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EMDA Program Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
/in EMDA“It’s aliiiiive!” That’s how founding director Bobby Arellano describes the growth of the university’s ten-year-old academic major in Emerging Media and Digital Arts (EMDA). Quoting Gene Wilder in the movie Young Frankenstein is just one way Arellano and Âé¶¹´«Ã½ alumni talk about “this weird degree that has to be explained to people,” Arellano said.
Grad School: An Interview with Tara Thomas
/in EnglishTara Thomas received her B.A. in English from Âé¶¹´«Ã½ in 2012. She is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she studies Victorian-Edwardian literature and queer cultural studies.
Grad School: An Interview with Sabrina Sherman
/in EnglishSabrina Sherman is a 2016 cum laude graduate of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ with a BA in English. A native of Grants Pass, she is completing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Oregon, where she teaches college composition.
Grad School: An Interview with Kendall Meador
/in English, FeaturedBorn in Lewiston, Idaho, Kendall Meador moved up and down the west coast before completing her BA in English at Âé¶¹´«Ã½. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in American literature at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Methodist University in Dallas, TX. In her free time, she enjoys writing poetry and cooking.
EMDA 10th Anniversary Alumni Spotlight: Crystal Burns
/in EMDA, FeaturedI have been working as a Visual Information Specialist at Little Rock Air Force Base for the last 5 years. My responsibilities include developing print and digital graphics for internal and external audiences; I also develop short animations for a base-wide digital marquee system.
Grad School: An Interview with Dante Fumagalli
/in English, FeaturedDante Fumagalli is a 2017 summa cum laude graduate of Âé¶¹´«Ã½, with a double major in English and Art History. A member of the founding class of Âé¶¹´«Ã½’s Honors College, he was the 2017 student commencement speaker.
Grad School: An Interview with Alexis Brooks
/in EnglishAfter graduating from Âé¶¹´«Ã½ in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Alexis went on to pursue a Master of Arts in English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
EMDA 10th Anniversary Alumni Spotlight: Cailin Tamplin
/in EMDA, FeaturedEMDA is a winning program because it allows students to ideate and find their voice in the digital world. The mindset to have when heading into a class is to know that you are learning how to learn.
EMDA 10 Year Anniversary Part 1: The History
/in EMDA, FeaturedThe EMDA idea was built on projects like the Applied Multimedia Unit (AMU) and Digital Media Foundations (DMF) courses over a decade of innovation, curriculum development, and a vision for interdisciplinary design at Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
EMDA 10th Anniversary Alumni Spotlight: Sharnae Greene
/in EMDA, FeaturedMy EMDA degree has given me such a wide variety of skills and has pushed me to try things I never would have tried on my own!