“Comic Drunks, Crazy Cults, and Lovable Monsters: Bad Behavior on American Television”

Scott Diffrient’s new book published by Syracuse University Press Professor and Programming Director for the ACT Human Rights Film Festival Scott Diffrient has published the book Comic Drunks, Crazy Cults, and Lovable Monsters: Bad Behavior on American Television. About the book: Contradictory to its core, the sitcom—an ostensibly conservative, tranquilizing genre—has a long track record […]

“The banality of Putin’s propaganda: A dangerous déjà vu”

Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager’s paper published in the Forum for Ukrainian Studies Along with coauthor Evgeniya Pyatovskaya, Associate Professor Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager has published the paper “The banality of Putin’s propaganda: A dangerous déjà vu” in the Forum for Ukrainian Studies. Excerpt: “While Russia is continuing its aggression in Ukraine and the West is punishing Russia with economic sanctions […]

See the Center for Public Deliberation’s new offices

Over the summer, the Center for Public Deliberation (CPD) relocated to Clark B322. Along with the new space—dubbed the College of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Centers and Programs Wing—came new neighbors, including: The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS) The LEAP Institute for the Arts, which offers a master’s degree and minor in Arts […]

The Audit Podcast: From Matthew Shepard to CSU’s first (and last) male homecoming queen, the Queer Memory Project archives Northern Colorado’s LGBTQ+ history

The educational research effort is currently collecting artifacts, historical documents and personal stories as part of an online archive to preserve Northern Colorado’s LGBTQ+ past.

Professor Usama Alshaibi’s new film explores trauma and healing

When Teaching Associate Professor Usama Alshaibi isn’t showing students how to make films, directing the Through the Student Lens Film Festival, or winning this year’s Faculty Excellence: 14’er Award, he’s making new films himself. His newest film, Soon, is a short documentary about his experience as a child who survived war in the Middle East. […]