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Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Staff Advisory Committee

Liberal Arts Staff Advisory Committee keeps staff engaged remotely

Book cover of Reciting the Goddess

Professor garners book award, NEH grant for study of Hindu goddess and ritual

Several women gathered and holding signs at the 2017 Women's March

Marching for change: 2017 Women's March met with mostly positive support online

Nic Birosik and Morgan Keely

Paterno Fellow looks to even the academic playing field with his nonprofit

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Penn State and University of Auckland announce 2020 joint collaboration projects

Strategies for Career and Leadership Success

Virtual speaker series to focus on career development and leadership skills

Hemingway Letters

New Hemingway letters reveal friendships and feuds with other famous writers

Candis Watts Smith, associate professor of political science and African American studies, recently joined the Democracy Works podcast to discuss her book “Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter,” coauthored with Tehama Lopez Bunyasi, assistant professor of conflict resolution and analysis at George Mason University.

In 'Stay Woke,' Penn State faculty member examines racism and anti-racism

Crystal Sanders, associate professor of history and African American studies and director of the Africana Research Center

Two Liberal Arts faculty members become National Humanities Center fellows

Libraries marks Juneteenth with resources for historical, present context

Libraries marks Juneteenth with resources for historical, present context

Ruiqi Yin, spring 2020 philosophy graduate

Recent philosophy grad establishes protective equipment donation project

Clarence Lang, Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts and professor of African American Studies

Liberal Arts dean examines the history of civil rights and civil unrest

Political Oil Spill

Political 'oil spill': Polarization is growing stronger — and getting stickier

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Survey takes the pulse of PA municipal leaders on COVID-19

The McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual book club will be held June 24 at 7 p.m. and June 29 at 4 p.m. in Zoom. All members of the Penn State community are welcome to attend for discussions of Ezra Klein's "Why We're Polarized."

Virtual book club to read Ezra Klein's 'Why We’re Polarized'

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