Faculty News
Letters From Home Robert Ransick was involved in Letters from Home, in which residents of Queens sent postcards to remind the president-elect that the borough where he spent his formative years is one of the most ethnically-diverse places on earth. The project, organized by The Center for Artistic Activism with the help of the Queens Museum, was covered in Hyperallergic.
The Psychological Perspective In November, Public Seminar, an on-line forum hosted by the New School for Social Research, posted an opinion piece by David Anderegg called "From A Despised Elitist." The forum promotes work that confronts "the pressing issues of the day and fundamental problems of the human condition." In the article, Anderegg discusses the liberal/conservative divide from a psychological perspective.
Hultgren, Post-Election On November 17, 2016, CounterPunch published a piece by faculty member John Hultgren on "The Working Class, Reconsidered."
Neveruses Report Progress Faculty member Josh Blackwell '95 will have a solo show at Museum of Arts and Design in New York City this winter from November 15 through February 19, 2017. Neveruses Report Progress is based on "interventions into and upon the form of the plastic bag—a globally ubiquitous symbol of capitalist waste."
In Praise of Pop-Ups Inside Higher Ed wrote about Bennington’s pop-up courses, highlighting the flexibility of the model, and the breadth the pop-up courses offered by faculty members across the disciplines.