Scripps College professors Nancy Neiman Auerbach, David Cubek, and Jacqueline Wernimont will participate in a panel discussion on “Hands-on Learning: Music, Digital Humanities, and Community Engagement” at Scripps College’s Hampton Room, Malott Commons, on Thursday, March 10, 2011, at 12 noon. This event is part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute spring 2011 film and lecture seriesand is free and open to the public.
Nancy Neiman Auerbach, associate professor of international political economy, has taught a wide range of political economy courses including: “Political Economy of Food,” “Food Politics Practicum, Markets and Politics in Latin America, the Power Elite,” and” Infrastructures of Justice.” Professor Auerbach’s current research focuses on markets and social justice. Her case studies include an interfaith coffee cooperative in Uganda, economic reform in Cuba, and food politics in the United States.
Venezuelan-born David Cubek, assistant professor of music and director of the Claremont Concert Orchestra, guest conducted the Ciudad Guayana Symphony Orchestra, one of the youth orchestras from Venezuela’s “El Sistema.” Professor Cubek has also led orchestras in Brazil and the Czech Republic, andserved as director of the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra.
Jacque Wernimont, assistant professor of English, also teaches in gender and women’s studies and intercollegiate media studies. Professor Wernimont’s scholarly interests include digital humanities, the role of the academic in the public sphere, and historical relationships between number and poetry.
The Scripps College Humanities Institute spring 2011 program is “The Future of Higher Education: Gender, Geography, and the Humanities.” Through lecture, film and performance, leading experts discuss how society can address common goals of education towards global competency, leadership abilities, and critical thinking. For more information, please contact the Humanities Institute at (909) 621-8237 or visit their website at scripps-staging.skybox0.com/hi.