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welcome home Garrett House Gets New Faculty Master, Programming Focus to Continue on the Arts
visiting scholars
At the start
School. Key to this schedule will be the
Joining Whittier’s world-class faculty
of the Fall
opportunity to both enhance activi-
this year are two visiting profes-
2012 semester,
ties and capitalize on support from the
sors—one from Sri Lanka, one from
Associate Professor
College’s Center for Collaborations with
Egypt—who are contributing more
of Art Jenny
the Arts—a program that Herrick’s pre-
than just academic perspective to
Herrick began her
decessor, Jennifer Holmes, now directs.
the classroom. Hailing from Sri Lanka, Prof. Tudor Kalinga Silva is a senior profes-
IN HOUSE. s Garrett House was designated as a faculty master’s residence during the 1990-91 school year, when trustee Roberta Garrett Veloz ’57 endowed the residence for $1 million in honor of her parents, Mary and Orval Garrett.
tenure as Garrett Faculty Master. A Whittier College faculty mem-
Central to Herrick’s plans is a visiting artist series, intended to bring to campus a wide variety of interna-
ber since 2007, and director of the
tionally-renowned artists, scholars,
Greenleaf Gallery since 2009, Garrett
and critics who will offer in-depth
received her M.F.A. in painting and
presentations of their work, host ques-
printmaking from Yale University and
tion-and-answer sessions, and at times,
her undergraduate degree from Rhode
mount exhibitions in the Greenleaf
Island School of Design. Both in the
Gallery. Participants in this series have
the sociology of health, caste, ethnic-
classroom and in her studio, Herrick’s
already included Pulitzer Prize-winning
ity, nationalism and problems of social
focus is on painting and drawing.
poet C.K. Williams, with painter Kurt
sor of sociology at the University of Peradeniya, and an adjunct professor of global health and epidemiology at the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan. His research focuses on social inequality,
identity, the sociology of south Asia,
Already underway, thematic
Kauper, photographers William Lamson
and the sociology of development.
programming for Garrett House will
and Aspen Mays, and photographer/
Silva’s residence at Whittier is part of
continue to explore the arts community
filmmaker Charlie White on the upcom-
a faculty exchange through the ISLE
and field, with a visiting artist series,
ing schedule, as well.
program; religious studies professor
outdoor film screenings accompanied in
Jake Carbine, also in the exchange, is
some instances by talks with directors
Stay connected to upcoming events at
currently teaching in Sri Lanka. While
and screenwriters, and variety of events
Garrett House and the Greenleaf Gallery
at Whittier, Silva is teaching courses in
involving members of Whittier Law
by visiting www.whittier.edu.
both sociology and religious studies. With areas of expertise such as women and gender, demography, and development, Prof. Eman
SLOW AND STEADY
Nasry Daoud Shenouda is a current
Professor Shannon Stanton and students practice the martial art
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence and a
of tai-chi in a park in Beijing. As part of the course A Cross-
lecturer in sociology at the Faculty
Cultural Examination of K-12 Education: United States and China,
of Arts, Al-Fayoum University in
Stanton, along with Professor Kay Sanders and eight graduate
Egypt. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology,
and undergraduate students from the education department,
and her research focuses on linking
traveled overseas to the cities of Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai
women to problems of child labor, as
to engage in a hands-on exploration of the Chinese educational
well as on NGOs. At Whittier, she is
system and associated legislation. The group visited five schools
teaching within the Global Studies
throughout the three cities—a private high school, a public
program and has guest lectured for
K-12 school, a university of commerce, a trade college, and an
various departments.
EFT language school for adults—where they sat in on classes, interacted with Chinese students during physical education, and took part in one-on-one conversations.
>> The Spring theatre department production is Picasso at the Lapin Agile, written by Steve Martin and directed by professor Gil Gonzalez, March 6-10.
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