CCS celebrated our spring 2023 Outstanding Senior Katherine Leddy, our scholarship winners Joce Dolezal (Lakeview United Methodist Scholarship), Kieran McKinney (Lakeview United Methodist Scholarship), and Morgan Wood (Lois Kellogg Duncan Scholarship and the Gary Kane Study Abroad Scholarship), and our junior book prize winners Joce Dolezal (Public Humanities, Lee Wiechmann (Museum Studies), and Mckenzi Monical (Art History) at our end of semester reception on May 11! Learn more about CCS awards and scholarships at Read more
Public Humanities
Congratulations to our graduating seniors in our Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Cultural Studies program!
We are proud of our graduating seniors for the BA in CCS students for spring 2023! We chose to feature one of our students in the program as the semester ends.
Alexis Nelson
Alexis Nelson will graduate this week with her BA in CCS with an emphasis in Public Humanities, a minor in Public Administration, and a certificate in Nonprofit and Social… Read more
Student News: Congratulations to CCS 2023 study abroad scholarship recipient Morgan Wood!
Congratulations to CCS undergraduate student Morgan Wood, who will receive the Gary Kane Study Abroad Scholarship offered by the department of Comparative Cultural Studies! Morgan is a major in Comparative Cultural Studies with a minor in Museum Studies. Morgan will study abroad next year at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. Morgan writes “The interdisciplinarity of… Read more
Congratulations to our graduating seniors in our Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies-Humanities program!
We are proud of our graduating seniors for the BIS in Humanities students for spring 2023! We chose to feature a few of our students in the program as the semester ends.
Gladys Ripley
Gladys Ripley will graduate this week in the program and intends to apply to law school in the future. She is especially proud of completing her degree at age 44. Gladys writes of what… Read more
Faculty News: Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick will become the next coordinator for Latin American Studies
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick! He will become the next coordinator of Latin American Studies in fall 2023. He is a specialist in Latin American history and cultural history. His research explores issues of memory and history in nineteenth-century U.S. and Latin America.
Faculty News: Congratulations to Dr. Kent Linthicum on his recent award and fellowship!
Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities Dr. Kent Linthicum recently received an award and a fellowship to support completion of his book project Crowning Coal: Slavery, Fossil Fuels, and Literature 1755–1865. The Office of the Vice President for Research presented Dr. Linthicum the Scholarly and Creativity Award and the College of Arts & Letters awarded him an inaugural Arts and Humanities Fellowship.
