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<h2>Public Arts and Humanities Fellowship</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">In collaboration with the
<st1:place w:st="on">
<st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of
<st1:placename w:st="on">Arts</st1:placename></st1:place>
and Letters and MSU's Office of University Outreach and Engagement, the Public
Humanities Collaborative is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008-2009
Public Arts and Humanities Faculty Fellowships.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leonora Smith
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and American
Cultures.<br />
“Literacy/Arts Engagement as Invention: A Cross-Class
Sustainability Model”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Literacy/Arts Engagement as Invention” engages pre-service
English language arts teachers at
<st1:place w:st="on">
<st1:placename w:st="on">Michigan</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>, as they work with
elementary art students, in drawing connections between artistic expression and
verbal expression, understanding the role of interpretation in both reading and
art, and facilitating the art/language/literacy connections, particularly for
English Language Learners. This project is featured in <a href="http://phc.msu.edu/communitybasedprojects.php">In The Spotlight.</a><br />
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Juan Javier Pescador
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor, Department of History<br />
"Borders and Mirrors: Day of the Dead in the
<st1:place w:st="on">Great Lakes</st1:place> Mexican American Communities”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Borders and Mirrors” explores the history and creation of
alters/displays dedicated to honor the dead among Mexican American communities
in the Great Lakes and the representation of these traditions in museums in
<st1:state w:st="on">Michigan</st1:state> and
<st1:state w:st="on">
<st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:state>.
This project also features a Dia de Muertos display at the
<st1:placename w:st="on">MSU</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>
and
<st1:place w:st="on">
<st1:placename w:st="on">Cristo</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Rey</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Community Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
workshops, and a theatrical performance by MSU students. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xiaoshi Li
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian
and African Language<br />
“Connecting Current and Future Chinese Language Teachers”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xiaoshi Li plans to develop a course on Chinese Culture and
Communication/Chinese Teaching Methodology which frames intercultural
communication as a significant factor in second/foreign language learning. This
project also includes a workshop to equip community Chinese language teachers in
the use of Chinese teaching methods/theories. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Salah Hassan
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor, Department of English<br />
“Rashid and Rosetta”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Rashid and Rosetta” is an International web exhibition
bringing together digital artworks on the theme of the Rosetta Stone. This
project features artists from
<st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>
and the Arab world and includes interviews with the artists, a critical essay
by Salah Hassan and a co-authored introductory essay by the curators, Salah Hassan
and Isabelle Bernier.<br />
<img border="0" src="/uploads/PHCFellowship.pdf" alt="" />
<img border="0" alt="" src="/uploads/PAH_Flyer/PHCFellowship.pdf" />
<img border="0" src="/uploads/PHCFellowship.pdf" alt="" />
</p>
<p>
</p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
Recipeints of the 2007-2008 PAH Fellowship<br />
<br />
Rhea Lathan</span>
<p>Assistant Professor, Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures; African American & African Studies<br />
“Freedom Writers: A Case of African American Community Based Writing”</p>
<p>This project draws upon historical and ethnographic research methods to examine the symbiotic relationship between writing and social and political institutions from the perspective of community based participants and their descendants (integrating DOC and adult literacy research). The project explores how participants draw on specific communicative and epistemological modes to forge an effective collaboration in university sponsored outreach and engagement initiatives. It includes an experiential field course involving weekly visits to African American community based organizations in the Lansing area. Lathan is in charge of developing a series of educational workshops for adult participants, including outreach activities. MSU students contribute by tutoring and fostering the well being of participants.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ann Mongoven</span></p>
<p>Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department; Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Life Sciences<br />
"Biotech and the Body Politic: Public Engagement on Ethical Guidelines for a Proposed State Biotrust"</p>
<p>This project designs and implements public deliberative processes on a proposed "biotrust" to inform related policy-making in the Michigan Department of Community Health. The biotrust is a proposed state tissue bank that stores leftover newborn bloodspots from routine screening for genetic diseases, making those bloodspots available for diverse kinds of health research in anonymized form. Ethical questions arise about the nature of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality concerns, potential risks to population groups, and public priorities. Mongoven and several of her colleagues are working with the MDCH Biotrust Public Engagement Working Group to facilitate public discourse that 1) educates citizens on the existing screening program and on research proposals; 2) assesses potential risks and benefits of the biotrust from diverse members of the public; and 3) invites public input on suggested ethical safeguards.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Rob Roznowski</span><br />
Assistant Professor, Head of Acting and Directing, Department of Theatre<br />
"Theatre Capstone Outreach Projects”<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Kirk Domer</span><br />
Assist. Professor of Production Design: Scenery, Assoc. Chair, Head of Design, Dept. of Theatre<br />
"Theatre Capstone Outreach Projects”</p>
<p>This program creates unique partnerships with area schools, hospitals and community organizations, which become part of the curriculum of the Senior Capstone course in Theatre (THR 492). By creating the groundwork for the students, the program allows them to choose the projects set up by their professors that best fit their future interests. Their work with these community partners during their final year is also a preparatory step for the myriad opportunities that theatre may provide to these graduates. During the fall Senior Seminar Class, the students are required to complete Outreach & Engagement (OEP) projects. The program also intends to extend these student-community collaborations for the spring semester as individual internships under the guidance of a Department of Theatre Faculty Advisor. The idea is to bring the students' “art” to the public.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Hsiao-Ping Wang</span><br />
Instructor, Department of Linguistics and Languages<br />
“Cultural Studies of Chinese Literature: Tradition & Modernity”</p>
<p>This project involves the development of 1) an upper-division course for senior students in the Chinese major and 2) an intensive summer workshop for K-12 teachers aimed at developing a deeper understanding and stronger curriculum on Chinese culture and literature. Both the course and workshop will make use of active learning strategies and interdisciplinary approaches and will expand participants' understanding of Chinese history, literature and culture.</p>
Public Arts and Humanities Fellowship
In collaboration with the
College of
Arts
and Letters and MSU's Office of University Outreach and Engagement, the Public
Humanities Collaborative is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008-2009
Public Arts and Humanities Faculty Fellowships.
