Course Projects
2021 PROJECTS

Environmental Data Science
Emily Burchfield, Department of Environmental Sciences, with Elizabeth Jarrett, experiential designerEnvironmental Data Science This multimedia map is composed of work students did throughout the entire semester, but focuses on four specific assignments. While the technical side of this class requires

Endogenous & Exogenous Determinants of Human Health
Emory 2021 Arts & Social Justice fellowship presents a unique collaboration between local Atlanta artist Stephanie Brown, Dr. Rasheeta Chandler, and six PhD in nursing students taking course NRSG 705 – Endogenous & Exogenous Determinants of Human Health.

Disruptive and conduct disorder diagnosis bias and the school to prison pipeline: Creative and compassionate interventions for BIPOC children
Shaquita Starks, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, with Miranda Kyle, curator Additional collaborators Mr. Totem is an Atlanta-based, world-renowned graffiti artist and muralist. He specializes in large-scale community-themed murals, including multiple 200-foot neighborhood wall commissions by various cities in

Voices of Nonviolence
Ellen Ott Marshall, Candler School of Theology, with Indya Childs, dancer and choreographer About the Course ES 673: Voices of Nonviolence This course offers an introduction to theories, theologies, and practice of nonviolence by studying the life and work of

Film, Media and the Art of Social Change
Carlton Mackey, Emory Center for Ethics and Department of Film and Media, and Edward Queen, Emory Center for Ethics, with Mark Kendall, comedian About the Course Film 355-1: Film, Media and the Art of Social Change This course focuses on

Survey of African American Literature to 1900
Michelle Gordon, Department of African American Studies, with Jim Alexander, documentary photographer

Anticolonial Thought and Art in the Caribbean
Sean Meighoo, Department of Comparative Literature, with Lee Osorio, actor and playwright About the Course CPLT 752R Anticolonial Thought and Art in the Caribbean The various struggles that were directed against European colonialism around the world duringthe nineteenth and twentieth
2020 PROJECTS
Take a peek at the inaugural cohort of Arts & Social Justice fellows and the projects they conceived with students and faculty in the fall semester of 2020.

Epigenetics and the Human Condition
Professor Arri Eisen and visual artist Fahamu Pecou used the Exquisite Corpse collaborative method to explore the effect of trauma on our genetic make-up.

Film, Media, and the Art of Social Change
Students of professors Carlton Mackey and Edward Queen, under the guidance of arts advocate Ash Nash, participated in the creation of a documentary film about Atlanta area non-profit, Gangstas to Growers.

Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases
Students in Hank Klibanoff’s creative writing course, co-taught by actor and playwright Garrett Turner, delved into the events of the 1906 Atlanta race massacre to imagine the human stories of the victims and participants.

Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders
Rollins School of Public Health students in Elizabeth Walker’s course collaborated with composer and cellist Okorie “OkCello” Johnson to create a short film exploring the consequences of social injustice on our mental well-being.

Social Justice: Zoning, Contracts, and Environmental Racism
Actor and playwright Olivia Dawson invited Goizueta Business School students in Allison Burdette’s business law course to confront their personal experiences of discrimination as an exercise in empathy building.

The Feminist Art(s) of Activism
Professor Alix Olson and visual artist Shanequa Gay collaborated with students in their course to create a visual quilt and spoken word poem imagining how feminist modes of activism can shape global discourse.