DOCSLIB.ORG

College of Arts and Sciences Annual Report 2012-2013

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
College of Arts and Sciences Annual Report 2012-2013 CCOOLLLLEEGGEE OOFF AARRTTSS AANNDD SSCCIIEENNCCEESS AANNNNUUAALL RREEPPOORRTT 22001122--22001133 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 African and African American Studies 6 Anthropology 17 Art 26 Biology 40 Chemistry 60 College of Arts and Sciences Education Program (CASEP) 76 Communication, Media and Theatre 81 Computer Science 102 Earth Science NA Economics 107 English 115 English Language Program 150 Geography and Environmental Studies 159 History 163 Justice Studies 171 Latino and Latin-American Studies 183 Linguistics 189 Mathematics 201 Mathematics Development 219 Music and Dance Program 222 Office of Cultural Events 238 Philosophy 240 Physics 249 Political Science 255 Psychology and Gerontology MA Program 270 Social Work 308 Sociology 323 Student Center for Science Engagement (SCSE) 347 Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language 364 Women‘s Studies 378 World Languages and Cultures 390 2 CCOOLLLLEEGGEE OOFF AARRTTSS AANNDD SSCCIIEENNCCEESS AANNNNUUAALL RREEPPOORRTT Executive Summary In 2012-2013, the College of Arts and Sciences (College) equaled its 2011-2012 record- breaking total number of degree conferrals – 1118 (949 bachelor and 169 master, in 2012-2013). This number represents a healthy 13% increase over the College total of degree conferrals five years earlier. The six largest baccalaureate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, by number of majors and in order of size, were Biology, Psychology, Justice Studies, Computer Science, Social Work, and Communication, Media, and Theatre. The three largest master‘s programs were TESL/TEFL, Computer Science, and Linguistics. As the university addressed enrollment declines in 2012-2013, College departments and programs continued to design even more efficient scheduling and to strengthen course offerings. The College is pleased that the new Environmental Science major passed through the university governance committees in 2012-2013. Reviewing 2012-2013 highlights, the College is especially proud of the success of its Reimagining Food Initiative. Responding to the call from the university president for innovation, the College organized two major Roundtables in 2012-2013, the first in fall 2012 focusing on ―Public Universities, Social Solutions: Liberal Education Leading the Way.‖ Building on the lively and productive discussion in the first Roundtable, the second Roundtable on April 11, 2013 focused on ―Reimagining Food‖ in the classroom and beyond. This Food Roundtable attracted approximately 350 participants from across different sectors of the university and community and quickly spawned multiple curricular and co-curricular innovative outcomes, including several new food-related courses, food-related theatre productions, and forward movement on a university-based urban community garden. Most satisfyingly, the College of Arts and Sciences-led Reimagining Food Initiative has generated productive new partnerships between the Academic Affairs and Student Affairs divisions of the university and between the university and neighboring community organizations and residents. In 2012-2013, the College was also happy to fund, for the second year in a row, faculty-student summer research projects in the Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This program was expanded to involve eleven College faculty members and eighteen College students. 3 As documented throughout this annual report, College departments and programs continue to advance the university strategic goals of academic excellence and student success by supporting undergraduate and graduate student research (including engaging more than 100 STEM students in research projects in summer 2013), writing, presentations and publications; organizing student travel and study both in the U.S. and abroad (including a Sociology class trip to Cuba in summer 2013); conducting student- centered assessment; implementing strategies to improve student retention; supporting interdisciplinary programming (such as the Art in Response to Violence conference in fall 2012 that involved faculty and students from Art, Psychology, Political Science, Social Work, and Music and the NEXUS 2013 International Conference on Water that involved faculty, students, and alumni from Computer Science, Earth Science, Biology, Philosophy, History, Geography and Environmental Studies, and Economics); building programs at NEIU‘s satellite locations (including a new Social Work bachelor‘s degree completion program at the University Center of Lake County); co-organizing events with student organizations; creating new student-focused co-curricular activities (such as the English Department-organized Visiting Writers Series); and honoring outstanding students at special award ceremonies and through College-based social media. College students in turn have presented their research both internally (including at the annual symposia of Student Research and Creative Activities, Student Center for Science Engagement, and Psychology) and externally at various conferences; published their research in journals and other forums; performed concerts and recitals; acted in theatrical productions; organized major events; won awards; gained socially beneficial employment; and been accepted to numerous graduate and professional programs. The College was very pleased to hire twelve new tenure-track faculty members in 2013 including Sarah Orlofske (Biology), Graciela Perera (Computer Science), Kristin Hunt (Communication, Media, and Theatre), Elisabet Head (Earth Science), Hardik Marfatia (Economics), Caleb Gallemore (Geography and Environmental