Gershom (or Dr. Rob Spruijt as we know him in Liberal Arts and Sciences) has an intriguing new show at Lora Schleschinger Gallery in Santa Monica aptly titled Silence is a Thing I See. In forty-two exquisite panels, Gershom shows us the ordinary [more]
Ways of Knowing Student Exhibition tapped for Otis Time Capsule
May 16, 2016 By
Foundation students at Otis take a very unique second semester class called Ways of Knowing, which pairs two individual classes taught by faculty from different disciplinary fields that both investigate a common topic. The goal: for students to [more]
Otis Students Attend “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda”
April 10, 2016 By
When students look for courses with relevance to their lives, Perri Chasin's "Movies That Matter" is always a front runner. Perri introduces students to films that engage with social, political, gender, race and ethnic issues. This year the "Movies [more]
Post-Doc for Dr. Kristiana Willsey in Boston
April 10, 2016 By
Liberal Arts and Sciences is going to miss Kristiana Willsey a lot when she heads off to Boston next September. She has just been awarded a Fellowship at the American Academy of Art and Sciences for emerging scholars where she will be working on [more]
Kerri Steinberg and Jewish Mad Men keep rolling along…and the press is global!
August 18, 2015 By
Since the 2015 publication of her book, Jewish Mad Men: Advertising and the Design of the American Jewish Experience, Kerri Steinberg has been busy giving presentations and interviews. The German Historical Institute asked her to present a paper at [more]
Assessment in Creative Disciplines: Quantifying and Qualifying the Aesthetic
August 18, 2015 By
By David Mills Chase, Jill Ferguson and J. Joseph Hoey IV. With a chapter by Debra Ballard, Chair, Liberal Arts and Sciences This book explores creativity and its assessment using easy-to-grasp concepts; concrete examples of arts education and [more]
