policy—military officials and other professionals from think tanks like the Council on Foreign Relations as well as academics in the field and the Department of Defense. </p><p><strong>How did you end up going to this conference? </strong></p><p><strong>CPD: </strong>When I saw that West Point was hosting and that �鶹��Ƶ was sponsoring two delegates, I was really excited! They made the application process really smooth—[administrative assistant] Tracy Tucker was a huge help, she's awesome. �鶹��Ƶ flew us there and covered all the expenses. It was such a cool opportunity. There are so many opportunities here at �鶹��Ƶ—there’s an endless realm of what you can do. </p><p><strong>What sort of opportunities do conferences like these offer students? Any highlights from the conference? </strong></p><p><strong>CPD: </strong>I met so many students, and we were also surrounded by professors and researchers from really prestigious institutions. One of the advisors for my roundtable—Daniel Fata, president of Fata Advisory LLC—gave us career advice. It was really interesting to learn about the Peace Corps and how it opens doors to different political spaces. I met people who have had abundant careers in international development and politics. </p><p><strong>KR: </strong>Some of the best students across the country attend SCUSA. Two people that I met were named Marshall Scholars this year. Everyone really cares about what they're doing, too—they have genuinely intellectual debates. It was a lot of fun working with these people. Everyone in our group was fabulous. We still have a text group chat to this day. </p><p>Professionally, it was great. Our advisors were a career legislative staffer who now teaches at West Point and a professor from the University of New Hampshire. They had incredible insight into legislative structures, military policy, and armed services policy. Every now and then, one of our advisors will email saying, “I saw this opportunity. You guys would be great for this.”</p><p><strong>What do you plan to do after �鶹��Ƶ? </strong></p><p><strong>CPD: </strong>I'm joining the Peace Corps and going to Nepal in January 2026. After that, I’ll apply for grad school through the Peace Corps’ Coverdell Scholarships, most likely in global studies. I’m also interested in foreign diplomacy work and federal work. We'll see! You never know.</p><p><strong>KR: </strong>So, a little about me: I’m majoring in <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history">history</a>, <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/law-and-society">law and society</a>, and <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/politics">politics</a>. I also have a minor in <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/russian">Russian and Eastern European studies</a>. I'm applying to grad schools overseas for research degrees in comparative politics. I want to spend some time in Europe! Then, I'd like to keep going with either a DPhil or a PhD. I'll also be studying for and taking the LSAT in June 2026. That's where my law and society major comes in: it's the crux of what I do with politics and history. </p><p><strong>Any advice or final notes for students thinking about the Law and Society major? </strong></p><p><strong>CPD: </strong>If you want to go into international relations or development, participating in conferences like this is really important. But other than that, just don't limit yourself. In college, there's so much to do. Also, it's important to engage in activities that aren't academic. I think getting an off-campus job is great—I work at <a href="/blogs/kendal-oberlin">Kendal at �鶹��Ƶ</a>. Get involved with the community!</p><p><strong>KR: </strong>The law and society major has given me a strong understanding of how democratic systems work in their entirety and the relationships between branches. It's a great homage to the liberal arts education. Because the major is so broad, it can take you in many directions and support your other interests. If you want to do copyright law, for instance, you can study music, too. Keep your mind open. You have so many options, especially at �鶹��Ƶ.</p><hr><p><em>To learn about conferences, research, and other learning opportunities outside the classroom, check out the </em><a href="/center-engaged-liberal-arts" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="068ff5e8-2a7e-4726-91b0-7d9995d4c79e" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Center for Engaged Liberal Arts"><em>Center for Engaged Liberal Arts</em></a><em>.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Two students represented �鶹��Ƶ at the Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA), a policy debate conference at West Point. </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2026-03-12T12:00:00Z">Thu, 03/12/2026 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Sasha Kolb ’29</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/law-and-society" hreflang="und">Law and Society</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/politics" hreflang="und">Politics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Kash Radocha '26 (left) and Charlotte Patrick-Dooling '25 (right) attend the Student Conference on United States Affairs at West Point. </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-article-header field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">0</div> </article> <article> <h1>Journalism Symposium Features Alumni Working in the Field</h1> <p>hhempste — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:06:13 +0000</p> <span>Journalism Symposium Features Alumni Working in the Field</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-02-13T16:06:13-05:00" title="Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 16:06">Thu, 02/13/2020 - 16:06</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The journalism symposium, <a href="https://disruptedmedia2020.com/">A Disrupted Media Landscape: Skills, Perspectives, Solutions</a>, will be held from February 24 to March 1 and is open to all members of the community to learn about the current state of media.