Wesleyan University Magazine

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020

Editor’s Note: Cultivating Equity

After her appointment in December, Nicole Stanton was slated to begin her official duties as Wesleyan’s 12th Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs on May 15, 2020. In honoring interim Provost and SVPAA Rob Rosenthal’s service to the University ahead of Commencement, President Roth j…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

The Method Gun: Producing Live Theater Online (Video)

In the Spring of 2020, Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl directed a groundbreaking performance of The Method Gu…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020

President’s Letter: ‘This Changes Everything’

Each year, incoming students are asked to read a common text as an intellectual introduction to Wesleyan. This year’s selection, a documentary entitled "This Changes Everything," offers an unflinching look at the impact …

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020February 6, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Teaching Moments in a Time of Diaspora

I met with my New School students for the last time on Wednesday, March 11. I’d instructed them to bring their laptops; we were going to have a trial “webinar.” This was right before our extended two-week break, …

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020July 13, 2022

Transforming the ‘Black Butterfly’

Baltimore City native and Johns Hopkins University Professor Lawrence Jackson ’90 created the Billie Holiday Project for…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020September 28, 2020

How to Take Charge of Your Own Story

Along with learning to tell her own story, Michele Barnwell '89 offers some advice on how others can do the same: L…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020July 13, 2022

Making Her Own Luck: Michele Barnwell ’89

A formative early experience inspired Michele Barnwell ’89 to support others in taking charge of their personal narrativ…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020July 13, 2022

Citizen Artist: Creating Socially Engaged Theater as Civic Practice

Using experimental forms and immersive experiences, Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl reimagines the relationsh…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020July 13, 2022

Man in the Middle: Sid Espinosa ’94

Working in the White House and with Attorney General Janet Reno. Directing global philanthropy for Fortune 50 companies.…

2020 Issue 2September 24, 2020

Presidential Pins

Sid Espinosa's collection of past election memorabilia serves as a reminder to keep both the past and the present in per…