The College of Visual and Performing Arts aspires to be a community that values and supports the research and creative work of its students and faculty and celebrates the diversity of inquiries, disciplines, and practice-informed work.
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Faculty Research Spotlight
Soudabeh Moradian, assistant professor of film in the Department of Film and Media Arts, recently premiered “The Mermaid,” a feature film that employed VPA students, alumni, and faculty across disciplines alongside professionals from the film industry. The film earned the ReFrame Stamp 2024, a mark of distinction to recognize standout gender-balanced films and TV projects by the Sundance Institute and Women in Film (WIF). Learn more about the film.
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Andrew Zhou, assistant teaching professor of composition in the Setnor School of Music, who, with Ryan McCullough, is the piano duo HereNowHear, released a double album on False Azure Records featuring Karlheinz Stockhausen’s iconic “Mantra” for two pianos, percussion, and ring modulators. The album also includes contemporary companion works commissioned for the duo and miniatures (including one written by Zhou) inspired by Beethoven’s “Rage Over a Lost Penny.”
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Ordinary conversations provided a riveting research opportunity for Alexandra Milchovich, a junior majoring in communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) and English. Studying the function and impact of queer media references in conversation, Milchovich recently presented her research at the annual meeting of the Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI) at Columbia University’s Teachers College. The project emerged out of an assignment for Intercultural Communication (CRS 430), a class taught by CRS Associate Professor Sylvia Sierra. Learn more about Milchovich’s presentation.