</p> <p>Organized by six student leaders from the <em>�鶹��Ƶ Review</em> and the<em> Grape</em>, the weeklong event features daily programming that brings together a range of alumni journalists who are achieving in their respective fields. Presenters include Rani Molla ’08 and Aaron Zitner ’84, who will lead a data journalism workshop; Sonia Shah ’90 will speak about her experience as a science journalist and investigative reporter; and Anthony Arnove ’91 will discuss the world of independent publishing. Recent graduates Sophie Kemp ’18 and Lucas Fortney ’18 will share their experiences at <em>Pitchfork</em>, <em>Vogue</em>, and <em>Eater NY</em>. </p> <p>We caught up with the six students responsible for the programming to talk about the symposium and what to expect. </p> <hr> <p><strong>Q: Why did this group want to take on organizing a journalism symposium?</strong></p> <p>A: There are so many �鶹��Ƶ alumni practicing incredible, groundbreaking journalism, and we felt that we had a duty (and an opportunity) to recognize and learn from them. Many of those alumni worked for the <em>Review</em> or the <em>Grape</em> when they were students here, and many, many others had a less than linear journey, or came from an entirely different �鶹��Ƶ scene. By bringing in such a diverse group of <a href="/node/181566">alumni journalists</a>, the symposium hopes to represent a range of backgrounds and experiences, while still presenting a career in journalism as something attainable and broadly impactful—especially as �鶹��Ƶ prepares to launch its first academic <a href="/node/181496">concentration in journalism</a> in fall 2020.</p> <p><strong>Q: What can attendees expect at the symposium?</strong></p> <p>A: Our hope is that the sessions will be engaging and informative even if your previous experience with journalism is just reading a news article on Twitter every once in a while. We’ve also designed the sessions to be as hands-on as possible—we want attendees to walk away with a better understanding of the kinds of skills that will define journalism as we continue to move into the 21st century. The journalism landscape is rapidly changing, especially as attacks against the press continue to be an issue in the U.S. and around the world. We want people to gain a more clear understanding of the current state of journalism, as well as build some insight into where it’s going in the future. It’s also a great opportunity to connect with �鶹��Ƶ alumni who are doing incredible work across a range of media and platforms.</p> <p><strong>Q: Why did staff from the <em>�鶹��Ƶ Review</em> and the <em>Grape</em> band together to produce this?</strong></p> <p>A: When the <em>Review</em> and the <em>Grape</em> decided to become friends this year (after a long history of rivalry, we might add), we knew it was time to do something big. Both publications had dreams of putting on something like this for quite some time, but only after joining forces did the symposium seem like something we might actually be able to pull off. By pooling together our various contacts and areas of interest, we were able to compile a pretty comprehensive and impressive list of alumni journalists and presentation topics. We also felt that there was a need for student journalism to be more widely accessible on campus.</p> <p><strong>Q: How did you land on the mix of alumni who are participating?</strong></p> <p>A: We wanted to make sure that students, regardless of whether or not they are interested in journalism, could find something compelling in our programming. It would have been a shame to bring a plethora of professionals to campus, only to have just the staff members of our two publications attend. And the fact of the matter is: �鶹��Ƶ alumni are working all across the spectrum. In curating the symposium lineup, we intentionally chose journalists whose areas of expertise could appeal to a variety of �鶹��Ƶ students—from STEM majors to visual artists and everyone in between.</p> <p><strong>Q: What do you hope that attendees will take away from the experience?</strong></p> <p>A: We hope attendees will leave the symposium feeling inspired and informed. For those with intentions to pursue a career in journalism, we hope that the symposium will provide useful skills and knowledge for the future. For everyone (journalists and non-journalists alike), we hope the symposium will incentivize more mindful and intentional media consumption—whether that be in regard to the kinds of news outlets you subscribe to, the Twitter accounts you follow, or the ways in which you interact with data. </p> <p><strong>Q: Who should consider attending?</strong></p> <p>A: Everyone. By covering such a large array of topics (current events, arts, politics, foreign affairs), as well as a diversity of media (print, podcast, social media, etc.), we hope to attract a large and eclectic audience. Our goal is to find a way for everyone, regardless of major or personal interests, to engage with the field of journalism. Apart from being comprehensive, we also hope that the symposium will be relevant. It’s a critical time for journalism, after all. If you’ve been keeping up with any of the big media stories—the presidential primaries, the impeachment hearings, the coronavirus, the fires in Australia, the Iran saga—then you have something new to learn by attending this symposium.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-02-13T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/13/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Alumni journalists from a range of publications will present at “A Disrupted Media Landscape: Skills, Perspectives, Solutions,” February 24 through March 1.