UC Davis director of choirs and assistant professor of teaching Nicolás Alberto Dosman has just published a book to help those new to the profession. "Growing Your Choral Program: A Practical Guide for New Directors" was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2024.
Students and recent graduates of the College of Letters and Science discuss the 2024 Film Festival at UC Davis, sharing the inspiration behind their films and the films themselves. The festival is produced by students in “CDM 189: Where Do Films Go: Film Festivals and Distribution,” which is taught by Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Media Julie Wyman.
Noah Guynn, professor of French and comparative literature, accepts appointment as Associate Dean of Faculty for Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies in the College of Letters and Science.
The Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, and Department of African and African American Studies each will receive $100,000 in funding as part of a new set of grants from the Mellon Foundation. The grants recognize the importance of studying race, ethnic, gender and sexuality.
The College of Letters and Science at UC Davis celebrated all things research at its first Research and Creative Activities Celebration, which was held this past week at the UC Davis Conference Center. The event showcased the breadth of academic activities occurring across the College of Letters and Science and its affiliated centers, with faculty presentations and panel discussions.
The multidisciplinary Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition will feature the work of graduate students across eight disciplines, including anthropology, art history, art studio, comparative literature, creative writing, design and English as well as Spanish and Portuguese.
Assistant Professor Gutiérrez Flores, who specializes in early modern Spanish and colonial Latin American studies, talks about birria tacos on KQED's "Beyond the Menu." The episode also features the owners of El Garage in Richmond, Calif. and food writer Bill Esparza as host Cecilia Phillips explores the foods origins.
Beginning April 1, the UC Davis campus is celebrating the Year of the Eggheads, marking the 30th anniversary of the campus installation of Robert Arneson’s iconic Egghead sculptures. The works, installed at five sites on campus during the 1990s, depict Eggheads working, playing, resting and conversing.
Many students, especially those who identify as first-generation and/or underrepresented minority (URM) students, struggle with imposter syndrome and feel like outsiders to the academic spaces that they inhabit. Desirée Martín, associate professor of English, makes a case for building bridges between academic and home spaces for students, especially those who identify as first-generation and/or URM students.
While adoration for Disney princesses continues to grow in terms of film ratings, some parents wonder what effects these idealized images of young women might have on how their children feel about and express themselves. In new research, a favorite princess improved—but did not harm—young children's confidence in their own bodies and the diversity of the ways in which they chose to play.
