Interdisciplinary Centers & Institutes
This group meets on the third Thursday of every month at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST. This group gathers those interested in learning more about the potential for interdisciplinary collaboration on a college/university campus and support for this work in all stages of interdisciplinary center development–from early ideation, planning, and implementation stages to those engaged with mature and stable centers–into dialogue and community to help advance their unique goals and missions.
One of the best practices for arts integration is the establishment, programming, and sustaining of Interdisciplinary Centers (broadly defined*) to lead to policies, practices, research, and teaching that are holistic, connected, and innovative.
Topics the group will continue to explore include:
- Metrics for impact
- Funding models
- Physical structures / reliance upon them
- Relationships to surrounding communities
- Solutions to barriers/challenges
- Shared understanding/messaging around the importance of an interdisciplinary center and programming
Contact Veronica Stanich at vstanich@umich.edu for more information.
Chairs
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Kansas
Members
- Mary Lou Aleskie, Dartmouth
- Mallika Bose, Penn State University
- Mark Callahan, University of Georgia
- Julian Chambliss, Michigan State University
- Donna Chen, University of Virginia
- Thomas Ciufo, Mount Holyoke College
- Soohyun Cho, Michigan State University
- Annina Collier, Tulsa Community College
- Brett Crawford, Carnegie Mellon University
- Kip Ellis, Goody Clancy
- Lissy Goralnik, Michigan State University
- Megan Halpern, Michigan State University
- Jenny R. Hill, University of Florida
- Samantha Lazar, Dartmouth
- Shannon McCue, University of Alabama
- Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech
- Deb Mexicotte, University of Michigan
- Bryan Nichols, Penn State University
- Margot Nishimura, Rhode Island School of Design
- Melissa Noble, University of Houston
- Evelyn Orman, UNC Charlotte
- Colleen Rua, University of Florida
- Rebecca Salzer, University of Alabama
- Michael Schmidt, University of Memphis
- Jinsil Seo, Texas A&M University
- Stephanie Silberman, University of Florida
- Rebecca Struch, University of Notre Dame
- Jason Sutters, George Mason University
- Joel Swanson, University of Colorado Boulder
- Guy Thorne, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Lynn Vartan, Texas A&M University
- Chris Walker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Chantal Zakari, Tufts University
a2ru Member Institutions' Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes
a2ru member institutions lead the way with their centers, institutes, programming, and spaces dedicated specifically to the arts/design and interdisciplinarity.
- Arts and Design Research Incubator: Penn State
- Arts Collaborative: University of Georgia
- Arts for All: University of Maryland
- Arts Research Initiative at The HOP: Dartmouth
- Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship (CAME): University of Florida
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, Learning, and Engagement (CIRCLE): Michigan State University
- Collaborative Arts Research Initiative (CARI): University of Alabama
- The Commons: University of Kansas
- Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology – Virginia Tech
- Integrative Design, Arts, and Technology (IDeATe): Carnegie Mellon University
- The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts: University of Nebraska- Lincoln
- Performing Arts Research Lab (PeARL): Texas Tech University
- Strange Tools Research Lab: University of Cincinnati
- The Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED): Rochester Institute of Technology