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2354">Campus Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=181496">Journalism</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Pictured from left to right: Event organizers Charlie Rinehart-Jones, managing editor of the Grape, Nathan Carpenter, editor-in-chief of the �鶹��Ƶ Review, Ananya Gupta, managing editor of the �鶹��Ƶ Review, P.J. McCormick, editor-in-chief of the Grape, Molly Bryson, editor-in-chief of the Grape, Katherine MacPhail, editor-in-chief of the �鶹��Ƶ Review.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Monthlong Speaker Series on Militarization Features Three Former Ambassadors</h1> <p>anagy — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:17:27 +0000</p> <span>Monthlong Speaker Series on Militarization Features Three Former Ambassadors</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-02-13T11:17:27-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 11:17">Wed, 02/13/2019 - 11:17</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Over the last four years, the Global Issues Symposium has exposed �鶹��Ƶ students to international current affairs in historical depth by inviting a range of experts to cover important themes. Funded by an alumnus through the Isenberg Family Charitable Foundation, the symposium brings renowned scholars, policy practitioners, and activists to campus to discuss crucial transnational issues with the college and community.</p> <p>This year’s theme, <a href="/news-and-events/special-events/global-issues-symposium">Militarization of Global Politics, Economy, and Society</a>, features three former ambassadors in panel discussions. The monthlong programming begins with a keynote lecture on the topic of U.S. militarization on <a href="/events/dr_rosa_brooks_how_everything_became_war_and_the_military_became_everything_tales_from_the">Friday, February 15</a>. Rosa Brooks, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, will give a talk titled “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon” at 4:30 p.m. in Craig Auditorium. Brooks is a former counselor to the under secretary of defense for policy.</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Rosa Brooks, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center</figcaption> </figure> <p>Other topics in the symposium include international law and constitutional dimensions; militarizing the Middle East and South Asia; militarizing East Asia; and militarizing Latin America.</p> <p>The event organizers this year are Zeinab Abul-Magd, associate professor of history and chair of international studies; Kristina Mani, associate professor of politics and chair of Latin American studies; Sheila Miyoshi Jager, professor of East Asian studies; and Jiyul Kim, visiting assistant professor of history.</p> <p>“We all conduct research and publish on issues of military institutions and armed conflicts in many regions,” explains Abul-Magd. “Under the Trump administration, we noticed increased militarization of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, which triggered us to adopt the theme for this year’s series of events.”</p> <p>Abul-Magd says the breadth of speakers from various disciplines will appeal to a wide range of interests.</p> <p>“Three of the 11 speakers are former ambassadors, in addition to law scholars, think-tank political experts, historians, and more. They come from different countries, including the United Kingdom, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Pakistan, and Iran. They will cover a vast geographical areas that should appeal to the interest of different students.”</p> <p>A panel discussion Thursday, March 7, includes <a href="/events/ambassador_kathleen_stephens_militarization_and_demilitarization_on_the_korean_peninsula">Kathleen Stephens</a>, former ambassador to South Korea from 2008 to 2011. After her retirement, she was a research fellow with Stanford University’s Asia-Pacific Research Center, and last fall, she became the president and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C., that focuses on U.S.-South Korean relations and the South Korean political economy. </p> <p>Stephens is also scheduled to give a talk 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, in Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall, in which she will discuss her career as a diplomat and the state of relations between the United States, South Korea, and North Korea. Her visit immediately follows the second U.S.-North Korea summit, which will be held February 27-28 in Vietnam.</p> <p>The goal of the Global Issues Symposium is to encourage more students to seek semesters and winter terms abroad, as well as internships in international communities. Abul-Magd adds that the symposia “have drawn more students to declare an international studies concentration.”</p> <p>View the complete <a href="/sites/default/files/content/event/special-events/documents/gis-general-poster-2019.pdf">list of speakers</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-file-pdf-o"></span>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-02-13T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/13/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Now in its fourth year, the Global Issues Symposium expands student learning beyond the international studies concentration.