GOALS | TWO

Global Arts + Humanities will deepen student engagement in the arts and humanities through crossdisciplinary research, experiential learning and professional development

Global Arts + Humanities advances cross-disciplinary modes of inquiry and discovery that prepare students with the critical and creative skills and intercultural competencies to address 21st-century challenges and become ethically-engaged global citizens. Essential to this preparation is a strong background in a discipline, strong comparative skills and the ability to synthesize expertise from various disciplines. To be productive and principled global citizens, students must also refine applied skills in collaboration and team building, creativity, problem-solving and communication across cultures.

2:1 | Undergraduate Experiential Learning

Undergraduate experiential learning demonstrates the transformative value of immersive and translational arts and humanities.

Discovery Field Schools are faculty-led, cross-disciplinary, experiential-learning programs offered as one-credit undergraduate courses that take students to domestic destinations to learn about the transformational role of the humanities and the arts to respond to critical societal challenges. By immersing students in learning environments, field schools aim to close the gap between knowing and doing. To date, Global Arts + Humanities has sponsored seven field schools, including Defining the Color Line Field School and Livable Futures Louisiana Field School.

The Discovery Summer Abroad Program brings a crossdisciplinary approach to experiential learning that builds intercultural awareness, hones critical thinking and nurtures students as ethically-engaged global citizens. Our flagship program, “Activism in Multi-Ethnic London: Refugees in Crisis,” was developed to explore human rights in the context of global migration. This program is a collaboration with the Office of International Affairs, Kings College and the London School of Economics. Global Arts + Humanities also co-sponsored the Dance Brazil Education Abroad Program. Dance Brazil introduces Ohio State dancers to Brazilian art and culture and provides the unique opportunity to study and perform with Brazilian dance masters, learn firsthand about Afro-Brazilian culture and engage in cultural exchanges with Brazilian dancers.

2:2 | Undergraduate Research Grants and Mentoring

Undergraduate research grants and mentoring are provided from the Society of Fellows program. Students are mentored through multidisciplinary approaches to the study of an annual theme and produce research and/or creative projects guided by these engagements. Research grants in the amount of $2,000 are awarded.

2:3 | Graduate Research Grants and Mentoring

Graduate Research Grants and Mentoring provides support for excellence in cross-disciplinary graduate research and creative practices in the arts and humanities. Graduate Team Fellowships are financial awards (three semesters of tuition, fees and stipend support) that recognize the cross-disciplinary accomplishments and potential of graduate students in the arts and humanities interested in discovering new connections between their areas of study and other fields. The program gives graduate students an essential toolkit of skills as they prepare to enter an evolving job market – one that is highly dependent on networks, technology and a collaborative ethos. To date, the Graduate

Team Fellowship program has supported 31 interdisciplinary scholars who explored topics such as climate crisis, environmental degradation, medical addiction, and cultural representations of underrepresented communities. Society of Fellows Graduate Research Grants support graduate students (PhD and MFA) in the arts and humanities to advance their research and/or creative practice fostering cross-disciplinary inquiry in alignment with the Society of

Fellows and its annual theme. Research grants in the amount of $2,500 are awarded.

2:4 | Student Career Development and Diversity The Graduate Professional Development Program supports the professional development of graduate students (PhD and MFA) by embedding them in university initiatives involved in cross-disciplinary research and creative work to facilitate career development. The program includes a robust mentoring framework that helps students hone their professional and praxis-based skills. 25% GAA positions are available for one-to-three semesters.

Start-up funds for the development of the Center for the Humanities in Practice — housed in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Institute — were invested to provide graduate students with opportunities for non-academic career paths in the humanities. Global Arts + Humanities has also invested in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise to enhance its student internship program.

Attendees of the Community Celebration of the Dead reception view the pop-up exhibit “Latinx Comics Past, Present and Future” on display in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Reading Room. The exhibit was curated by Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros. October 19, 2019.