Category: Faculty Spotlights
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Faculty Spotlight: Meet Dr. Tania Aparicio Morales, ARAD Professor and Our New Program Director in the Fall
ARAD is thrilled to have an opportunity to speak with Dr. Tania Aparicio Morales to learn more about her experiences at our program, what she is looking forward to in the new academic year, and what she does outside her work at Teachers College. Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What…
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Meet Dr. Yan Xiao, ARAD’s Adjunct Assistant Professor
ARAD is delighted to welcome a new faculty member, Dr. Yan Xiao! Learn more about Dr. Xiao, what brings her to our program, and what she does outside her work at Teachers College! Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What is your educational background? I grew up in China and got…
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Lonnie Woods III on Transitioning to Faculty Position Leading ARAD’s Practicum in Arts Administration and Internship Courses
ARAD’s beloved Professional Development Coordinator, Lonnie Woods III, is transitioning to a new and exciting faculty position leading the Practicum in Arts Administration and then the Internship course. We spoke to Lonnie about the Practicum class that first-year ARAD students will be taking with him, including his vision for the course and the lessons he’d…
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An Interview with Professor Jennifer Lena on her new book, Entitled
Earlier this month, TC ARAD Associate Professor Jennifer C. Lena released her new book Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts. She answered a few questions about the work, with which we are thankful to share.
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Arts Administration Faculty Develop Course with Palestinian Arts Organizations (Part 1)
Throughout the semester, we will feature highlights and insights from Dr. Lena and Dr. Mangione’s time in Palestine last summer. Please stay tuned to our blog and social media channels for more #ARADPalestine. This past summer, ARAD Program Director, Dr. Jennifer Lena, and Lecturer, Dr. Gemma Mangione visited Palestine to lead an intensive arts administration…
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Dr. Mangione explores ‘The Senses: Design Beyond Vision’, on view at the Cooper Hewitt
We had been in the exhibition a while before I thought to double back to the entrance and inspect what I’d missed: the caramel-colored hand pump bottle, sitting proudly on a tall white sculpture pedestal. What was this? Pushing myself to interact with the bottle rather than first read its label, I squirted some cool,…
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Faculty News: Prof. Jennifer Lena review of “Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display”
ARAD’s own Dr. Jennifer Lena recently published a review of Peggy Levitt’s “Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display” (2015). The article, released in the January 2017 edition of Contemporary Sociology, reviews Levitt’s examination of how museums define and depict the identities of their local audiences. In addition to appraising Levitt’s…
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Dubin
ARAD’s own Dr. Dubin took a moment to share with us what he’s been up to while on sabbatical this past year. Dr. Dubin spent time in South Africa, completed a one-month residency at Ucross (an artist/writer retreat in Clearmont, Wyoming), spent 5 weeks in Italy, and completed another one-month residency at the Rockefeller Foundation…
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Faculty News: Q&A with Dr. Lena about the EMP Pop Conference and the World’s Worst Song Ever
This weekend (April 16-19) music scholars, journalists, and fans will be converging in Seattle to attend and present at the EMP Pop Conference. Dr. Jennifer Lena, ARAD professor and author of Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music (Princeton University Press, 2012), will be taking part in the conference as both conference committee member and panel…
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Faculty News: Prof. Jennifer Lena on US Cultural Engagement with Global Muslim Communities
ARAD’s own Dr. Jennifer Lena recently published an article titled “US Cultural Engagement with Global Muslim Communities: Contours and Connections in an Emerging Field” with co-author Erin Johnston. The article, released in the Winter 2015 edition of GIA Reader, looks at the challenges Muslim artists experience when producing art to engage US audiences. In addition to surveying the difficulties the field faces,…
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