Studies), Rachel Birmingham (Justice Studies/Child Advocacy Studies), Joseph Hibdon (Mathematics), Katherine Bird (Mathematics), William Adler (Political Science), Aimee Hilado Villapando (Social Work), and Marcos Feldman (Sociology). College of Arts and Sciences faculty members continued to excel in multiple ways. In 2013, four College faculty members were awarded tenure, five were promoted to the rank of associate professor, and four to full professor. Fifteen College faculty members were recognized for authoring or editing books that were published in 2012 and dozens published articles and presented recitals. Seventeen College faculty members earned 2013 Faculty Excellence Awards for their achievements and contributions in the areas of teaching, research, and service during the 2011-2012 academic year and seven College instructors earned Instructor Excellence Awards for accomplishments during the same period. College alumni Dr. Ann Kalayil (Computer Science 1982) earned the university‘s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2012 and state Representative Sara Feigenholtz (Political Science and Speech and Performing Arts 1978) was honored by the Theta Lambda Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society, in spring 2013. The College established a new annual event in fall 2012, a late-afternoon ―happy hour‖ reception for retired members of the College faculty following the conclusion of the day- long annual Faculty Research Symposium. College chairs and coordinators were also pleased to welcome the new provost in spring 2013 with a gift to him of more than two 4 dozen books authored and edited by members of the College faculty. Finally, College staff and faculty helped to foster deeper university relationships with neighborhood community organizations by attending meeting and events of the Cambodian Association of Illinois and the Albany Park Neighborhood Association, among others. As a community, we continue to foster faculty excellence and to work hard to serve our students and alumni, embracing our wonderful diversity, in the spirit of our values of integrity, excellence, access to opportunity, and empowerment through learning. Wamucii Njogu 5 AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM Annual Report 2012 - 2013 Submitted by Marshall Thompson Executive Summary The African and African American Studies Program (AFAM) is the study, research, interpretation and dissemination of knowledge about Africans, both on the continent of Africa and in the Diaspora. Administratively, AFAM is housed in the Sociology Department as a part of a larger combined department that includes Sociology, Women‘s and Gender Studies, and Latino and Latin American Studies programs. The AFAM minor is designed to provide a curriculum that prepares its minors for advanced graduate studies in African/African American and African Diaspora Studies, international affairs, education, social work, social policy studies, and legal and professional training as well as preparation for such fields as communications, writing, teaching, theatre, and dance. The mission of AFAM is to provide a high quality undergraduate interdisciplinary academic curriculum and services to enrich the educational experiences of Northeastern Illinois University‘s diverse faculty, staff, and student body. The AFAM minor is an 18-credit hour program. The AFAM curriculum consists of three required core courses (9 credit hours). These three courses include: Introduction to African and African American Studies (AFAM 200); Foundations of African Civilization (AFAM 301); and Foundations of Africans in the Diaspora (AFAM 302). The curriculum also includes three elective courses (9 credit hours) spread over 17 departments or programs. Students in the AFAM minor must select their three electives from at least two different departments including Anthropology, Art, Educational Leadership, Teacher Education, English, Foreign Languages, Geography and Environmental Studies, History, Inner
Load more

Recommended publications
  • June WTTW & WFMT Member Magazine
    Air Check Dear Member, The Guide As we approach the end of another busy fiscal year, I would like to take this opportunity to express my The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT heartfelt thanks to all of you, our loyal members of WTTW and WFMT, for making possible all of the quality Renée Crown Public Media Center content we produce and present, across all of our media platforms. If you happen to get an email, letter, 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue or phone call with our fiscal year end appeal, I’ll hope you’ll consider supporting this special initiative at Chicago, Illinois 60625 a very important time. Your continuing support is much appreciated. Main Switchboard This month on WTTW11 and wttw.com, you will find much that will inspire, (773) 583-5000 entertain, and educate. In case you missed our live stream on May 20, you Member and Viewer Services can watch as ten of the area’s most outstanding high school educators (and (773) 509-1111 x 6 one school principal) receive this year’s Golden Apple Awards for Excellence WFMT Radio Networks (773) 279-2000 in Teaching. Enjoy a wide variety of great music content, including a Great Chicago Production Center Performances tribute to folk legend Joan Baez for her 75th birthday; a fond (773) 583-5000 look back at The Kingston Trio with the current members of the group; a 1990 concert from the four icons who make up the country supergroup The Websites wttw.com Highwaymen; a rousing and nostalgic show by local Chicago bands of the wfmt.com 1960s and ’70s, Cornerstones of Rock, taped at WTTW’s Grainger Studio; and a unique and fun performance by The Piano Guys at Red Rocks: A Soundstage President & CEO Special Event.
