IA Member campuses are carrying out creative, community-led projects across the country and world. Read on for a selection of IA Member institutions who have shared stories of public and engaged scholarship through the IA Member Spotlight feature.
SPOTLIGHT ON: EMORY UNIVERSITY
This month, we shine a spotlight on the many ways in which faculty and students at Emory University are leveraging the power of public scholarship to foster conversations across and between departments and disciplines through story circles, sidecar courses, and IA engagement tools.
+ Spotlight on Emory University’s Cross-Disciplinary Dialogues and Public Scholarship
In this month’s IA Member Spotlight, we bring lessons at the intersection of arts and disability justice from Art Professor Amy Schmierbach’s First Responder, Art Collaboration, Training (FACT) workshops, which are offered in conjunction with her ART 308: Community Engaged Art class at Fort Hays State University.
In this month’s Member Spotlight, we feature a range of projects from Towson University’s work at the intersection of community-engaged art, scholarship, and co-curricular programs. Featured projects include: Reimaining Schools Collaborative, Impact TU, and the recently launched Imagining America Communities of Practice initiative. Check out the CALL FOR ART included in the post!
+ Spotlight on Towson University’s Communities of Engaged Practice
IA member Ohio State University shares three projects that demonstrate the power of the arts in addressing community history, sustainable design, and the…
+ Spotlight on Art and Activism Projects from Ohio State University
Georgetown University’s Red House, founded in 2013, serves as a curricular and educational R&D unit focused on transformative education. Through its projects, the…
The North American Review (NAR), the nation’s oldest literary magazine is currently housed at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and is celebrating 50 years at our university.
Scholars in African American Studies have been exploring the ways in which Black identity today is interwoven with inter-generational stress and prejudice. By…
The University of Arizona is excited to be joining Imagining America! IA’s mission and values are in perfect alignment with the current trajectory of the Arts and Humanities on campus. While there is always work to be done in aligning our work with the aspirations set forth by these values, we are excited to share some examples of current initiatives that showcase our work in this regard.
Funding has been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