Leonora Smith
Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and American
Cultures.
“Literacy/Arts Engagement as Invention: A Cross-Class
Sustainability Model”
“Literacy/Arts Engagement as Invention” engages pre-service
English language arts teachers at
Michigan
State, as they work with
elementary art students, in drawing connections between artistic expression and
verbal expression, understanding the role of interpretation in both reading and
art, and facilitating the art/language/literacy connections, particularly for
English Language Learners. This project is featured in In The Spotlight.
Juan Javier Pescador
Associate Professor, Department of History
"Borders and Mirrors: Day of the Dead in the
Great Lakes Mexican American Communities”
“Borders and Mirrors” explores the history and creation of
alters/displays dedicated to honor the dead among Mexican American communities
in the Great Lakes and the representation of these traditions in museums in
Michigan and
Illinois.
This project also features a Dia de Muertos display at the
MSU
Museum
and
Cristo
Rey
Community Center,
workshops, and a theatrical performance by MSU students.
Xiaoshi Li
Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian
and African Language
“Connecting Current and Future Chinese Language Teachers”
Xiaoshi Li plans to develop a course on Chinese Culture and
Communication/Chinese Teaching Methodology which frames intercultural
communication as a significant factor in second/foreign language learning. This
project also includes a workshop to equip community Chinese language teachers in
the use of Chinese teaching methods/theories.
Salah Hassan
Associate Professor, Department of English
“Rashid and Rosetta”
“Rashid and Rosetta” is an International web exhibition
bringing together digital artworks on the theme of the Rosetta Stone. This
project features artists from
North America
and the Arab world and includes interviews with the artists, a critical essay
by Salah Hassan and a co-authored introductory essay by the curators, Salah Hassan
and Isabelle Bernier.
Recipeints of the 2007-2008 PAH Fellowship
Rhea Lathan
Assistant Professor, Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures; African American & African Studies
“Freedom Writers: A Case of African American Community Based Writing”
This project draws upon historical and ethnographic research methods to examine the symbiotic relationship between writing and social and political institutions from the perspective of community based participants and their descendants (integrating DOC and adult literacy research). The project explores how participants draw on specific communicative and epistemological modes to forge an effective collaboration in university sponsored outreach and engagement initiatives. It includes an experiential field course involving weekly visits to African American community based organizations in the Lansing area. Lathan is in charge of developing a series of educational workshops for adult participants, including outreach activities. MSU students contribute by tutoring and fostering the well being of participants.
Ann Mongoven
Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department; Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Life Sciences
"Biotech and the Body Politic: Public Engagement on Ethical Guidelines for a Proposed State Biotrust"
This project designs and implements public deliberative processes on a proposed "biotrust" to inform related policy-making in the Michigan Department of Community Health. The biotrust is a proposed state tissue bank that stores leftover newborn bloodspots from routine screening for genetic diseases, making those bloodspots available for diverse kinds of health research in anonymized form. Ethical questions arise about the nature of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality concerns, potential risks to population groups, and public priorities. Mongoven and several of her colleagues are working with the MDCH Biotrust Public Engagement Working Group to facilitate public discourse that 1) educates citizens on the existing screening program and on research proposals; 2) assesses potential risks and benefits of the biotrust from diverse members of the public; and 3) invites public input on suggested ethical safeguards.
Rob Roznowski
Assistant Professor, Head of Acting and Directing, Department of Theatre
"Theatre Capstone Outreach Projects”
Kirk Domer
Assist. Professor of Production Design: Scenery, Assoc. Chair, Head of Design, Dept. of Theatre
"Theatre Capstone Outreach Projects”
This program creates unique partnerships with area schools, hospitals and community organizations, which become part of the curriculum of the Senior Capstone course in Theatre (THR 492). By creating the groundwork for the students, the program allows them to choose the projects set up by their professors that best fit their future interests. Their work with these community partners during their final year is also a preparatory step for the myriad opportunities that theatre may provide to these graduates. During the fall Senior Seminar Class, the students are required to complete Outreach & Engagement (OEP) projects. The program also intends to extend these student-community collaborations for the spring semester as individual internships under the guidance of a Department of Theatre Faculty Advisor. The idea is to bring the students' “art” to the public.
Hsiao-Ping Wang
Instructor, Department of Linguistics and Languages
“Cultural Studies of Chinese Literature: Tradition & Modernity”
This project involves the development of 1) an upper-division course for senior students in the Chinese major and 2) an intensive summer workshop for K-12 teachers aimed at developing a deeper understanding and stronger curriculum on Chinese culture and literature. Both the course and workshop will make use of active learning strategies and interdisciplinary approaches and will expand participants' understanding of Chinese history, literature and culture.
