School of Arts & Sciences

The Heart of the University

The School of Arts & Sciences is the heart of the University of Richmond’s offerings. You can choose from or combine majors from 24 departments and 12 interdisciplinary programs. In the School of Arts & Sciences, you will learn to integrate your classroom experience with your true interests, your calling.

It’s the chance to explore a topic you’ve always been curious about, whether that’s Russian, modern dance, or environmental ethics. It’s getting a different perspective on your favorite subject, thinking through concepts and problems in a way you never have before. It’s satisfying your curiosity and love for learning, and then working to translate that into a career path.

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School of Arts & Sciences 2022-23 Dean’s Report

Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature & the Arts

Reimagining Community In Cinema

2023-2024 Tucker Boatwright Festival of Literature & the Arts

Beyond Protest: A Cinema of Black Quiet
4:30 p.m. | Humanities Commons, Humanities Building

“Reimagining Community in Cinema” explores the diverse ways in which community is historically imagined and reimagined in documentary and fiction film from the silent era to the digital age. Through events such as symposia, masterclasses, film screenings, and conversations with filmmakers, the festival honors in particular the contributions of historically marginalized communities.

Hosted by the Film Studies interdisciplinary program.

C. Pam Zhang

Dept. of English Writers Series

C. Pam Zhang

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 7-8 P.M. | Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall

C. Pam Zhang is mostly an artifact of the United States. She is the author of Land of Milk and Honey and How Much of These Hills Is Gold, winner of the Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award and the Asian/Pacific Award for Literature; nominated for the Booker Prize; and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Zhang’s writing appears in Best American Short Stories, The Cut, McSweeney’s Quarterly, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree.

Wheeler Lecture with Kara Cooney

Dept. of Classics 13th Annual Stuart L. Wheeler Lecture

"When Women Ruled the World"

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

Open House 4-4:45 p.m. | Humanities Building 419, Ancient World Gallery

Lecture 5 p.m. | Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall

Presented by Kara Cooney, Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA and Egyptologist

A woman’s power in the ancient world (and perhaps even today) was always compromised from the outset, and this lecture will address the root causes of this social inequality. Given this social reality in the ancient world, how then did women negotiate their limited leadership roles? Were they able to rule “behind the throne” so to speak? How are we to find a woman’s power when it was so habitually cloaked by a man’s dominance? This lecture will address those questions and ask how much of this ancient reality still touches us today.

Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies.

A&S Student Symposium Artwork

A&S Student Symposium Poster & Program Cover Artwork

Each year, the A&S Student Symposium program booklet and event poster feature artwork curated from that year’s research presentations.

If you would like your research to be considered for the program and poster of the next symposium, please submit your work for consideration by March 22, 2024.

A&S Convocation

A&S Honors Convocation

Each year, the A&S community comes together to celebrate the academic accomplishments of our students at Honors Convocation.

All A&S faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend this special celebration.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music

Faculty, staff, students, and guests are invited to lunch in the Heilman Dining Center following Convocation. 

A&S Student Symposium

A&S Student Symposium

Each April, we celebrate our diverse community of learners at the A&S Student Symposium, a showcase of student-led research projects from nearly 30 disciplines in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Student researchers share their scholarly work with the campus community and the public through oral presentations, poster sessions, performances, and art exhibits.

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024, 12:30 TO 5:30 P.M.

Humanities at UR

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Events

Faculty Expertise

Do you envision college as a place where your professor’s office hours are spent in deep conversation about topics beyond this week’s assignment? Where you can work side-by-side with a faculty member on cutting-edge research that is published in a professional journal?

In A&S, our faculty are experts on the cutting edge of their fields. While they could work in some of the top research institutions in the world, our faculty chose Richmond because they believe in educating tomorrow's leaders and are passionate about mentoring and sharing their knowledge with students.

A&S Faculty Highlights

Dr. Brandon Ng
Ng Published

Brandon Ng, visiting assistant professor of psychology, published "Power to Detect What? Considerations for Planning and Evaluating Sample Size" in Personality and Social Psychology Review.

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Dr. Lauren Craig Tilton
Tilton Promoted & Named Robins Professor

Lauren Tilton was promoted to professor of digital humanities and was appointed the E. Claiborne Robins Professor of Liberal Arts. Tilton specializes in analyzing, developing, and applying digital and computational methods to the study of 20th and 21st century documentary expression and visual culture.

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Dr. Taylor Arnold
Arnold Promoted

Taylor Arnold was promoted to professor of data science and statistics. Arnold’s research is fundamentally interdisciplinary and contributes to the fields of Digital Humanities (DH) and Cultural Analytics through his expertise as a mathematician and data scientist.

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Dr. Timothy Barney
Barney Promoted

Timothy Barney was promoted to professor of rhetoric and communication studies. Barney specializes in the history, politics, rhetoric, and visual culture of the Cold War era, specifically cartography as visual rhetoric, Cold War and post-Cold War presidential rhetoric, and philanthropic development with a particular focus on small business loans to women.

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Dr. Dan Chen
Chen Awarded Tenure and Promotion

Dan Chen was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of political science. Chen specializes in authoritarianism in China with four specific areas of inquiry including popular culture, public opinion, news media, and local governance.

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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn
Kahn Awarded Tenure & Promotion

Michelle Kahn was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of history. Kahn specializes in modern European history with a particular focus on German transnational history.

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Dr. Joonsuk
Park Awarded Tenure and Promotion

Joonsuk Park was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of computer science. Park specializes in developing natural language processing (NLP) systems to facilitate clear online communication among people, encouraging more effective discussion and debate.

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Shahan Mufti
Mufti Promoted

Shahan Mufti was promoted to professor of journalism. Mufti specializes in the literary and narrative non-fiction genre, tackling complex social issues through in-depth storytelling and on-the-ground reporting.

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