Dr. Obioma Nnaemeka received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters Award from The American University of Paris on May 23rd. The event was held at the Théâtre du Châtelet. The first link below is a clip of the conferment of the Honorary Degree in Humane Letters followed by her brief remarks (start at the 1:03:40 …

Dr. Nancy Robertson was recently selected as a Fellow of the Institute of Engaged Learning’s new Project-Based Learning Lab! Learn more about the new Project-Based Learning Lab here. Nancy M. Robertson is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, IU School of Liberal Arts

It was a busy Arab American Heritage Month for Edward Curtis, the Plater Chair in the School of Liberal Arts and a fourth-generation Arab American. He tweeted @EdwardECurtisIV every day of the month about Arab Americans in Indianapolis and other parts of the state. Among the highlights were two original maps charting the growth of …

Dr. Emily Beckman and SLA graduate Chad Childers recently published an article titled, “An Essential Hospice Experience Course for Preclinical Students,” in the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Abstract This article proposes an undergraduate hospice experience course as a new model of experiential learning, one that would provide effective preparation for students entering medical …

The Frederick Douglass Papers is a research unit of the School of Liberal Arts’ Institute for American Thought, dedicated to collecting, transcribing, editing, and publishing all of the speeches, correspondence, and writings of the iconic nineteenth-century African American. After fourteen years in the basement of the campus ES Building, the Douglass Papers relocated to the …