    [Show full text]
  • Magic Primarycolours Bio APPROVED
    MAGIC! Primary Colours In 2014, Toronto-bred, Los Angeles-based quartet MAGIC! scored the song of the summer with their debut single “Rude” — a buoyant reggae-pop tune that held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, charted in 41 countries, and sold more than 10 million singles, while its video nears a billion VEVO views. It was a juggernaut that launched their debut album, Don’t Kill the Magic, into the Top 10 and introduced MAGIC!’s breezy sound — a catchy fusion of reggae, pop, and R&B — to the world. “When ‘Rude’ got big, my thought was, ‘What do we do with this?’” says the band’s lead vocalist and chief songwriter Nasri. “So we chased it. We used its success to get us around the world a few times and to turn those 350 million streams into a fan base.” Indeed over the past two years MAGIC! has established itself as a bonafide sensation thanks to its undeniably catchy sound, superlative songwriting, and masterful musicianship. Now the band, which also features guitarist Mark Pelli, drummer Alex Tanas, and bassist Ben Spivak, has released a new single, the Caribbean-tinged “Lay You Down Easy” (featuring Sean Paul), which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Reggae Digital Songs chart and racked up two million Spotify streams and one million VEVO views in its first two weeks. MAGIC! is also gearing up for the July release of its new album, Primary Colours, which finds the band further displaying its reggae influences and pop smarts.
    [Show full text]
  • Chicago Philharmonic Performs Playful Soundtracks to Hilarious Silent Films in the North Shore
    Contact: Cassandra Kirkpatrick [email protected] (312) 957-0000 Chicago Philharmonic Performs Playful Soundtracks to Hilarious Silent Films in the North Shore Chicago, IL - (March 11 2019) Following critically acclaimed, sold-out performances with the Joffrey Ballet and English National Ballet, the Chicago Philharmonic returns to the North Shore to present another unforgettable multimedia production combining film and classical music. Featuring fresh new soundtracks by Tom Nazziola, a prolific composer and conductor best known for his work on film, television and musicals, Silent Sherlock will astound and entertain audiences at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie this March. Nazziola will lead the Chicago Philharmonic ensemble in three new film scores to accompany a live screening of movies from the golden age of silent film in the 1920s. Headlining the program is Sherlock Jr., starring perhaps the greatest comedic genius of the 20th century, Buster Keaton. Hilarious hijinks ensue as Keaton attempts to impress his sweetheart, solve a mystery, and save the day. Accompanying spectacular cinematography is a colorful palette of violin, piano, bass, and winds painted with Nazziola’s masterful hand. Silent Sherlock also features the short Sure-Locked Homes with legendary cartoon character Felix the Cat and Fadeaway, at the time a revolutionary blend of animation and live action, with vividly entertaining Koko the Clown. Nazziola’s film scores have been lavishly praised by Rolling Stone: “Nazziola is doing astonishing compositional work with silent films…his contribution indispensable.” Silent Sherlock Films with live music March 24 2019, 4:00pm North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie Tom Nazziola composer and conductor Featuring the silent films Sherlock Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Lesbian Jurisprudence?
    City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Publications and Research CUNY School of Law 1990 Lesbian Jurisprudence? Ruthann Robson CUNY School of Law How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cl_pubs/324 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] Lesbian Jurisprudence? Ruthann Robson* 'The inquiry is lesbian jurisprudence. Does it exist? Can it exist? How is it different from recent "attempts" at feminist juris- prudence,' if at all? How is it different from jurisprudential at- tempts to ground homosexuality, 2 if at all? And if lesbian jurisprudence exists, what are its characteristics, its concerns, its methodologies? And if lesbian jurisprudence is being created, what should be its characteristics, its concerns, its methodologies? This article poses the question of lesbian jurisprudence. In order to understand the complexity of the question, this article first offers some preliminary definitions for lesbianism as well as a brief explication of jurisprudence. Combining lesbian and juris- prudence into a question, this article limits the question by re- jecting two possible answers: that lesbian jurisprudence is feminist jurisprudence and that lesbian jurisprudence is a paradigm capable of universal application. The article then seeks to give present im- aginative content to the question by drawing upon mythical meta- phors from our collective past and by surveying science fiction conceptions of the future. The mythical metaphors serve a pur- pose similar to that served by the common embodiment of justice as a woman blindfolded and holding a scale.
