WACD News
Our faculty and students are committed to promoting positive social change through interdisciplinary modes of investigation that address the complex cultural and artistic issues in our multi-layered contemporary world.
Dr. Janet O'Shea named 2020 Gold Shield Faculty Prize Winner
The Gold Shield Faculty Prize, offered by Gold Shield Alumnae of UCLA, annually provides an unrestricted $30,000 award to an exceptional mid-career full professor who has a distinguished record of undergraduate teaching, research and University service.
We won. Now what? Support Indie Clinics
PhD Candidate Amy Alterman on the June 29th SCOTUS decision
Dr. Tria Blu Wakpa receives Chancellor's Award for Community-Engaged Research
This year’s cohort combines scholarship, teaching and social justice
Kristina Wong WAC BA '00
Auntie Sewing Squad makes masks for at-risk and underserved communities
Art and Healing: A Conversation with Peter Sellars
As the novel coronavirus has turned our lives upside down, and global attention has shifted to the ongoing public health crisis, what role—if any—can the arts play at this time?
“Re-Defining What Matters"
Professor Bryonn Bain emcees a day of TED Talks at Sing Sing Prison
Cyndy Garcia-Weyandt to Join Kalamazoo College Faculty
Doctoral Candidate, Cyndy Garcia-Weyandt will be joining the faculty of Critical Ethnic Studies as an incoming Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2020.
Solidarity Statement from WACD Faculty
Statement of Support for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality
‘SOUTHLAND SESSIONS’ celebrates the creativity and spirit of Los Angeles’ arts and cultural communities
Tamica Washington-Miller BA '95
2020 Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellows Program
Jade Charon MFA '18 receives fellowship at Jacob's Pillow
Black Reconstruction in America By W.E.B. Du Bois
Online Reading Marathon Produced by Ph.D. Student MiRi Park