Humanities and Cultural Studies

Rising from the ashes

Wright State public history graduate student Darrell Blevins rebuilds his life after a series of tragic events

Darrell Blevins, a public history graduate student at Wright State, received support from the College of Liberal Arts Emergency Fund after a tragic incident. Continue reading

Wright State University honors staff and faculty for excellence

Wright State University honored recipients of the Faculty and Staff President’s Awards for Excellence on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Continue reading

2024 President’s Award for Excellence in Leadership (Classified)

Tracey Hill, administrative support coordinator, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2024

Tracey Hill, administrative support coordinator in the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, gives her job all she has and puts people first. Continue reading

Wright State launches new program to train more high school teachers to teach College Credit Plus courses

Local high school teachers were able to take English classes at Wright State this summer to earn credentials need to teach College Credit Plus courses. Continue reading

Wright State alum Gary Norman takes pride in meeting challenges head on

Wright State history grad Gary Norman is an attorney who advocates for those often overlooked in society. Continue reading

Immortal exhibition

Wright State English students’ study of vampire literature will impact them forever

Students in the Studies in Literary Theory course created a Vampire Exhibition as their final project and culminating experience for the class.  Continue reading

Nearly 1,500 students to graduate at Wright State’s spring commencement ceremonies

Wright State will hold its spring 2024 graduate ceremony on Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m. and its undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, April 27, at 10 a.m. in the Wright State University Nutter Center. Continue reading

Virtual lecture series aims to build bridge between Wright State and Ukrainian students

Wright State students are getting exposed to war through a series of video exchanges with students in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the frontlines of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Continue reading

Philosopher of biology and medicine to give Erik C. Banks Memorial Lecture in Philosophy at Wright State

Anya Plutynski, professor of philosophy at Washington University, will lecture on “Talking ‘Cures’ in the Context of Mental Health: A Better Model for Mental Health Care than Somatic Medicine” on March 12 at Wright State. Continue reading

Indian political theorist, Oxford honorary fellow to give Piediscalzi Lecture at Wright State

Rajeev Bhargava, director of the Parekh Institute of Indian Thought at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, will lecture on “Indian Secularism and the Ambivalence of Religion” on March 11 at Wright State. Continue reading