College of Arts and Sciences

Sunday, June 19 is Juneteenth National Independence Day. As you probably know, this holiday marks the day—June 19, 1865—when people who had been enslaved in Texas learned that they were free. Celebrations of this day began in Texas in 1866 and became common in African American communities in the South in the twentieth century. Congress passed legislation to make Juneteenth a national holiday in June 2021, and President Joe Biden signed the legislation on June 17, 2021. The federal ...

Megan Robb is a professor in the Department of Art and Design and the program director of the art therapy counseling graduate program at SIUE. She received her master's degree in art therapy from The George Washington University as well as training in relational cultural theory, motivational interviewing, and is constantly working towards anti-oppression in the classroom, teaching, service and scholarship.

Robb is a board-certified art therapist, a nationally certified counselor, and is license...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Geovonday Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Theater and Dance. In this episode, Jones discusses his experience at SIUE, his career in theater and his upcoming show, “Life Sucks.”

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Chase Hopkins, founding artistic director of Opera Edwardsville and general director of Chicago’s Haymarket Opera Company.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

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On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Susan Kooiman, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

Kooiman joined the SIUE faculty in fall 2019. She earned a...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews one of the nine alumni inducted into the 2021 Alumni Hall of Fame, Jessica McCaskill, who graduated with a bachelor’s in mass communications in 2006.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The S...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews one of the nine alumni inducted into the 2021 Alumni Hall of Fame, Bill Land, who is currently the TV play-by-play voice of the San Antonio Spurs.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sou...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Abbey Hepner, assistant professor in the CAS Department of Art and Design and area head of photography.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

Hepner earned a bachelor&#...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Marina Bluvshtein, PhD, director of the Center for Adlerian Practice and Scholarship at Adler University in Chicago.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Adriana Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences, and Environmental Sciences.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siu...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Ekaterina Gorislavsky, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

Before joining the SIUE faculty in ...

On this week’s episode of Segue, SIUE’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, WSIE celebrates the show’s 500th episode with a 50-minute broadcast. Throughout the show, Chancellor Randy Pembrook and College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard interview a variety of guests integral to Segue's lasting success.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 22. Listeners can tune in to WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.e...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Jason Stacy, PhD, professor in the Department of History.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

After earning a bachelor’s and master’s in history from SI...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Nancy Huyck, DPA, associate professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 25. Listeners can tune into WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

An SIUE alumna, Hu...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Chancellor Randy Pembrook.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. Sunday, July 11. Listeners can tune in to WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

Pembrook became the ninth chancellor of SIUE on August 1, 2016. A CAS alumnus, he earned a bachelor&#8217...

On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Peter Cocuzza, former chair of the Department of Theater and Dance.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 27. Listeners can tune in to WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

Cocuzza earned a master’s in fine arts in performance f...