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Welcome to the IU School of Liberal Arts, the home of the humanities and the social sciences at IUPUI. During this past year, staff, faculty and students undertook a complete review of the School’s mission and have developed a new articulation of our vision for the future, of our shared values and of a set of comprehensive goals. The collaborative planning process ensured the inclusion of a diverse array of priorities meant to strengthen the school and foster a learning and research environment attuned to the needs of students, faculty, staff, and the community. The strategic plan will guide us throughout the coming years as we work together to achieve our objectives.
We live in a highly complex world in which new technologies have rapidly brought us into contact with widely different cultures. If Indiana’s (and Indianapolis’) economy is to grow, its citizens must be prepared to understand and work with people from all parts of the world. Through the study of human cultures, of differing economic structures, geo-political systems, history, and sociological structures, our students are uniquely equipped to function in a changing world.
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Stop by the zone and take time to relax during finals!
When: Tues.-Fri., May 1-4, 9am-6pm
Where: CA431Brought to you by the Liberal Arts Student council. Come in and relax! Take time to enjoy a light snack and/or a relaxation activity. Open to students, faculty & staff. Your Student Council sends best wishes to you during exam week and grading period!
The IU School of Liberal Arts has formalized its relationship with the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU complements an International Strategic Partnership between IUPUI and Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya; this partnership is the first of its kind for the campus. The MOU, signed by Dean Robert White, Liberal Arts, Dean Peter Ndege, Moi School of Arts and Social Sciences, and countersigned by IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz and Moi Vice Chancellor Richard Mibey, was written “in the spirit of promoting international friendship and understanding by stimulating and supporting international activities and projects with emphasis on Internationalization of Higher Education.”
Several Liberal Arts faculty are already collaborating with counterparts in the School of Arts and Social Sciences. For example, Peg Williams, Anthropology, linked her section of A104, Intro to Cultural Anthropology, with a Moi Religious Studies class. Carrie Foote, Sociology, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, Anthropology, and Ian McIntosh, Office of International Affairs, have joined colleagues in the School of Arts and Social Science at Moi to form an IU-Moi Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
In March, The SSRN was formally launched with the "IU-MU International Symposium on Social Science Perspectives to HIV and AIDS." The symposium was held on both the main and city campuses of Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. The three-day symposium was an outstanding success and attracted over fifty presenters and more than 150 people - with strong representation from the academy, government agencies, the local community, and also the IU Medical School’s Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV (AMPATH) program. Breakout sessions focused on HIV/AIDS stigma, social support and care-giving, economic and cultural aspects of AIDS, food security, religion, and spiritual healing. One key discussion centered on the question of how to meaningfully partner with community-based agencies and the media and engage the community as a resource in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Symposium participants from the School of Liberal Arts included Dean White, Associate Dean David Ford, faculty members Carrie Foote, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, Peg Williams, Jim Wolf, Rick Bein, and student, Whitney Hendress.
Nine Liberal Arts students are among those named as IUPUI’s Top 100 Outstanding Students. Students are nominated by faculty, staff, and student organizations and selected by a committee of faculty, staff, and alumni. The students will be recognized at a dinner sponsored by the Indiana University Alumni Association/IUPUI Office of Alumni Relations on March 30th at the Downtown Marriott.
- Dustin Butler, Senior, Political Science
Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana- Kevin Combs, Senior, History
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana- Angela DeMien, Junior, English
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana- Amelia Grant, Senior, History
Hometown: Attica, Indiana- Chetrice Mosley, Senior, Communication Studies
Hometown: Greensburg, Indiana- Greg Pottorff, Senior, Political Science/History
Hometown: Munster, Indiana- Gina Romano, Junior, Anthropology
Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana- Jennifer Scorniaenchi, Senior, Communication Studies/(Psychology)
Hometown: Burlington, Ontario- Caroline Wade, Senior, Communication Studies
Hometown: Greenfield, Indiana- Brittani Whitmore, Senior, Communication Studies
Hometown: South Bend, Indiana
Consider This, a TV program produced by the Department of Political Science and focusing on current topics in international affairs, is now available online. Episodes, shown on community access television across the Indiana and northern Kentucky, focus on issues as varied as the situation in Bosnia, aboriginal politics in Australia, the Iraqi crisis, and political news from Zimbabwe, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, central Asia, southeast Asia, and western Europe. Taking the form of a panel discussion, Consider This is moderated by professional broadcaster Sam Graves, features faculty members Charles Winslow, Scott Pegg, Michael Snodgrass and John McCormick as regular panelists, and revolves around guests with special interests in the topic of the week. To view the television schedule for Consider This, please visit the program website. To view Consider This through the web, please click on the below links to watch specific programs.
Results from a study using the Center on Philanthropy and General Social Survey data suggest that baby boom religious giving is much less than that of their parents’ generation (at similar points in the life-course), the transmission of religious giving from parents to children is much stronger than the transmission of secular giving, poverty and family disruption during adolescence affects later giving and volunteering, and that a moral principle of care has a stronger direct relationship with prosocial behavior than does empathy. The study used approaches from sociology, economics, demography, and psychology. [ Watch Video ]
Following the 2005 riots that wreaked havoc in several French banlieues, some black and beur civic organizations, including “les Indigènes de la République,” have attributed the anger that fueled the riots to the persistence of colonial relations between France and its population of African descent, the so-called Français issus de l’immigration (first- and second-generation French) as opposed to Français de souche (“native” French). Needless to say that such an explanation was quickly dismissed by most French pundits and scholars not only as flawed but also dangerous, a cipher likely to drive a wedge into French society. [ Watch Video ]
The lecture examines the experiences of first-, second-, and third-generation exiles/emigrants of Estonian and Latvian heritage (primarily political refugees and their descendants), who returned to their ancestral lands when the Soviet regime collapsed. Personal interviews with some 130 returnees covered their reasons for moving, adjustment to life in the Baltic countries, and comparisons with their old life in the West.
Special attention is focused on the issues of ethnic identity, conflicts of interest, and socialization patterns. [ Watch Video ]
Kim White-Mills
Associate Professor and Chair of Communication Studies
The purpose of this research is to utilize a feminist perspective to understand how the rhetoric of childcare influences contemporary parenting practices. First, we identify primary sources of information on child rearing used by American mothers. Second, we examine how and to what extent mothers perceive child rearing advice influences their parenting practices. Third, we examine to what extent, if any, the use of child rearing advice is impacted by race, educational level, religion and socio-economic status. [ Watch Video ]
Sweden is well-known for policies that promote work-family integration and gender equality. One example is government-mandated paid parental leave for fathers and mothers designed to promote a dual-breadwinner model and shared parenting. The purpose of this talk to discuss the extent to which Swedish companies are becoming more or less responsive to fathers’ interest in participation in parental leave and reasons for these trends. [ Watch Video ]
What does an author do when publishers do more than impose house styling on a novel? Not much, even if the author is Ray Bradbury. His 1972 novel The Halloween Tree was written for children of all ages, but his editors made nearly 2,000 changes to the text as they shaped it into a novel for pre-teens. Professor Eller will discuss the challenges he faced in editing, annotating and publishing the first restored edition of this seasonal classic. [ Watch Video ]
Alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the IU School of Liberal Arts are invited to subscribe the school's new monthly e-mail newsletter. The newsletter includes upcoming events, interesting news, useful links and information about the Liberal Arts community. If you would like to subscribe, please e-mail LibArts@iupui.edu with your name and e-mail and a request to subscribe to the alumni newsletter.
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