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2390">Events</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25276">Latin American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25416">Politics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25336">East Asian Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/zeinab-abul-magd" hreflang="und">Zeinab Abul-Magd</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/kristina-mani" hreflang="und">Kristina Mani</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/sheila-miyoshi-jager" hreflang="und">Sheila Miyoshi Jager</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jiyul-kim" hreflang="und">Jiyul Kim</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/east-asian-studies" hreflang="und">East Asian Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/politics" hreflang="und">Politics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/latin-american-studies" hreflang="und">Latin American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Creating Space, In �鶹��Ƶ</h1> <p>eulrich — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:11:57 +0000</p> <span>Creating Space, In �鶹��Ƶ</span> <span><span>eulrich</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-11-28T12:11:57-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 12:11">Wed, 11/28/2018 - 12:11</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Cosponsored by the Department of Art and as part of Kuumba Week, �鶹��Ƶ’s annual celebration of black creativity, alumni returned to campus to participate in the daylong symposium held at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM). Alumni speakers and panelists reflected on what it means for art museums, including the AMAM, to reflect on the discrepancies between works by artists of color and those by white artists in their collections. </p> <p>From imagining the museum as an alternative classroom space, to envisioning what increased engagement between the AMAM and surrounding communities could look like, the symposium explored the role of museums in fostering conversations around inclusivity and representation.</p> <p><strong>Kantara Souffrant ’08, visiting assistant professor of the arts of Africa and the Black Atlantic:</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Kantara Souffrant ’08<br> Photo by Scott Shaw</figcaption> </figure> <p>Museums, similarly to houses of worship, public libraries, and public schools, represent some of the last areas of public space. Museums, as public spaces, must facilitate public discourse around identity, equity, and inclusion because they are implicitly and explicitly engaged with representations of people, culture, ideas, gender, and race.</p> <p>I recall visiting the AMAM once as a student because I took an art history course and <em>had to</em>. Otherwise, it was not a space that I, as a woman of color and the child of immigrants, felt "belonged to me." Museums did not feel welcoming. The AMAM, as both a museum and a museum tied to an academic institution, must be self-reflective about the works in its collection and especially the lack of representation by artists of color and women. Ignoring these groups dismisses the knowledge of multiple peoples and thereby devalues them.</p> <p>Such acts undercut AMAM's value as a public space, a space for discourse, and an educational resource.</p> <p><strong>Abbe Schriber ’09, PhD candidate at Columbia University:</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Abbe Schriber ’09<br> Photo by Scott Shaw</figcaption> </figure> <p>Objects can help us see connections between systemic operations of patriarchy, colonialism, and racism, through the materials used, the artist's process, facture and surface, craftsmanship (or rejection of these things). In this sense, we not only need to be thinking about representation, but about how artists of color and their objects are represented and contextualized, in order to dismantle easy categorization or cliched tropes about race and racial thinking.</p> <p>This should not, and cannot, just apply to modern and contemporary art, but should extend to all aspects of the collection, really a question about what we currently consider "American" and "Western," and how to decenter the narrative that privileges them.</p> <p>In many ways, the larger question is how to sustain the current interest and call for American museums—and all institutions—to reexamine their representation of artists of color beyond surface attempts to fill quotas or demonstrate diversity. It is always important and should always be an imperative.</p> <p>Further, as they open up toward deeper inclusivity, museums need to be thinking about the perils and pitfalls of “assimilation:’’ How can museums and classrooms respect, engage, and glean knowledge from multiple lived experiences and cultural traditions without merely absorbing them into the existing, dominant perspective, or a “universal’’ perspective?</p> <p><strong>Lauren Haynes ’04, curator of contemporary art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art:</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Lauren Haynes ’04<br> Photo by Scott Shaw</figcaption> </figure> <p>It was great to see the exhibition, <em>Radically Ordinary: Scenes from Black Life in America Since 1968 </em>and to see all of the works by black artists that have been added to the AMAM’s collection since I was a student. Hopefully, the AMAM will continue to be a resource for �鶹��Ƶ students who are interested in getting a more complete picture of art history than is often taught in traditional art history programs.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-11-28T12:00:00Z">Wed, 11/28/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erin Ulrich ’18</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Alumni panelists who participated in the symposium, Creating Space: Curating Black Art Now, respond to the following question in their own words: “Why is it significant for the Allen Memorial Art Museum to be self-reflective about the representation of works by artists of color in its collection?”