The College of Arts & Letters is proud of its faculty members, their dedication and commitment to excellence. This is an opportunity for our students, in conjunction with department chairs, to recognize and reward the faculty members who have provided inspiration and innovation.
Michigan State University Associate Professor of English Sheila Contreras, in partnership with Capital Area District Libraries, was awarded a $14,000 grant to host the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read in the Greater Lansing/Mid-Michigan area. An initiative of the NEA in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the…
Sometimes to understand our current worldview, it is necessary to examine and understand the events of our past, at least according to Assistant Professor of French Valentina Denzel, whose area of research focuses on how the Age of Enlightenment, an intellectual and philosophical European movement during the 18th century, continues to shape our everyday life. Denzel first became interested in…
Having taught more than a dozen different classes at Michigan State University — from Introduction to Film and Film Technologies to Film History and even a capstone seminar on the Digital Documentary — Associate Professor Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai’s ability to combine the scholarly with the creative has propelled his success in the classroom.
Recognized for her foundational work as an Indigenous video game designer, MSU Assistant Professor Elizabeth LaPensée was selected by the multimedia science and tech publication, Motherboard, as a “Human of the Year,” an honor reserved for a select few individuals who are building a better future for everyone through science and technology. With its “Humans of the Year” series, Motherboard aims to “focus…
Christine Radtke will begin as the new Senior Director of Development for the College of Arts & Letters on Monday, December 18. Radtke comes to MSU from Chicago where she’s had a robust career as a senior development professional. Christine Radtke "I am thrilled to join the College of Arts & Letters in the midst of a fundraising campaign that…
Professor Mary Juzwik recently was honored with the 2017 Charles Carpenter Fries Award from the Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE). Juzwik, a faculty member with a joint appointment in the College of Education's Department of Teacher Education and the College of Arts and Letters' Department of English, and whose research focuses on English education, was honored for her career, leadership, and research…
Gordon Henry, John Norder, and Christie Poitra have received the 2017 Michigan State University Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Creative Activities from the MSU Office of Outreach and Engagement for their work on the Indigistory project. Indigistory is a collaborative partnership between the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, MSU's Native American Institute (NAI), Michigan History Center, MSU Hub for Innovation Learning and…
Four colleagues at the MSU Museum, including a Professor in the Department of Art, Art History and Design, recently received the prestigious Chicago Folklore Prize from the University of Chicago for their 2016 book, Quilts and Human Rights.Each year, the Chicago Folklore Prize is presented to authors of a book-length work that explores the intersection between folklore and scholarship. This year, the…
This year, the College of Arts & Letters promoted five faculty members to Full Professor with tenure, including Kirk Domer, Bill Hart-Davidson, Alisa Henriquez, Shawn Loewen, and Rob Roznowski. These faculty members were recognized during the University Promotion and Tenure Ceremony that was held November 14 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Kirk DomerDepartment of TheatreAs a profound theatrical…