artsCatalyst Grants 2016-17

This past academic year, the Office of the Vice President for the Arts awarded over 20 artsCatalyst Grants to faculty members from across the University. These grants foster interdisciplinary arts experiences that enhance classroom experiences for undergraduate students. Activities included field trips to Bay Area cultural organizations, workshops with visiting artists, and attending performances.

2016-17 artsCatalyst Grant Recipients

Media Representations of Africa (AFRICAST 81/AFRICAAM 81), Toussaint Nothias (Center for African Studies)

Cultures, Minds, and Medicine (ANTHRO 176), Tanya Luhrmann (Anthropology)

Museum Cultures: Material Representation in the Past and Present (ARCHLGY 134/234, NATIVEAM 134, AMSTUD 134, ARTHIST 284B, CSRE134, EDUC 214), Christina Hodge (Archaeology Center)

Trauma, healing, and empowerment in Asian America (ASNAMST 131/CSRE 131C), Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu (CSRE)

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (CS 147), James Landay (Computer Science)

Friends and Other Strangers: Fictions of Sympathy in the Nineteenth Century (ENGLISH 162W, Section 3), Elizabeth Wilder (English) 

Sexuality and Story in the Enlightenment (ENGLISH 162W, Section 1), Erik Johnson (English)

Intro to Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FEMGEN 101), Jennifer DeVere Brody (TAPS/CSRE)

Art and the Market (FRENCH 238/ARTHIST 238C), Andrei Pesic (French and Italian)

Spanish Immersion: Language and Immersion (SPANLANG 10SC), Maria Cristina Urruela (Language Center) 

Spanish and Society: Cultures of Salsa (ILAC 277), Ximena Briceno (Iberian and Latin American Cultures)

African American Vernacular English (LINGUIST 65/AFRICAAM 21/CSRE 21), John Rickford (Linguistics)

Japanese Arts: Creative Exploration (MUSIC 26N), Jarek Kapuscinski (Music)

Musical Cultures of the World (MUSIC 7B), Anna Schultz (Music)

A Rebel With a Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn (PWR 2KTA), Kathleen Tarr (PWR) 

Activist Rhetoric (PWR 91MC) & Oppositional Rhetoric (PWR 1MC), Maxe Crandall (PWR) 

All That Jazz: The Rhetoric of American Musical Theater (PWR 2WG), Wendy Goldberg and Lindsey Mantoan (PWR) 

Are We There Yet? The Rhetoric of Mobility (PWR 2SC) & Rhetoric of Public Art (PWR 1SC), Selby Wynn Schwartz (PWR) 

Podcasts to Broadcasts: The Rhetoric of Radio (PWR1AB), Angela Becerra Vidergar (PWR) 

Writing & Rhetoric 1: In Another’s Shoes: The Rhetoric of Empathy (PWR 1BRB), Becky Joy Richardson (PWR)

Musical Theater (TAPS 115), Kay Kostopoulos Amarotico (TAPS)

Activating Urban Spaces (ARTSINST 182/CEE 131F/URBANST 182), Johanna Taylor (Arts Institute)

From Gold Rush to Google Bus: History of San Francisco (URBANST 150 / AMSTUD 150X / HISTORY 152E), Michael Kahan (Urban Studies)