College Celebrates Accomplishments of 2023 Promoted Faculty

This year, 20 faculty members within the College of Arts & Letters have received promotions. The success of these individuals was celebrated during the 2023 Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 18 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.  The College has adopted an approach to promotion that empowers colleagues to Chart Their Pathway of Intellectual Leadership by identifying the stepping stones, milestones,…

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Faculty Award Winners Recognized for Outstanding Achievement

The College of Arts & Letters honored its 2023 Faculty Award winners at the College’s Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 18 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.The four faculty members who received awards were recognized for their outstanding leadership, teaching, innovation, and community engagement as well as the impact they have had to enhance curriculum and student…

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Ask the Expert: How Can AI Support Writing and Student Learning?

With the start of the school year approaching, educators are wondering how artificial intelligence, or AI, may be used in learning environments, including by students for writing papers. Bill Hart-Davidson has been researching AI since he first came to Michigan State University in 2004 and launched a research center about writing in digital environments.

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Ask the Expert: How can the arts help us feel more connected to a place?

As the university announces a unified approach to the arts with Arts MSU, Judith Stoddart, Vice Provost for University Arts and Collections at Michigan State University and an Associate Professor in the Department of English, explains how the arts can help us feel more connected to the places we inhabit by looking at how the arts are interconnected and contextualized by MSU’s campus.

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Muslim American 9/11 Hero Subject of Film by MSU Religious Studies Professor

It has been 22 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. As we reflect upon the events from that day and mourn the tragic loss of life, we also remember the heroes. The story of one 9/11 hero is the subject of a new documentary film cocreated by Mohammad Khalil, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Director…

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Philosophy Professor Honored for Influential Research on Values in Science

A research paper written by Heather Douglas, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University, is being recognized as one of the most influential to ever be published by the Philosophy of Science journal and was selected to be included in the journal’s 90th Anniversary Collection. Only 30 papers from the past 90 years were chosen to be part of…

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Two-Time Fulbright Scholar Pursues Her Art Across the Globe

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Michigan State University Professor Jae Won Lee returned to her native country as a Fulbright Scholar during the 2022-2023 academic year to further her research and to teach. And, thanks to an extended research leave following her Fulbright experience, she has crisscrossed the globe to participate in artist-in-residence programs with Tainan National University…

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‘Afrofantastic:’ Science Fiction, Technology, Black Culture Explored in New Documentary by MSU Professors

Afrofuturism has entered more mainstream conversations in the last decade thanks to its influence on fashion and art, notably in the music of Janelle Monae and in the film “Black Panther.” However, the idea of Afrofuturism, which often combines science fiction, technology, and a Black understanding of liberty, expands beyond pop culture into practice and social action. To help answer…

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New MSU Global Nonprofit Leadership M.A. and Certificate Programs Launch

For the first time at Michigan State University, graduate students and professionals can enroll in the new Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise master’s degree and graduate certificate programs. Online courses begin in the Fall 2023 Semester. Enrollment is open for the MSU Global Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise master's degree and certificate program. The interdisciplinary programs,…

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Fulbright Scholar Award to Support Linguistic Landscapes Research

A Fulbright Global Scholar Award received by Meagan Driver for the 2023-2024 academic year will support research on how to bring students’ own “linguistic landscapes” into their foreign language classrooms. Driver, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University and a core faculty member in the Second Language Studies (SLS) Ph.D.…

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