This Is Who We Are

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Directing Concentration Head and Professor of Professional Practice Bette Gordon about artistic freedom, learning through experimentation, and why curiosity and play remain the guiding pillars of her filmmaking practice and her pedagogy as a teacher. 

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Adjunct Associate Professor of Writing BK Fischer '97 about cranberry morphemes, plasticity, and tap dancing.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre, Liz Hayes, about how a childhood fascination turned into a career, the techniques of teaching speech, and the importance of personal resonance. 

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film and Theatre Blair Singer about his transition from acting to writing, the necessity of preparing students for the industry, and the relationship between teaching and practice. 

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor Hilary Leichter '12 about creative investigation, letting go, and Bernadette Peters.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Dean of the School of the Arts and Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature Sarah Cole about the importance of an office coffee machine, free speech in the arts, and H.G. Wells.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Adjunct Senior Research Scholar Frank Rose about the power of narrative and the future of storytelling.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk to Linda Marvel about the importance of committing to your craft, the value of  hands-on experience, and the transformative power of theatre. 

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre Saheem Ali about understanding your why, finding your people, and learning by doing.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Daphne Arthur about migration, being a student for life, and the conceptual basis of drawing.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor of Theatre James Ijames about plays as communal, interpretive experiences and the importance of getting people together.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor of Film Minhal Baig about the persistent miraculousness of filmmaking, finding process through practice, and blowing it all up.