The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Art and Art History is anything but predictable or traditional. This spring season the department’s exhibits and showcases at the Fine Arts Center bring the university’s motto of “Thinking Big” to life.
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French and Political Science
“I am proud to have represented URI during two of my study abroad programs to China and to France.”
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Criminology and Criminal Justice, German, and Global Language and Area Studies (Arabic track)
“I enjoy being able to use my language skills to overcome language barriers and see how culture and linguistics can influence how ways of thinking can differ.”
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Philosophy
“A liberal arts education opens up a world of opportunity to students, and encourages learning as a lifestyle, rather than as something exclusively for the classroom.”
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Economics and English
“What I value most about my liberal arts education is its emphasis on what makes us human. By choosing the liberal arts, I chose an education that prepares me for a post-college world, a world full of people.”
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Africana Studies, Anthropology, and Political Science
“In a liberal arts education you’re surrounded by people who are also feeding their curiosities. It produces a campus of passionate students and professors.”
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Classics and English
“I think what we do in the humanities should never be taken for granted. It is my belief that this type of education is part of what gives meaning to our existence.”
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Music Education
“The liberal arts has helped me put my values into practice, as well as learn about the values of others. It has allowed me to learn how to use my voice, while also listening to the voices of others.”
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Cate McLaughlin ‘23 is pursuing our new dual major program, International Studies and Diplomacy (ISD), focusing on also earning a B.A. in French and two minors in Spanish and Arabic. “It allows you to be a really well-rounded person by studying so many disciplines and picking up so many more skills,” she says of the ISD major.
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Holly Dunsworth, associate professor of Anthropology, lent her expertise on the evolution of childbirth to a Netflix documentary series that was released in January and is available on YouTube and Netflix. “Sex, Explained” is a spinoff of the short-documentary series “Explained,” produced by Vox Media.
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Double Major, Film/Media and Journalism
Worked on a documentary about the Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Anthropology Major
Conducted historiographic research about coastal Indigenous cultures in New England
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Economics Major
Researched how family accommodative policies affect the labor market outcomes of women in the U.S. in comparison to Scandinavian countries
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Chemistry Major
Researched how to mitigate, contain, and safely dispose of energetic peroxides
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The Department of Writing & Rhetoric hosted an inclusion workshop for their faculty and staff. The workshop is designed to assist faculty in creating more inclusive and equitable learning environments.
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