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2390">Events</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25301">Art History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art" hreflang="und">Studio Art</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Panelists from left Octavia Bürgel ’19, Kantara Souffrant ’08, Abbe Schriber ’09, and Alexandra Nicome ’17</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Scott Shaw</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Conferences Secure Women’s Place in Technology</h1> <p>anagy — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:34:02 +0000</p> <span>Conferences Secure Women’s Place in Technology</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-10-30T15:34:02-04:00" title="Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 15:34">Tue, 10/30/2018 - 15:34</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For women planning to enter computing—a field that’s 85 percent occupied by men—being at a conference with more than 20,000 women in technology is a powerful experience that reaffirms their sense of belonging.</p> <p>For the past several years, �鶹��Ƶ’s computer science department has taken a group of students to the annual <a href="https://ghc.anitab.org/" target="_blank">Grace Hopper Celebration</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link">,</span> the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. This year’s conference, held September 26-28 in Houston, Texas, featured more than a dozen influential keynote speakers, including Priscilla Chan, Anita Hill, and Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO of SpaceX.</p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ assistant professors <a href="/node/87356" target="_blank">Cynthia Taylor</a> and <a href="/node/5371" target="_blank">Roberto Hoyle</a> accompanied 11 students to the conference, which has significant value as a recruiting event. Taylor says many of the students had job interviews at the conference, with some receiving job offers on the spot or shortly afterward.</p> <p>“It’s very exciting to see the interest that tech companies have in our students and to see students take the next steps in their careers,” Taylor says.</p> <p>With a packed schedule of talks, panels, and sessions, Taylor says there is something at the conference for every interest. “For me, one of the highlights was getting to see some of our alumnae who were also attending and catching up with what they’re doing now.”</p> <p>Immediately after attending the Grace Hopper Celebration, third-year computer science and mathematics major Jane Hsieh traveled to the <a href="https://vlhcc18.github.io/">IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> in Lisbon, Portugal, where she presented work on human-computer interaction.</p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Jane Hsieh presents at a conference for human-centric computing in Lisbon, Portugal.</figcaption> </figure> <p>“I gave a five-minute presentation describing parts of my research this past summer at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University,” says Hsieh, of McKinney, Texas. “I talked about an analysis of Stack Overflow questions—a question and answer site for programmers—and how its results support the cognitive model that was developed in the larger scope of our project.”</p> <p>On top of getting to see the spectacular coast of Portugal, Hsieh honed her presentation skills and learned much of the specialized vocabulary that is particular to the field of human-computer interaction and human-centered computing.</p> <p>Taylor points to work at other institutions which shows that sending women to conferences like Grace Hopper makes them more likely to stay in computer science. “We certainly hope it makes our students feel more comfortable and confident as computer scientists.” </p> <p>The department also regularly sends students to the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing, a statewide conference that happens every other year, and to the Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-10-30T12:00:00Z">Tue, 10/30/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25321">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/cynthia-taylor" hreflang="und">Cynthia Taylor ’02</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/roberto-hoyle" hreflang="und">Roberto Hoyle</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/computer-science" hreflang="und">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Computer science majors attend the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world’s largest gathering for women in technology.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Cynthia Taylor</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Celebration of Undergraduate Research 2017</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:41:13 +0000</p> <span>Celebration of Undergraduate Research 2017</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-10-24T11:41:13-04:00" title="Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 11:41">Tue, 10/24/2017 - 11:41</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Office of Undergraduate Research and the Center for Learning, Education, and Research in the Sciences invite all members of the campus and community to a half-day symposium featuring �鶹��Ƶ of Music students’ research.</p> <p>On Friday, October 27, more than 90 students will share research they performed last summer. Thirty-five students on nine panels will each give a brief presentation about their research, and 58 students will be available to explain and discuss their work during a poster session. The conference will examine a broad range of topics such as the “Effects of South Africa’s Linguistic Diversity on Academic Success” and “Activism in Chicago's Music Scene.”