This past October 2018, a new iteration of the Quilt Index, a digital repository of thousands of images, stories, and information about quilts and their makers drawn from hundreds of public and private collections around the world, was launched. Already a major digital humanities resource, this new version aims to significantly strengthen and expand the use of quilt-related data in research and teaching.
Citizen Scholar Margo Skornia, a junior with a double major in Theatre and Chinese, received funding from the Citizen Scholars program to help pay for her two-month study abroad trip to China this past summer. This study abroad experience allowed her to finish her Chinese major. She took Chinese language classes at the Harbin Institute of Technology each day from…
Dr. Yen-Hwei Lin has been appointed Acting Interim Chair of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, effective November 5, 2018, through August 15, 2019. A Professor of Linguistics, Lin served as Department Coordinator from 2013-2015. She also was Associate Chair of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages from 2000-2003 and…
Meet Triniti Watson, a junior Interdisciplinary Humanities major with a focus on Philosophy, Professional Writing, and Cultural Anthropology. Watson is also an active participant in the Citizen Scholars program, the North Neighborhood Black Caucus, the University’s Academic Orientation Program, and the LGBT Resource Center.
Citizen Scholar Devin Heard, a sophomore Humanities Pre-Law and Human Resources and Labor Relations double major, is researching the inefficiencies of public defenders. In his research, which he presented at the 2018 Citizen Scholars Showcase, Heard points out that public defenders, especially those working in predominately minority urban areas, have an overload of cases that leave them with insufficient time…
Today marks the launch of the Center for Interdisciplinarity’s Transdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Program. This program will provide teams of graduate students the opportunity to work with community partners on significant problems while receiving training in transdisciplinary team research practice.
Paula Winke, Associate Professor in the Second Language Studies Program, has been named Co-Editor of the journal Language Testing, effective January 1, 2019. This marks the fourth major editorship position to which faculty in MSU’s Second Language Studies Program recently have been named. “This is a true honor and a great responsibility for me within the field of foreign and second language assessment,”…
A joint, multidisciplinary project between Michigan State University and The Ohio State University that examines sounds of religion throughout the United States, and which first began in 2015, recently received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support expansion of the project. The grant was approved in conjunction with a request for proposals issued by the Luce Foundation’s Theology Program.The American Religious…
MSU’s College of Arts & Letters Critical Race Studies Residency program has brought two dynamic artists to campus for the 2018-2019 academic year to enrich the life of the greater Lansing community by creating opportunities for shared experiences that cultivate diversity and facilitate practices of inclusion through art and design. Part of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, the…
Michigan State University has received a multimillion-dollar gift from Michael and Elaine Serling for the Jewish Studies Program. This gift, a mix of cash and estate giving, will provide a new endowment in Modern Israel in Jewish Studies. It will serve as a catalyst, stimulating activities that join MSU faculty and Israeli colleagues in several fields, including the humanities, social…