Student Spotlight At Texas Performing Arts, we professionally involve students in every aspect of our organization. Having the opportunity to show, connect, and inspire our students to be the next generation of arts leaders is one of the most important things we do.
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Hannah Robbins Hopkins Second-Year Masters Student Senior Student Associate for Campus & Community Engagement Information Studies/ English
e met with Hannah Robbins Hopkins to chat about the performing arts, her academic studies, and her time as a valued student employee. INFORMATION STUDIES AND ENGLISH IS AN INTERESTING COMBINATION OF MAJORS. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.
I love getting to do interdisciplinary work, and I believe that my research is so much stronger for it. Most of my research deals with teenagers’ communication practices in online spaces and the ways in which they are really making and shaping language in areas like social media. 12
Being a part of a dual program means that we’re able to engage with wonderful faculty and exciting research across several parts of campus.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AT TPA?
This is my second year as the Senior Student Associate for Campus & Community Engagement (CCE). Mostly, this means that I design lessons and instructional materials for schools as a part of the Performing texasperformingarts.org