</p> <p>The conference takes place in the Science Center. Concurrent sessions of oral presentations begin at 3 and 4:30 p.m. in various classrooms. There will be a reception at 5:50 p.m. in Perlik Commons. The poster session will begin in Bent Corridor at 6 p.m. and will conclude at 7:20 p.m.</p> <p>Get a quick sampling of just three of the projects from Friday's presenting students:</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Thobeka Mnisi, politics major<br> Unusual Challenges: An Exploration of the Effects of South Africa’s Linguistic Diversity on Academic Success</strong></p> <p>Linguistic diversity is one of South Africa’s most distinguishing characteristics. Students’ right to be taught in the official language of their choice is enshrined in the constitution. With early exposure to multiple languages, monolingualism among South African students is a remarkable rarity. Yet, this linguistic diversity sometimes serves as a hindrance to student’s ability to access academic spaces. Students who attend schools with a medium of instruction other than English and Afrikaans are greatly disadvantage in standardized national exams, which must be taken in either English or Afrikaans beyond the third grade. This research analyzes how the use of non-native languages as primary media of teaching affects students’ ability to access academic spaces. Specifically, it examines the extent to which student's learning is encumbered by language barriers in rural communities of Mpumalanga, with the Mgwenya Circuit of Ehlanzeni District as a case study. The education crisis in South Africa’s rural communities is a conglomeration of numerous complex social problems that all manifest through poor academic performance. This research seeks to unravel the extent to which language barriers hinder the pursuit of a more equitable public school system.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Andre Jamal Cardine, musical studies major<br> Chicago Renaissance: Activism in Chicago's Music Scene</strong></p> <p>The purpose of my research is to examine the relationship between Chicago artists and the communities they come from using various artists’ responses to controversial events as case studies. Within the last five years, Chicago has been a place of intense creative energy and many artists have found themselves at the forefront of Chicago’s music scene. Artists like Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Noname, and others have made a significant impact in hip-hop through their music and through their activism. Within the last decade, Chicago has faced teacher strikes, police brutality, and gun violence; these artists respond to significant events through their music and performances in order to be a voice for their community. In March of 2017, Chance donated $1 million to Chicago Public Schools as a response to Governor Bruce Rauner wanting low-income Chicago Public Schools to file bankruptcy. In a press conference where he announced his donation, Chance also mentioned that Governor Bruce Rauner needs to “do his job.” There is a vast community of artists, like Chance, who are using their influence to promote the importance of art and education to Chicago’s youth.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Francesca Cumo, biochemistry major<br> Non-EMS PICU Admissions: Why Not 911?</strong></p> <p>My mentor, Dr. Michael Forbes of Akron Children’s Hospital, and I sought to explore whether it is better for a critically ill child to arrive at the hospital by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) or private vehicle (nEMS). This is a critical question to ask as 25 million children arrive at the emergency room every year accounting for a quarter of visits, yet they are two and a half times less likely than adults to use EMS. To answer our question, we looked at the epidemiology and geographic distributions of all of Akron Children’s Hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit admissions from 2009 to 2016. We compared length of stay, acuity, risk of mortality, age, and distance to get a sense of how EMS versus nEMS transports fair. We found mortality was lower in the EMS population despite higher acuity. We also found an incredibly wide range to nEMS transports although the distribution is concentrated in northeast Ohio. This information will likely have an impact on the design of future prospective studies as well as increased education efforts on the benefits of EMS.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2017-10-24T12:00:00Z">Tue, 10/24/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>From Mentee to Colleague: �鶹��Ƶ Mentorship Goes Above and Beyond</h1> <p>tsloan — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:58:43 +0000</p> <span>From Mentee to Colleague: �鶹��Ƶ Mentorship Goes Above and Beyond</span> <span><span>tsloan</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-10-12T10:58:43-04:00" title="Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 10:58">Thu, 10/12/2017 - 10:58</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p dir="ltr">It’s no accident that Associate Professor of Africana studies Meredith Gadsby and her former student, Caitlin O’Neill ’11, have served on three panels together since O’Neill graduated. It’s the product of positive and effective mentorship, and a relationship that encouraged O’Neill, a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, to cultivate a passion for research and professorship.</p> <p>As an undergraduate student, O’Neill worked closely with Gadsby as a Mellon Mays Fellow, a paid two-year research fellowship for PhD-track students geared toward increasing faculty diversity in higher education. Gadsby chaired O’Neill’s undergraduate research project, which closely aligned with her own academic and professional interests in Africana studies. Most recently, the duo participated in a panel about Afrofuturism in Associate Professor Charles Peterson’s “<a href="/events/special-events/exploring-beauty-and-truth-worlds-color?utm_source=go.oberlin.edu&utm_campaign=Conference&utm_medium=Multiple%20Media&utm_content=Worlds-of-Color">Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color</a>” conference.