    [Show full text]
  • 475 Ethics Ordinance List As of April 2018
    475 Ethics Ordinance List as of April 2018 CITY OF CHICAGO 475 Ethics Ordinance List of Vendors who have received from City of Chicago payments totaling $10,000 or more in any 12 consecutive months period over the past four reporting years VENDOR NAME VENDOR ADDRESS "D" CONSTRUCTION, INC. 1488 S BROADWAY, COAL CITY, IL 60416 100 CLUB OF CHICAGO 875 N MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 1351, CHICAGO, IL 60611 1100 EAST 47TH STREET LLC 32 NORTH DEAN STREET , ENGLEWOOD , NJ 07361 1140 NORTH BRANCH DEVELOPMENT LLC 701 W ERIE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610 1200 MADISON RACINE LLC 912 WEST LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60607 1300 ASTOR TOWER P O BOX #661095, CHICAGO, IL 60666 1319 S SPAULDING LLC OR CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE ACCT#029036254-002, CHICAGO, IL 60601 1325 S. STATE STREET LLC 2000 N RACINE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60614 1330 W FULTON LLC 1040 W RANDOLPH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60607 1515 N HALSTED LLC 211 N CLINTON ST STE 3S, CHICAGO, IL 60661 1600 E. 53RD STREET LLC 32 NORTH DEAN STREET, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631 1625 S. CLARK ST LLC C/O DLA PIPER LLP, 203 N LASALLE ST STE. 1900, CHICAGO, IL 60602 1642 N BESLY LLC 1040 W RANDOLPH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60607 18TH STREET. DEVELOPMENT. CORP. 1839 S CARPENTER ST, CHICAGO, IL 60608 1K FULTON LLC. 1040 WEST RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60607 2109 S HALSTED LLC 155 N PFINGSTEN RD STE 370, DEERFIELD, IL 60015 2600 IRVING LLC 1728 MAPLE AVE, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 2715 NMA LLC 3215 WEST FULLERTON PKWY, CHICAGO, IL 60647 2736 W.
    [Show full text]
  • UC Riverside UC Riverside Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    UC Riverside UC Riverside Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Gendering Intimate Partner Violence: an Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75s38638 Author Messinger, Adam Publication Date 2010 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE Gendering Intimate Partner Violence: an Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology by Adam Messinger June 2010 Dissertation Committee: Dr. Kirk R. Williams, Chairperson Dr. Bob Hanneman Dr. Scott Coltrane Copyright by Adam Messinger 2010 Signature Approval Page The Dissertation of Adam Messinger is approved: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Committee Chairperson University of California, Riverside Acknowledgements Many thanks to Dr. Bob Hanneman, Dr. Kirk Williams, and Dr. Scott Coltrane for your countless hours of advice, guidance, and mentorship. iv Dedication For my wife, Marina, whose patience, humor, and love helped me through this difficult and rewarding project. v ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Gendering Intimate Partner Violence: an Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health by Adam Messinger Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Program in Sociology University
    [Show full text]
  • Feminism & Philosophy Vol.5 No.1
    APA Newsletters Volume 05, Number 1 Fall 2005 NEWSLETTER ON FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY FROM THE EDITOR, SALLY J. SCHOLZ NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, ROSEMARIE TONG ARTICLES MARILYN FISCHER “Feminism and the Art of Interpretation: Or, Reading the First Wave to Think about the Second and Third Waves” JENNIFER PURVIS “A ‘Time’ for Change: Negotiating the Space of a Third Wave Political Moment” LAURIE CALHOUN “Feminism is a Humanism” LOUISE ANTONY “When is Philosophy Feminist?” ANN FERGUSON “Is Feminist Philosophy Still Philosophy?” OFELIA SCHUTTE “Feminist Ethics and Transnational Injustice: Two Methodological Suggestions” JEFFREY A. GAUTHIER “Feminism and Philosophy: Getting It and Getting It Right” SARA BEARDSWORTH “A French Feminism” © 2005 by The American Philosophical Association ISSN: 1067-9464 BOOK REVIEWS Robin Fiore and Hilde Lindemann Nelson: Recognition, Responsibility, and Rights: Feminist Ethics and Social Theory REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE M. KOGGEL Diana Tietjens Meyers: Being Yourself: Essays on Identity, Action, and Social Life REVIEWED BY CHERYL L. HUGHES Beth Kiyoko Jamieson: Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of the Law REVIEWED BY ZAHRA MEGHANI Alan Soble: The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings REVIEWED BY KATHRYN J. NORLOCK Penny Florence: Sexed Universals in Contemporary Art REVIEWED BY TANYA M. LOUGHEAD CONTRIBUTORS ANNOUNCEMENTS APA NEWSLETTER ON Feminism and Philosophy Sally J. Scholz, Editor Fall 2005 Volume 05, Number 1 objective claims, Beardsworth demonstrates Kristeva’s ROM THE DITOR “maternal feminine” as “an experience that binds experience F E to experience” and refuses to be “turned into an abstraction.” Both reconfigure the ground of moral theory by highlighting the cultural bias or particularity encompassed in claims of Feminism, like philosophy, can be done in a variety of different objectivity or universality.
