From Penn State News: "Visual studies dual-title doctoral program graduates first cohort"

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s dual-title visual studies doctoral program achieved a significant milestone this summer as its first cohort received their degrees.

Six students completed their doctorate in the interdisciplinary program — Ibis Sierra Audivert, Camila Gutiérrez Fuentes, Hannah A. Matangos, Robert Nguyen, Jacqueline García Suárez and Chrisann Zuerner.

“We are proud of their accomplishment and excited about their future,” said Christopher Reed, distinguished professor of English, who co-directs the program with Daniel Purdy, professor of German studies.

Visual studies dual-title doctoral program graduates first cohort
Josh McAuliffe, Penn State News
September 11, 2023

My thanks to Josh McAuliffe and the folks at Penn State News for putting together this profile on the first cohort of graduates from Penn State’s Visual Studies dual-title doctoral program! My comments on the program appear in the article, but in short, I feel extremely lucky to have started at Penn State at the same time as this program. It was a long road for me to find my particular research interests through my coursework, and Visual Studies played a tremendous role in that. I often felt as if it were the proverbial glue holding together research projects that might have otherwise seemed quite disparate. I’m certain that in my work going forwards, my interests will continue to develop and evolve, but I will always feel at home in English and Visual Studies, those two disciplines that share a line on my diploma.