</p> <p>“We often talk to students about the importance of research and different pathways for research,” Gadsby says. “To see the degree to which mentoring relationships don’t have to end with your undergraduate career, that they can persist, is a powerful way for �鶹��Ƶ to see the fruits of its labor in terms of the Mellon program and also the powerful impact the Office of Undergraduate Research has.”</p> <p>Gadsby and O’Neill’s communication has extended well past the years they spent together at �鶹��Ƶ. O’Neill still checks in with her former professor for advice on subjects ranging from navigating graduate school to bouncing around ideas for research.</p> <p>“I was recently in the process of submitting my first article, but when I first got accepted I texted Meredith and said, ‘What do I do?’” O’Neill says. “A lot of this has just been how gracious Meredith has been to continue being in communication with me.”</p> <p>This type of close-knit mentorship is not an anomaly at �鶹��Ƶ. With small class sizes and opportunities to conduct intensive research projects with faculty members, students often foster close relationships with professors that help shape their post-graduate paths.</p> <p>Fourth-year Monique Newton, another Mellon fellow, has benefited from mentorship with Peterson and Assistant Professor of Politics Jennifer Garcia. Newton’s research focuses on African American voter turnout and responses in Cleveland, but her project doesn’t fit neatly into one academic department. Having professors from two departments, whose offices she can regularly drop by to develop ideas and invoke their expertise, has allowed her to advance the project far beyond its initial parameters.</p> <p>“Coming here, not really knowing a lot about politics or thinking about it as a field of interest, I’ve really relied on my professors to give me more information,” Newton says. “Whenever I’m interested in something or want to talk about something, Professor Garcia is really good to bounce ideas off of and get feedback. Without all of my professors, I don’t know where I’d be.”</p> <p>And the learning exchange goes both ways—in mentorship roles, faculty members get to know students on a personal level and sometimes even incorporate student research into their pedagogy.</p> <p>“I may have had broad ideas about the topic when Monique first brought it to me, but I’m learning a lot now and think it’s really improving my ability to teach about African American politics,” says Peterson, who chairs Newton’s Mellon research. “Now there are questions I’m thinking about as I’m lecturing, teaching in class, and formulating new syllabi that are informed by Monique’s research.”</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Monique Newton '18 is a Mellon fellow, working with Associate Professor of Africana studies Charles Peterson and Assistant Professor of Politics Jennifer Garcia on her research. Photo credit: Jennifer Manna.</figcaption> </figure> <p>Newton will present her research at the Celebration of Undergraduate Research at the end of the month.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2017-10-12T12:00:00Z">Thu, 10/12/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tyler Sloan</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>One of the most powerful aspects of an �鶹��Ƶ education is the mentorship relationships that students and professors foster together. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2389">Young Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2403">Career Exploration & Development</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2583">College of Arts and Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2358">Undergraduate Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/meredith-gadsby" hreflang="und">Meredith Gadsby</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/charles-peterson" hreflang="und">Charles Peterson</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Associate Professor of Africana studies Meredith Gadsby (left) and Caitlin O'Neill '11 presenting at the conference, "Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color."</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jennifer Manna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color Conference Dissects Race, Art, and Aesthetics</h1> <p>tsloan — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:06:39 +0000</p> <span>Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color Conference Dissects Race, Art, and Aesthetics</span> <span><span>tsloan</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-09-21T16:06:39-04:00" title="Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 16:06">Thu, 09/21/2017 - 16:06</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p dir="ltr">Through film, art, fashion, humor, and more, Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color gathers theorists and practitioners across disciplines to investigate race, art, and aesthetics as they exist in cultural and artistic work. The <a href="/events/special-events/exploring-beauty-and-truth-worlds-color/conference-schedule">conference</a>, organized by Associate Professor of Africana Studies Charles Peterson, will take place September 29–30 in the Tappan Room of the Hotel at �鶹��Ƶ. It is free and open to the public.