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Welcome to Fall Semester 2016!
Message from the Dean
Welcome to the College of Arts & Letters at California State University, Los Angeles, a diverse and creative community committed to nurturing students in the arts and humanities and to providing a distinctive liberal arts education to all Cal State LA students.
The College is home to nationally acclaimed undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, visual and media arts, and performing arts that are delivered by an award-winning faculty committed to helping students reach their full potential academically, professionally, and personally. Housed in state-of-the-art facilities, our 8 departments (Art, Communication Studies, English, Liberal Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Theatre & Dance, Philosophy, and Television, Film & Media Studies) include programs that lead to Bachelor and Masters of Arts degrees, Bachelor and Masters of Music degrees, and Masters of Fine Arts degrees.
Located in one of the most vibrant and creative cosmopolitan centers of the world, our students have access to world-renowned venues and a rich variety of scholars, artists, and performers from a host of fields and professions. Our campus boasts one of the most diverse student populations in the country, a fact that helps us to prepare Arts & Letters graduates for successful careers in today's multicultural environment and global economy.
I encourage you to explore our college to learn why the College of Arts & Letters at Cal State LA is a remarkable community of scholars and students.
- Rennie B. Schoepflin, Ph.D., Dean |
| | Spring Into Fall Guest Curator: Young Chung, Commonwealth and Council
Fine Arts Gallery August 18-Sept.9 | Thursday-Friday Opening Reception: August 24
Vocal Arts Honors Concert Music Hall, 7:30 pm September 9 | Friday Theorizing the Humanities: Stakes and Specificities Lecture San Gabriel Room (U-SU), 12:15 pm September 13 | Tuesday
Get Ready to Vote: Election 2016 Golden Eagle Ballroom, 6:15 pm
September 15, Thursday Jazz Orchestra/Combo Concert State Playhouse, 7:30 pm September 22 | Thursday Dr. Benedict - Faculty Artist Recital Music Hall, 7:30 pm September 27 | Tuesday
Modern Multiples Fine Arts GalleryOctober 3-28 | Monday-Friday Opening Reception: October 8 Enrique's Journey: An Evening with Sonia Nazario Golden Eagle Ballroom, 6:15 pm
October 5 | Wednesday
Choir Concert Burning Man Meets Socrates Arena Theatre October 5-8 & 12-15 at 7:30 pm October 9 at 2:30 pm
Independent Visions: Which Way Home U-SU Theatre, 6:15 pm October 6 | Thursday Wind Ensemble Concert State Playhouse, 7:30 pm
Symphonic Band State Playhouse 12:00 pm October 13 | Thursday
PCMC Concert
Music Hall, 7:30 pm October 13 | Thursday
Zachary Deak Piano Recital Music Hall, 7:30 pm October 19 | Wednesday
Commercial Music Combo State Playhouse, 7:30 pm October 20 | Thursday Chamber Winds Concert Music Hall, 7:30 pm October 25 | Tuesday
Latina State Playhouse November 2-5 & 9-12 at 7:30 pm November 6 at 2:30 pm
Early Music Ensemble Concert Music Hall, 7:30 pm November 10 | Thursday
Graduate Thesis Exhibition Fine Arts Gallery November 10-23 | Thursday-Wed Opening Reception: November 12
Archives, Libraries, Properties, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference Westin Pasadena November 11-13 | Friday-Sunday
CAAP Convention Cal State LA Downtown Campus & Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown LA November 11-14 | Friday-Monday PCMC ConcertMusic Hall, 7:30 pm November 15 | Tuesday
Choir Concert State Playhouse, 7:30 pm November 16 | Wednesday
Jazz Orchestra ConcertState Playhouse, 7:30 pm November 17 | Thursday
Afro Latin Ensemble ConcertState Playhouse, 7:30 pm November 18 | Friday
Jazz CombosMusic Hall, 7:30 pm November 21 | Monday University BandsState Playhouse, 7:30 pm November 22 | Tuesday Mariachi ConcertState Playhouse, 10:30 am December 1 | Thursday Golden Age + OperettaMusic Hall, 7:30 pm December 2-3 | Friday-Saturday Orchestra ConcertState Playhouse, 7:30 pm December 12 | Monday Senior Projects Fine Arts Gallery December 5-Jan. 10 | Monday-Tues Opening Reception: December 6
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| Fall Semester Classes Begin August 22 | Monday
Labor Day September 5 | Thursday
Veterans Day November 11 | Friday
Finals Study Day November 23 | Wednesday
