Student Work: Research

Black Environmentalism
The environment is more than plants and roads, including also how one is treated or perceived. All Black politics have an environmental dimension because Black people are still unable to simply exist in The United States.

Placeless Architecture
For the first time in recorded history, one can now travel to any large urban development and perceive architecture that appears familiar regardless of its geographical location. How did this standardization come about?

Recycling During the Covid-19 Outbreak
A look at pandemic's effect on canning, the practice of collecting cans and bottles throughout New York City and returning them to redemption centers for money.

Monument Proposals for New York
As racist statues topple, what will replace them? The students of Professor Patricia Kim’s Spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Seminar, "Women and Public Art" imagined the next generation of monuments for their final projects.

Going to Great Pains
Exploring the Feminist Potentials of Suffering in art by Ana Mendieta and Kiki Smith

Healing Is Not Linear
An illustrative timeline of Afro-Asian relations in the United States spanning more than 500 years

Puabi’s Lyres: Feminine Musicianship
Excavations of the Royal Cemetery at Ur disrupt male-dominated narratives of how the lyre originated and gained importance.

Immersive Mock Hajj
A virtual reality tour of the Islamic pilgrimage responds to a critical lack of diversity in VR experiences

Black Children, as Told to Them by the TV Screen
How does the lack of equal and unbiased representation in television marketed for children affect their sense of self and self-worth?

Music as Advocacy in the United States
What features make music successful in catalyzing social change?