</p> <p>Consisting of nine distinct panels, the symposium seeks to expand on the traditional ways audiences understand and consume these subjects. As both a political and cultural theorist, Peterson says bridging the gap between politics and culture is particularly exciting. It was also important to him for the panelists to come from a variety of geographical, disciplinary, generational, and methodological backgrounds. </p> <p>“It’s always been interesting for me to see the ways in which culture and artistic production inform political work, and the way in which political work certainly informs artistic production,” Peterson says. “I thought the conference would be a fine vehicle to create ways to explore that—to see what artists and thinkers and theorists would say about this type of creative work and the historical circumstance in which it finds itself.”</p> <p>More than 25 panelists are participating in the two-day event, which spans topics from “Zootopia, Epistemological Twist, and Implicit Racial Bias” to “Poor Unfortunate Souls: Reimagining Walt Disney’s Ursula as a Site of Black Queerness and Femininity.” The conversations are broken down into broad subjects—fashion, technology, Afro-futurism, humor, film, visual art, music, theater, plus a student panel—with two or three panelists per category. The keynote address, delivered by Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Mexico Kymberly Pinder, is entitled “We have Voice, We have Temper: African American Artists and Public Discourse.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2017-09-21T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/21/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tyler Sloan</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Next week's conference, Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color, will explore race, art, and aesthetics in the 21st century with scholars and practitioners from across the country.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/charles-peterson" hreflang="und">Charles Peterson</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Associate Professor of Africana Studies Charles Peterson</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ Hosts Ethnomusicologists' Midwest Conference March 24-26</h1> <p>eburnett — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:44:43 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Hosts Ethnomusicologists' Midwest Conference March 24-26</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-04-28T14:44:43-04:00" title="Friday, April 28, 2017 - 14:44">Fri, 04/28/2017 - 14:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ Conservatory will serve as host to a conference of the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, or MIDSEM, March 24 through 26. All events are free and open to the public.</p> <p>The conference was organized by Jennifer Fraser, MIDSEM president and �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory associate professor of ethnomusicology and anthropology, along with a program committee representing Wayne State University, the University of Illinois, Bowling Green State University, DePaul University, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.</p> <p>A keynote address will be presented by Aaron A. Fox, associate professor of music and director of the center for ethnomusicology at Columbia University. Fox’s talk, titled "Ways of Hearing: Decolonizing the Ethnomusicological Archive,” will take place at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, in Stull Recital Hall. This presentation will offer a broad view of repatriation and recovery projects undertaken in recent years by activists and ethnomusicologists working with archives of recorded sound. It will connect the history of recording and collecting Native American music in the early 20th century to the later Cold War context, in which contemporary ethnographic ethnomusicology emerged in its current institutionalized form.</p> <p>Other highlights include:</p> <p><b>4:30 p.m. Friday:</b> A panel entitled “Contemporary Popular Music and Social Change” will be led by Katherine Meizel of Bowling Green State University. It happens in Bibbins Hall Room 223. At the same time, Fraser will lead a workshop on learning to play talempong in Bibbins 238.</p> <p><b>10:30 a.m. Saturday:</b> A workshop will be presented by �鶹��Ƶ Emeritus Professor of Ethnomusicology Roderic Knight titled “YAHOO: Yet Another Hornbostel Organology Ouevre,” a hands-on primer on the Knight-Revision of Hornbostel-Sachs. It takes place in Bibbins Hall Room 224, and an associated display will be available for viewing throughout the weekend.</p> <p>A tour, called “Tamburas of Eurasia: Tracing a Musical Instrument Family from India to the Czech Republic,” will begin immediately following the workshop. It will be led by Ian MacMillen, director of the �鶹��Ƶ Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies.</p> <p><b>1:30 p.m. Saturday:</b> A roundtable discussion called “Community-Engaged Projects: From Pedagogy to Practice” will take place in Bibbins Hall Room 237. It will include Jennifer Fraser, Associate Professor of Music Education Jody Kerchner, Kathryn Metz of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and �鶹��Ƶ students Zola Barnes, Catherine Lytle, and Emily Edelstein.</p> <p>Complete program information can be found at the <a href="https://midsem.wordpress.com/245-2/">MIDSEM website</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2017-03-22T12:00:00Z">Wed, 03/22/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35766">Ethnomusicology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jennifer-fraser" hreflang="und">Jennifer Fraser</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/musicology" hreflang="und">Musicology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Ethnomusicology professor Jennifer Fraser has led winter term studies in Indonesia with �鶹��Ƶ students. She is seen here (in white) playing a talempong.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Jennifer Fraser</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>