Register Now: Cluster-Theme Symposium II

The College of Arts and Sciences will hold its Cluster-Theme Symposium II on Saturday, February 10. This unique conference will highlight faculty innovation in teaching and scholarship within the themes of Climate Change and Environmental Justice, Technology and the Human Experience, and Borders and Social Justice. 

Attendees will be able to connect with colleagues and learn about interdisciplinary opportunities.

Registration required.

About the Cluster Themes

Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Given the array of disciplinary perspectives from which climate change and environmental justice may be approached, faculty in this theme will share interest and/or expertise to engage attendees with questions about the impact of the changing climate on humanity, the environment, public policy and the arts. 

Technology and the Human Experience: Speakers will share aspects of the college’s promising program of research in the study of technology and the human experience that prepares students to design, create, regulate and implement accessible and bias-free technologies for a diverse world. 

Borders and Social Justice: In the spirit of recognizing borders as social, political, cultural and physical constructs that act as artificial or natural boundaries within and beyond our imagination, the College of Arts and Sciences faculty will share expertise in challenging and contesting the concept of borders.    

In the college’s spirit of a commitment to academic excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion, fourteen new faculty members who were hired as part of the university’s collaborative new hiring strategy will be in attendance. That strategy focused on bringing new faculty from the three aforementioned thematic areas to join the College of Arts and Sciences community. 

Each of these clusters includes teacher-scholars who build on USD’s commitment to interdisciplinary studies and the liberal arts. The symposium will provide an opportunity for attendees to learn from and build community with college faculty.

Program