Author: Scott Rappaport
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A tale of two fetuses
In ‘What Becomes Us,’ a new novel by UC Santa Cruz literature professor Micah Perks, twin fetuses tell the story of a pregnant woman who abandons her controlling husband in Santa Cruz and moves to a small upstate New York town.
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Art professor to stage ‘exercise of freedom’ at former military police headquarters in Greece at Documenta 14
UC Santa Cruz art professor Elizabeth Stephens and her artistic collaborator Annie Sprinkle will participate this weekend in Documenta 14, one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in Europe.
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UC Santa Cruz receives NEH grant to broaden career opportunities for Ph.D. students
UC Santa Cruz is one of 28 colleges and universities nationwide to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to plan and implement changes to graduate education that will broaden the career preparation of a Ph.D. student beyond a career in the academy.
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Film professor Shelley Stamp wins 2015 book award from Theatre Library Association
UC Santa Cruz film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp has been honored with a 2015 Book Award from The Theatre Library Association. The awards are given annually for the best English language works of scholarship on theatre, film, and broadcasting.
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Book by UC Santa Cruz alumnus tops President Obama’s Summer Reading List
A memoir of surfing by UC Santa Cruz graduate William Finnegan, (Cowell, ’74, English literature) is at the top of President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List.
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Seven alumni invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Seven UC Santa Cruz alumni are among the 683 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year.
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UC Santa Cruz names Susan Solt new dean of Arts Division
UC Santa Cruz has appointed Susan Solt as dean of the Arts Division, effective August 15.
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Catherine Jones wins 2016 Abbott Prize for best book on the history of children
Associate professor of history Catherine Jones has been honored with the Grace Abbott Book Prize for the best book published in 2015 on the history of children and youth.
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UCSC humanities dean contributes to Time Magazine’s ‘25 Moments That Changed America’
In late Spring, Time Magazine reached out to 25 historians and asked them to nominate a pivotal moment in history that has changed our nation. One of the distinguished historians that Time contacted for the piece is UC Santa Cruz humanities dean Tyler Stovall.
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Derek Conrad Murray appointed to Art Journal editorial board
UC Santa Cruz associate professor Derek Conrad Murray, an interdisciplinary theorist in the History of Art and Visual Culture Department, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Art Journal.
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UCSC’s Gail Project wins first prize in national ‘Shout Out for the Humanities’ contest
Why is studying the humanities–history, literature, languages, philosophy, culture–important? How would you convince your parents, an employer, a politician, or others that there is value in pursing the humanities?
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Art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones wins Northern California Area Emmy award
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has been honored with yet another award for her acclaimed animated documentary film, “Last Day of Freedom.”