The Graduate Writing Program
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Graduate History of Art and Design
Pratt Institute Names Three New Chairs in School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Three new chairs have been appointed in Pratt Institute’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences: John Decker, Chair of the Department of the History of Art and Design; Arlene R. Keizer, Chair of Humanities and Media Studies; and…
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School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Video: Poetry Meets Performance in Poem by Jive Poetic (M.F.A. Writing ’17)
Pratt’s MFA in Writing program, which launched in fall 2014, is unique in its mission to foster writing practices that are culturally and politically informed. The premise of the program is that writing can be transformative, and outside engagement—in…
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School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor James Hannaham Wins Prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
James Hannaham, associate professor of humanities and media studies in Pratt’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the 2016 winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel, Delicious Foods, which was published in 2015. Hannaham is a core faculty member…
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Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Women of the World Poetry Slam Tournament and Festival Held on Pratt’s Brooklyn Campus
The 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWps), a poetry tournament and festival, was held on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus from March 9-12. Mahogany Browne (M.F.A. Writing ’16) brought WOWps to the Pratt campus as part of her fieldwork residency…
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School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Stacy Doris Scholarship Awarded to Writing MFA Students Mahogany Browne and Jive Poetic
Mahogany Browne (M.F.A. Writing ’16) and Jive Poetic (M.F.A. Writing ’17) have been selected as the first two recipients of the newly instituted Stacy Doris Scholarship Fund. The scholarship provides tuition relief for first- and second-year MFA in Writing students,…
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Graduate Communications Design
Pratt Presents Concludes Fall Season with Language and Culture Event at Schomburg Center
The Institute’s fall series of Pratt Presents public programs concluded on December 15 with a conversation and interactive installation exploring the intersection of language and culture at New York’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The evening…