Thanksgiving Holiday November 24-27 | Thursday-Sunday
Final Examinations December 6-10 | Tuesday-Saturday
Student Recess Dec.11-Jan.2 | Sunday-Monday
Winter Intersession Jan.2-21 | Monday-Saturday
Martin Luther King's Day Jan.16 | Monday
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PHOTO LEFT TO RIGHT Marilyn Elkins, Meredith Greenburg, Shiz Herrera, John D. Sanger (in photo) Doug K. Jones, Hailey Morris and Nadine Bedrossian
MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE RECEIVES $100,000 IN MEMORY OF JOHN D. SANGER The Music, Theatre & Dance (MTD) department recently received a planned gift in the amount of $100,000 in memory of John D. Sanger, an alumnus of the college. John, a student in the MTD department, received his undergraduate degree in 2012 and recently his Master's degree, posthumously in spring 2016. Doug K. Jones, John's widower, attended the spring commencement ceremony and received John's degree on his behalf. The gift will be earmarked for future scholarships for the MTD department. |
2017 JEAN BURDEN POETRY SERIES
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 We are pleased to announce that Mvskoke poet Joy Harjo has accepted our invitation to serve as the 2017 Jean Burden Poet. This is the first time a Native American will be honored in this nation's longest running and most prestigious poetry series. The Jean Burden Series was established in 1986 by friends and supporters of Jean Burden to honor her achievements as a poet, essayist, editor, teacher, and scholar. This series also honors and celebrates Jean Burden's decades of commitment to sustaining poetry's presence at Cal State LA.
The 2017 Jean Burden Reading will take place on Thursday, February 23. To read more about Joy Harjo visit www.joyharjo.com. Learn more about the poetry series at http://bit.ly/BurdenPoetry. |
 Carmen Cuba, '94 Casting Director
Audiences have Carmen to thank for the white-hot charisma of the Magic Mike films and for the powerhouse cast of Ridley Scott's The Martian. In 2013, the Academy recognized Carmen with an Emmy for her stellar work in assembling the players for Steven Soderbergh's daring Behind the Candelabra.
In the last few years, Carmen has expanded her work to include casting for television as long-time filmmakers have made the jump to the small screen; most recent is the Wachowskis' first venture into episodic storytelling with Sense8. She is preparing to jet cross-country in LA to New York to wrap up the second season of Soderberg's excellent Cinemax series The Knick, as well as hold auditions for Amazon's Red Oaks and Montauk for Netflix. |
 Rebekah Ruswick, '07Special Education Administrator Rebekah Ruswick transferred from Pasadena City College to Cal State LA in 2004. Rebekah pursued the Liberal Studies option for Elementary Teacher Preparation with the Multiple Subjects Credential (Option III). She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree and Multiple Subjects Credential in 2007. She returned to complete a Master of Arts degree in Special Education (Mild to Moderate) in 2011. Rebekah is currently the Special Education Administrator for the Downey Unified School District as well as a lecturer at Cal State Los Angeles in Special Education. |
| Michael Shultz, '86  Director
Michael Schultz is a multiple Prime Time Emmy winning editor, whose credits include many of the most important comedy specials, music specials, and music videos of the last three decades. A member of the Directors Guild of America and the Motion Picture Editors Guild, Michael has also worked as a producer, director and production manager. A three-time Emmy nominee, Michael has won twice in 2008 he received the award for Outstanding Picture Editing for his work on Justin Timberlake: Futuresexloveshow for HBO and in 2009 for Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger also for HBO. In 2010, Michael was nominated again, this time for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera) on HBO's Comedy Special, Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction, Robin Williams's last stand-up special. He has worked with pioneering directors in the field including Marty Callner and Joe Pytka; and many of the country's most talented comics, including Robin Williams, Amy Schumer, Dane Cook, Chris Rock, Paul F. Tompkins, Hannibal Burress, Whitney Cummings, Pee Wee Herman, Al Madrigal, Carlos Mencia, Whoopi Goldberg, and George Lopez.
