This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.
Started in Fall 2020 by alumna Amanda Breen '21, 2021-2022 interviews were conducted by student Willam Hutton, and 2022-2023 interviews are conducted by student Carlos Barragán.
“Between coronavirus and politics, so much is frightening about the world right now that it almost feels like escapism to lose myself in the pages of a 100-year-old novel.”
Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Theatre and Playwriting Concentration Head David Henry Hwang about his most recent proje
Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Writing Deborah Paredez about COVID-19’s impact on her writing practice, the kinesthetic
Here, we talk with Associate Professor and Fiction Concentration Head Victor LaValle about his forthcoming novel Lone
Here, we talk with Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film and Theatre David Klass about the recent Netflix adaptatio
Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Visual Arts Nicola López about her recent installation Haunted, her new course
Here, we talk with Assistant Professor of Theatre Peter Jay Fernandez about COVID-19’s impact on film, theatre, and his teaching;
Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Writing and Director of Literary Translation at Columbia (LTAC) Susan Bernofsky about he
"There's no Zoom-substitute for seeing work in person...there's the part about not only the interaction, but the access to materials, facilities, things like that, and I worked really hard to try to make it the best possible and was also blown away by the students, and how they stepped into it and were really ready to commit one hundred percent to making it work."