    [Show full text]
  • A Tale of Two Moms
    THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 May 7, 2008 • vol 23 no 34 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL: A Tale of Two Robert Moms Gant: This is the first of a two-part account of Christy Webber and Jennie Rule’s journey to mother- I, Spy page 17 hood. BY OWEN KEEHNEN It’s tough to out-butch Christy Webber. The small-town girl from Montrose, Mich. (near Flint), grew up loving to hunt, fish, skate and snowmobile. The outdoors was her playground. As a teen she was the National Powder Puff Motorcross Champion. She attended college at the University of Denver, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in physical education and played sports for the university, most notably Wilson as a star on the women’s basketball team. After college Webber worked briefly as a P.E. teacher, Cruz at but always felt she had some bigger contribu- tion to make. Soon after, she discovered that Roosevelt page 7 something and over the next two decades Web- ber has made an impressive name for herself in Chicago with her landscaping business. Jennie Rule met Christy Webber eight years ago at Girlbar on North Halsted. That night, Rule recalls coming down the stairs and being first captivated by Webber’s white shoes. At first glance she thought, “Thank God; finally a lesbian with some fashion sense!” At that point in her life, Rule had been with a couple of women, but was looking to go back to men. In the months to come, Webber would change all that.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Song Title
    Music Video Pack Vol. 6 Song Title No. Popularized By Composer/Lyricist Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose, FEARLESS 344 TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift Christina Aguilera; FIGHTER 345 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Scott Storch I. Dench/ A. Ghost/ E. Rogers/ GYPSY 346 SHAKIRA Shakira/ C. Sturken HEARTBREAK WARFARE 347 JOHN MAYER Mayer, John LAST OF THE AMERICAN GIRLS 351 GREENDAY Billie Joe Armstrong OPPOSITES ATTRACT 348 JURIS Jungee Marcelo SAMPIP 349 PAROKYA NI EDGAR SOMEDAY 352 MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK Jascha Richter SUNBURN 353 OWL CITY Adam Young Nasri Atweh, Justin Bieber, Luke THAT SHOULD BE ME 354 JUSTIN BIEBER Gottwald, Adam Messinger THE ONLY EXCEPTION 350 PARAMORE Farro, Hayley Williams Max Martin, Alicia WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME 355 ADAM LAMBERT Moore, Jonathan Karl Joseph Elliott, Rick WHEN LOVE AND HATE COLLIDE 356 DEF LEPPARD Savage Jason Michael Wade, YOU AND ME 357 LIFEHOUSE Jude Anthony Cole YOUR SMILING FACE 358 JAMES TAYLOR James Taylor www.wowvideoke.com 1 Music Video Pack Vol. 6 Song Title No. Popularized By Composer/Lyricist AFTER ALL THESE YEARS 9057 JOURNEY Jonathan Cain Michael Masser / Je!rey ALL AT ONCE 9064 WHITNEY HOUSTON L Osborne ALL MY LIFE 9058 AMERICA Foo Fighters ALL THIS TIME 9059 SIX PART INVENTION COULD'VE BEEN 9063 SARAH GERONIMO Richard Kerr (music) I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN 9065 DIONNE WARWICK and Will Jennings (lyrics) NOT LIKE THE MOVIES 9062 KC CONCEPCION Jaye Muller/Ben Patton THE ART OF LETTING GO 9061 MIKAILA Linda Creed, Michael UNPRETTY 9066 TLC Masser YOU WIN THE GAME 9060 MARK BAUTISTA 2 www.wowvideoke.com Music Video Pack Vol.
