Hi-Fi Voices
Jenni Veitch-Olson, PhD student in Musicology, leads East High School students on an interdisciplinary exploration of female musicians' contributions to American cultural history via the creation of a radio series for WORT 89.9 FM Madison.
MAAX: Madison Academic and Athletic Exchange
Through a collaboration between his English 100 class and the East High School Writing Center, CREW, English PhD candidates Will Rogers and Justin Kolb foster an ongoing dialogue on the role of athletics and academics in university and national culture.
MAAX website
Toki Talks, Toki Middle School After-school Journalism Program
Cathy DeShano, a PhD student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will work with youth at Toki Middle School to learn to craft fact-based stories that take a variety of forms, such as written, audio, or visual. During weekly meetings, they develop and build on a variety of skills, including journalism processes, research, and creative and critical thinking
Identity and Violence in the New Columbian Narrative
Beatriz L. Botero, PhD student in Spanish and Portugese, engaged Madison’s Latino community with literary works of art that originated in Spanish-speaking countries. Beatriz partnered with Centro Hispano and involved Latino adults in reading short stories from well-known Latin American authors in order to familiarize community members with academic endeavors; improve their quality of life through the consumption of cultural goods; and provide tools to interpret and cherish their cultural heritage.
The Prison Writing Workshop
In 2005 English graduate students Ray Hsu and Marianne Erhardt established at Oakhill Correctional Institution a creative writing community where inmates read, discuss, and publish their work. They also established an essay-writing tutorial service that helps inmates earn their High School Equivalency Diplomas. In 2007 Emma Snyder brought a narrative focus to the creative writing community at Oakhill as well as maintaining the previous programs."
Team Survivor Kabaret
Julie Vogt, PhD student in Theater and Drama, rehearses and presents an original variety show with female cancer patients and survivors. The exercise and community-building program of short dances, songs, monologues, and skits are devised through structured improvisation and storytelling with the goal of bringing Julie's training in community performance and her research in American burlesque to the Team Survivor support program in Madison.