Arts for Social Change Certificate

Contact Persons: Rachel Anderson-Rabern, Associate Professor of Theatre, and Karen Leistra-Jones, Associate Professor of Music

Disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, Film, Music, Theatre, Dance

This certificate integrates the arts with social sciences, toward developing a deepened understanding of the arts as mediums for impacting culture and community. Arts for Social Change is an interdisciplinary field with applications in education, politics, community organizing, and more. This field, which spans F&M’s dynamic arts disciplines, unites the ethos of community-building with artistic practice that foregrounds innovation and action.