    [Show full text]
  • A Critique of Disney's EPCOT and Creating a Futuristic Curriculum
    Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of Spring 2019 FUTURE WORLD(S): A Critique of Disney's EPCOT and Creating a Futuristic Curriculum Alan Bowers Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, and the Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons Recommended Citation Bowers, Alan, "FUTURE WORLD(S): A Critique of Disney's EPCOT and Creating a Futuristic Curriculum" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1921. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1921 This dissertation (open access) is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FUTURE WORLD(S): A Critique of Disney's EPCOT and Creating a Futuristic Curriculum by ALAN BOWERS (Under the Direction of Daniel Chapman) ABSTRACT In my dissertation inquiry, I explore the need for utopian based curriculum which was inspired by Walt Disney’s EPCOT Center. Theoretically building upon such works regarding utopian visons (Bregman, 2017, e.g., Claeys 2011;) and Disney studies (Garlen and Sandlin, 2016; Fjellman, 1992), this work combines historiography and speculative essays as its methodologies. In addition, this project explores how schools must do the hard work of working toward building a better future (Chomsky and Foucault, 1971). Through tracing the evolution of EPCOT as an idea for a community that would “always be in the state of becoming” to EPCOT Center as an inspirational theme park, this work contends that those ideas contain possibilities for how to interject utopian thought in schooling.
    [Show full text]
  • BEYOND the CLASSROOM TOUR & TRAVEL Columbus Academy
    BEYOND THE CLASSROOM TOUR & TRAVEL Columbus Academy Art Trip 2020 Chicago Program Dates Saturday February 15 – Monday February 17, 2020 PROGRAM OVERVIEW ★ Three Days and 2 Nights in Chicago ★ Hotel accommodations (quad occupancy for students) for two nights at The Congress Plaza Hotel H Chaperones housed in single rooms H All hotel taxes and occupancy fees ★ Hotel baggage handling upon arrival and departure (one bag per person) ★ Two Dinners in Chicago (Giordano’s Pizza and The Fireplace Inn) ★ Breakfast included at the hotel each morning H Two ($15) Lunch Stipends ★ Guided Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio H Guided Tour of Frederick C Robie House ★ Admission to the Art Institute of Chicago ★ Private Tour of Stony Island Arts Bank H Admission to Museum of Contemporary Art H Admission at the Museum of Contemporary Photography ★ Screen Printing Workshop at Lillstreet Art Center ★ Attend performance at The Neo-Futurists Theater H Opportunities to visit The Chicago Cultural Center and view public art in Grant Park and Millennium Park ★ RT Motor Coach Transportation via Lakefront Lines including driver room, driver gratuity, tolls, and parking ★ Night time security at the hotel ★ A Full-time Tour Director to accompany your group 24 hours a day from departure to arrival home ★ Comprehensive Insurance Policies. In addition, all participants are provided accident coverage ★ Individual Trip Cancellation Insurance Available when you register on the Beyond The Classroom web site BEYOND THE CLASSROOM TOUR & TRAVEL TOTAL PER PERSON COST $605
    [Show full text]
  • GINNY SYKES Lives and Works in Chicago, IL Ginnysykes.Com
    GINNY SYKES Lives and works in Chicago, IL ginnysykes.com EDUCATION MA, Women Studies and Gender Studies, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 2014 BFA, Painting, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1979 Studio Cecil Graves, Classical Painting and Art History, Florence, Italy, 1991 EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 2016 Water Tower Arts Festival, (installation and performance), Fabrika 126, Sofia, Bulgaria By Land or By Sea, LACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA HearteartH Festival, Berlin, Germany 2015 Arceo Press: Santitos, Presidents Gallery, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL Traffic Jam #4, Festival de Arte Contemporáneo, Saltillo Contemporary, Saltillo, Mexico Omaggio del Cilento a Palma Bucarelli, Palazzo Marchesale, Pisiotta, Italy Traffic Jam #4, Can Gelabert Casal de Cultura, Binissalem, Malorca and Centre d’Art I Creació de Ses Voltes, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2014 Finding Space, (solo exhibition), Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL Continuum, (solo exhibition), Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL Los Santitos, Studio Art Schools International, Florence, Italy 2013 Bodies of Memory, (multimedia theater production), Next Theatre, Evanston, IL Deliberate Dissonance, (solo exhibition), Art on Armitage, Chicago, IL Supermarket 2013, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 2012 Surface, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL Los Santitos, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México; Benedictine University, Lisle, IL; Fundación Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada,
    [Show full text]