Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Newsletter: Fall 2022
Editor: Lydia Githinji, MALS GA
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ETSU MALS students visited
The Highlander Center's 90th Homecoming on Oct 1st, 2022
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2022's THEME:
"There is a new world coming"
CELEBRATING NINE DECADES OF BUILDING POWER AND MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH UNITED STATES SOUTH AND APPALACHIA
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ETSU MALS students led by the chair Cross-Disciplinary Studies Department Prof. Jill Leroy-Frazier had an opportunity to interact with the speakers like:
- Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson
- Mia Willis
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Rev. Isaac Collins, among others.
This was a great event to learn how highlander’s programs create spaces for directly impacted people and communities, and practice to build skills in the methodologies that root Highlander's vision of the world we deserve and, are building together through:
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Popular Education: the process of bringing people together to share their lived experiences and build collective knowledge. Popular education learning informs action for liberation.
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Language Justice: recognizes language as an essential part of empowerment in collective learning and strategy building.
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Intergenerational Organizing: brings together the collective wisdom of ancestors, elders, young people, and all those in between to envision, strategize, and take action for a better future.
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Participatory Action Research: recognizes information as power. It is a collective process where people investigate a specific issue or question to inform organizing, strategy, and solutions.
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Cultural Organizing: celebrates and honors people’s spiritual traditions and cultural expression in the work to shift policies and practices.
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Land, Legacy and Place: build strategies to nourish and tend to our relationships with our histories, places, communities, and environments that support our collective thriving.
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
Martin Luther
"It was an enlightening and delightful experience. I really enjoyed learning about the history of Highlander, and their vision for a new world" Mackenzie Bolling (ETSU MALS Gender and Diversity graduate student).
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Nikki Giovanni visited ETSU on September 20, 2022 Giovanni is a poet, professor and author recognized internationally.
The event was sponsored by
"The Black American Studies Program"
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Nikki Giovanni is one of America’s most influential voices on the Black experience since the 1960s, delivered free public poetry readings. This event was held in conjunction with the “Y’all Don’t Hear Me” exhibition currently on display at ETSU’s Tipton and Slocumb Galleries.
ETSU Poet-in-Residence, Dr. Jesse Graves, who is central to this collaboration, agreed and said, “Nikki Giovanni is a legend in American literature, a towering figure whose insight and perception are matched by the generosity of her spirit and vision. The importance of Giovanni’s work continues to grow and evolve with each generation of readers, and her visit offers us a chance to hear one of our most luminous voices.”
Tolulope Adeusi, a MALS Gender and Diversity student had this to say about the session;
"The session was enlightening; Nikki Giovanni shared her personal stories that drove part of her poetry. This included how her experience living with lung cancer influenced some of her poetry. Giovanni also spoke about the need for recognition of black women in Appalachia and their historical contributions to Appalachian culture. This is because when people think about Appalachia, they do not necessarily think of people of color as being from Appalachia. Giovanni is truly a great person!"
"Mistakes are a part of life. It is the response to the error that counts." Nikki Giovanni.
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Courses of Interest for Spring 2023 |
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○Scots-Irish In Appalachia - APST 5237
○Regional &International Issues - APST 5260
○Ethnomusiology Appalachia - APST 5670
○ Appalachia Foodways - APST 5907
○Italian Renaissance Art - ARTH 5037
○Contemporary Art - ARTH 5077
○The Monument in History - ARTH 5147
○Gender & Communication - COMM 5200
○Applied & Professional Ethics - CDST 5317
○Literature of Southern Appalachia - ENG 5060
○Themes in Women's Lit - ENG 5087
○Homelessness, Hunger and Poverty - HDAL - 5017
○Introduction to Nature Connection - HSRV 5110
○Nature Based Therapy: Theory & Practice - HSRV 5130
○Media Law & Ethics - MCOM 5080
○Applied Storytelling - STOR 5647
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MALS 5000:
Showcase of Interdisciplinary Research
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Please join us on Tuesday, November 29th, for a showcase of the research done by our current MALS students! We invite all alum, faculty, staff, and students to attend this seminar! |
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Please RSVP for our MALS 5000 Showcase!!
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Sorry, I'm unavailable. :(
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The Division of Cross - Disciplinary studies has moved! We are now located on the second floor of Yoakley Hall
161 S. Dossett Hall Dr,
Johnson City, TN 37614
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Are you an alum of the MALS program?? Do you want to have your profile included in our next newsletter?? |
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If so, please click below!!
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MALS Online Writing Center:
The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Online Writing Center (MOWC) at East Tennessee State University is a supplemental resource designed to reinforce students’ understanding of writing as a tool for learning and communicating their contributions to scholarly knowledge.
In addition to the information about interdisciplinary, graduate-level writing provided on this site, the MWC offers interactive writing support services for currently enrolled ETSU MALS students through the MALS Writing Consultant, Thomas Hilton
Please click on the link titled MALS Writing Consultant to send an email
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Reminders
Registration by appointment only opens on
November 7th, 2022
The last day of class is December 2nd, 2022
The first day of class in the Spring is
January 17th, 2022
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Contact Information:
Dr. Jill LeRoy - Frazier, MALS Graduate Coordinator; Professor and Chair, Cross - Disciplinary Studies.
Dr. Julie Fox - Horton, Archival Studies Graduate Certificate Coordinator; Assistant Professor, Cross -Disciplinary Studies.
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