He is responsible for editing over 500 music videos, including clips and long form works for Destiny's Child, Lil Wayne, NWA, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Eazy-E, Janes Addiction, The Go Go's, Rage Against the Machine, Queen Latifah, Justin Timberlake, Ice Cube, Heavy D, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige. With over 75 primetime credits the range of Michael's impressive work includes Feature Film, Television Movies, Specials, Documentaries, Spots, Trailers, Television Series, Long Form Video, and Music Videos. Most recently three of Michael's projects premiered, an HBO comedy special, Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (directed by Chris Rock), a special for Comedy Central, Whitney Cummings: I'm Your Girlfriend, and a documentary for HBO on the life and career of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem: Minority of One. Michael is currently working on projects with Jud Apatow. Michael attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles and graduated from the California State University, Los Angeles with a BA '86, in Radio, Film and Television. Michael started working professionally during his senior year at Cal State LA. |
 Julian Gomez, '88Television Editor For the last 28 years Julian Gomez has been a television editor. Most notably he has edited 26 seasons of the landmark realty show "The Amazing Race" for which he was awarded three Prime Time Emmy awards for outstanding editing. While he has successfully been a writer, producer, and director, he regards editing as his primary vocation and credits his Cal State LA experience as playing a decisive role in his professional success. |
| | | Claudia A. Anguiano, '04 & '06 Assistant Professor at CSU, Fullerton Claudia A. Anguiano (Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2011) is a proud alumnus of the Communication Studies Department at Cal State LA (B.A. 2004, M.A. 2006). She joined California State University, Fullerton in 2014 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Communication Studies to develop critical Latina/o communication courses. As recipient of the 2009 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Social and Humanistic Studies, she focused on the rhetorical protest practices of immigrant youth, and her dissertation was selected as a finalist in the 2013 Outstanding Dissertations Competition by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). Previously a lecturer of Speech in the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric from 2011-2014 at Dartmouth College, her scholarship and pedagogy focused on the communicative intersections of culture, identity labels, and race, particularly within the context of social justice activism. Engaging the fields of communication studies, critical race theory, and Latino Studies, she has presented her research at numerous national and regional academic conferences and served as an advocate for immigrant rights at community events. Claudia has published her work in various journals, including: Women's Studies in Communication Journal (forthcoming), Association of Mexican American Educators Journal (2014),Review of Communication (2014), Journal of International & Intercultural Communication (2012), and Communication Monographs (2011). Prior and current research projects examining Latino/a youth activism have appeared in edited book volumes, including The Rhetorics of US Immigration: Identity, Community and Otherness (2015), and Latino Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de un(a) Voz? (2011). |
| Congratulations to Professor Michael Calabrese for the Publication of An Introduction to Piers Plowman |
 Cal State LA English professor Michael Calabrese has recently published An Introduction to Piers Plowman, the first comprehensive guide to William Langland's masterful work, which outlines the various changes that occurred among all three versions of the poem. The author thoroughly explores the versions in parallel and offers new perspectives and approaches to the evolving nature of the poem. Piers Plowman is a long allegorical poem from the late 14th century, chronicling the dreams and wanderings of a man named "Will"--the hungering human will, searching for truth in a corrupt world and materialist society. Will's guide is "Piers (Peter) the Plowman," a stern but loving man of the soil, who teaches Will the value of both physical and spiritual labor. Professor Calabrese's book offers his current thinking about the classic poem, informed in great part by his efforts to bring the poem to life for his students at Cal State LA. The book includes detailed information about teaching medieval literature at Cal State LA to a multicultural population and was designed as a guide to take first-time readers on a journey through the poem's exploration of the basic human meaning found in a search for virtue, truth, and love in one's community. It is something Calabrese has sought to do in his career as a teacher, and this book represents the heart of his life's work.
Click here and use code AU816 at checkout to get your copy of the book for $35 (original price $79.95). Order by phone at (800) 226-3822. Discount valid until August 31, 2016.
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