MSU Romance & Classical Studies

We are pleased to announce the release of a special issue of Miriada Hispánica dedicated to the late RCS Professor Nancy Marino. The collaborators include former and current MSU faculty members and her students in addition to other scholars. rcs.msu.edu/2020/10/21/new…

The #MSU Health Care Pharmacy is now offering the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine by appointment only. For more information or to schedule an appointment: pharmacy.msu.edu/msu-health-car…

RCS is very pleased to celebrate Christopher Estrada, Assistant Professor of Portuguese, who has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award! To read more about Prof Estrada's research and his project, check out the feature at the link below! rcs.msu.edu/2021/06/01/dr-…

In honor of the former Chair of @theatre_msu and co-founder of Summer Circle Theatre, the Frank C. Rutledge Summer Circle Enhancement Fund recently was created to exclusively support enhancements to Summer Circle Theatre. Read more about this fund: cal.msu.edu/news/gift-to-b…

Congratulations to #MSUCAL English alumna Lisa Breznau, who has been named Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at @michiganstateu. Read more: msuspartans.com/news/2021/5/25…

Through her research and latest book, @sugaronthegash, Associate Professor in @MSUEnglish, tells the story of South Asian immigrants in an effort to break down barriers and Anti-Asian racism through better understanding. cal.msu.edu/news/working-t…

CONGRATULATIONS Claudia!

Join @MSUBroad today at 8 p.m. to learn about the work of jackie sumell, #MSUCAL 2019-2020 Artist-in-Residence of Critical Race Studies and creator of The Solitary Gardens project in which incarcerated prisoners design garden plots through proxies. facebook.com/msubroad/photo…

Check out this @BlkPerspectives interview with @brionasimone, who recently received her Ph.D. from the @MSUEnglish, about her new edited collection, “Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought.” Read the full interview: aaihs.org/black-lesbian-…

Betsy Sneller, #MSU Assistant Professor of Linguistics, joined dialect coach and actor Susanne Sulby for an interview with @whyyradiotimes about the Philadelphia accent and how it’s used in the HBO series, “Mare of Easttown.” Listen to the full interview: whyy.org/episodes/talki…

Congrats to Shawn Loewen, #MSU Second Language Studies Professor, who has been invited to share his expertise and research on second language acquisition as a Fulbright Scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. Read more: cal.msu.edu/news/second-la…

To mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, #MSU Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Jabbar Bennett shared his thoughts with @lsjnews on how the university is exploring more opportunities to engage in meaningful change. lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/…

Join @Jeffreycwray, Professor in the @MSUEnglish and Michelle Word, Director of Education at @MSUBroad, in discussing the significance of Black spaces and Idlewild during the FOCUS TOUR: Idlewild + Black Spaces event tomorrow at 4 P.M.: facebook.com/events/7961863…

Congrats to Art Historian and Digital Humanities Researcher, Silvia Tita, who has been selected as the first appointee of the Carol Ann Bennett-Vallès Professorship in Art History at #MSU. Read more: cal.msu.edu/news/first-app…

#MSUCAL Associate Professor Camelia Suleiman shares her experience teaching in Israel while street violence takes place outside her students’ homes. Read more about what she calls a lesson in resilience, focus, and hope: cal.msu.edu/news/professor…

Ayanna De’Vante Spencer, who earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from #MSU, has accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship at the University of Connecticut and is changing the status quo in the field of philosophy by combining activism with her research. cal.msu.edu/news/philosoph…

Congrats to Isaiah Johns, recent @MSUFilmStudies graduate, who received a first-place Michigan Student Broadcast Award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Read more about his award-winning project: cal.msu.edu/news/film-stud…

Therèsa Winge, #MSU Associate Professor of Apparel and Textile Design, was quoted in an @TODAYshow article discussing Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Girls era of her career and whether it was cultural appropriation or cultural appreciation. Read more: today.com/popculture/gwe…

Yael Aronoff, Director of the Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at #MSU, spoke with @dwnews about the unprecedented street violence taking place on Israeli streets between Israeli Arabs and Jews. Listen to the full interview: dw.com/en/yael-aronof…

The @mi_diaries project, led by #MSU Linguistics Professors Betsy Sneller and Suzanne Wagner, is included in an @ETBrandEquity article about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the English language. Read more: …ndequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/research/…