Fall 2023 Lightning Research Sessions

As a space for interdisciplinary conversation CHArt aims to strengthen existing faculty collaborations and build new ones through Lightning Research Sessions. These sessions invite faculty from various campus departments to present and listen to works-in-progress or recently completed research projects that involve questions of community, place-making, culture, heritage, and the arts. The goals of Lightning Research Sessions are to: provide faculty with opportunities to share their work, learn about the work that our campus departments are undertaking, and spark potential conversations of collaboration and participation.

This session was sponsored by CHArt and the Center for Community-engaged Arts and Design Research (CADRe). There were 16 faculty from 12 campus departments sharing their recently completed or in-progress research projects along with many others from other units who came to listen. There was also a brief overview of CHArt given by Dr. Emily Makaš and CarlosAlexis Cruz as well as an overview of CADRe given by Dr. Vaughn Schmutz. Prior to the presentations, there was a lunch sponsored by both CHArt and CADRe.