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Humanities and Media Studies

The Show Must Go On: What Do Presidential Campaigns Tell Us about the Nation and Ourselves?

The presidential campaign can be considered one of our culture’s most significant “performances.” As the remaining presidential debate approaches, Professor Tracie Morris, coordinator of Pratt’s Performance and Performance Studies MFA program, takes a deeper look at this “show of shows.”…

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Macarena Gómez-Barris Named Chair of Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies

Author, scholar, researcher, and teacher Macarena Gómez-Barris will become Chair of the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies within the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Pratt Institute at the start of the fall 2016 semester. She will…

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Beyond Flint, Michigan: Addressing the Challenge of Environmental Racism

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and high levels of lead found in the water supply of schools in Newark, New Jersey, and other underserved communities have heightened concerns and awareness of the issue of environmental racism. Carl Zimring, associate…

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Associate Professor James Hannaham Wins Prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

James Hannaham, associate professor of humanities and media studies in Pratt’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the 2016 winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel, Delicious Foods, which was published in 2015. Hannaham is a core faculty member…

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A Syrian Classroom Reveals Bright Spot in War-Torn Country

Visiting Instructor of Humanities and Media Studies Wes Enzinna recently traveled to Rojava, a Kurdish autonomous region in the north of civil war-ravaged Syria, to teach journalism at the Mesopotamian Social Sciences Academy. He wrote about his experiences in The New…

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Women of the World Poetry Slam Tournament and Festival Held on Pratt’s Brooklyn Campus

The 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWps), a poetry tournament and festival, was held on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus from March 9-12. Mahogany Browne (M.F.A. Writing ’16) brought WOWps to the Pratt campus as part of her fieldwork residency…

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Pratt Shows 2016 to Celebrate Best Work of Graduating Students

Pratt Institute will display graduating students’ best work in a series of year-end events and exhibitions this spring. Pratt Shows 2016 will allow the general public an exciting opportunity to view the outstanding work of Pratt’s talented students. Pratt Shows…

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American Association for the Advancement of Science Honors Assistant Professor Mark Rosin

Mark Rosin, assistant professor of math and science in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has received the 2015 Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s…

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Pratt Institute to Launch New Graduate Program in Performance and Performance Studies

In fall 2016, Pratt Institute will launch an innovative new graduate program in Performance and Performance Studies. The 60-credit, four-semester program, which leads to a master of fine arts degree, will be part of the School of Liberal…

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Video: Pratt Students Learn Science through Art in Physics and Astronomy “Fusion Project”

Theoretical physicist Ágnes Mócsy, associate professor in the Math and Science Department, teaches physics and astronomy to art and design students, many of whom do not have an extensive background in science. Mócsy brings STEM-based (science, technology, engineering, and…