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Harriford is currently Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Vassar College. Harriford grew up in Sioux City Iowa, went to Oberlin and then SUNY Stony Brook, and came to Vassar in 1988. Professor Harriford teaches courses in sex and gender, Black intellectual history, and Black feminism
Harriford is currently Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Vassar College. Harriford grew up in Sioux City Iowa, went to Oberlin and then SUNY Stony Brook, and came to Vassar in 1988. Professor Harriford teaches courses in sex and gender, Black intellectual history, and Black feminism
In the first of a two part interview, Harry Roseman, Professor of Art on the Isabelle Hyman Chair at Vassar College, talks about his career as an artist and as a college teacher, beginning with a conversation about his photographic installation on the Worldwide Web: A Chronicle: Harry Roseman, A
In the second of a two part interview, Harry Roseman, Professor of Art on the Isabelle Hyman Chair at Vassar College, talks about his career as an artist and as a college teacher, beginning with a conversation about his photographic installation on the Worldwide Web: A Chronicle: Harry Roseman, A
Renowned Franco-Algerian intellectual and journalist Henri Alleg talks with Patricia-Pia Célérier about politics, state-sponsored torture, censorship, and the Algerian War of Independence, on the occasion of a new English translation of his regime-shaking book, La Question, published by Nebraska
Herman Eberhardt, Supervisory Curator at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, discusses the Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, and his exhibition: Images of Internment: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, on view in the Library's William J
Holly Peppe, scholar, editor, and literary executor for the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, discusses Millay's life, her work, the new edition of Millay's Selected Poems (Yale, 2016), and the exhibition "Treasures from Steepletop" on view in the Main Library, Art Library, and Frances Lehman Loeb Art
Owner of Nelly's Restaurant, Ambioris talks about his childhood in the Dominican Republic, the impact of his family, his early years in New York City, and running a restaurant in Poughkeepsie.
Owner of Roatan Honduras Restaurant, Doris talks about he childhood in rural Honduras, her family, her faith, the challenges of migration, and the joys of running a Honduran restaurant in her newfound home of Poughkeepsie.
Married couple and owners of Roatan Honduras Restaurant, Fernando and Mayra talk about growing up in rural Honduras, the reasons so many Hondurans migrate, the challenges of migration, and their dreams for the future.
Owner of El Chapulin Colorado Ice Cream, Lorena talks about her childhood in rural Mexico (Oaxaca), the impact of her parents, her decision to come to Poughkeepsie, the difficulties of starting over in a new country, and the joy of having her own restaurant.
Owner of Gisselle's Bakery, Raymundo talks about his childhood in rural Mexico (Oaxaca), the impact of his parents, his decision to migrate at a young age, and the story of how he became a baker.
Owner of Sinaloan inspired restaurant, La Vickyna, Victoria talks about growing up in rural Mexico (Sinaloa), her decision to migrate, motherhood, relationships, the story of becoming a restaurant owner.
Architect and architectural historian James Fischer, AIA, RIBA, talks about pathologies of professionalism and his exhibition: The Suspension of Disbelief: Advertising and Architectural Ethics, now on view in the Vassar College Art Library October 9-December 21, 2007.
Season Finale: James Merrell, Professor of History at Vassar College on the Lucy Maynard Salmon Chair, talks about historical vocabulary and his article "Second Thoughts on Colonial Historians and American Indians" (William and Mary Quarterly July 2012), as well as his two monographs The Indians'
James Mundy (VC'74), Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, talks about the Exhibit "American Stories 1800-1950" on view at the Center January 29 - April 17, 2016. "The founding strength of the art museum at Vassar College in 1864 was its American paintings. That
James Mundy (VC '74) Anne Hendricks Bass director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, will talk about his education and life at Vassar in connection with the exhibition highlighting additions to the Loeb Center collections over his 28 year tenure: An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of
Biopsychologist and Tufts University Provost Jamshed Bharucha talks about exciting new research on the cognitive and neural basis of music perception and what it tells us about human thought, communication and development.
Harvard cultural historian and media theorist Jeffrey T. Schnapp (VC'75), Co-director of the Berkman Center for the Internet and Society and founding Faculty Director of the Harvard Graduate School of Design's knowledge design studio metaLAB, talks about his new book, co-authored with Matthew
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