Department Archives: College of Arts and Humanities

Horror-film expert and NSCM Associate Professor Gary Rhodes discusses the origin of the genre, a UCF film legacy and what to watch this Halloween.

The University of Central Florida will honor and remember our nation’s veterans with several events throughout November. This year’s events will provide the Central Florida community with opportunities to hear stories shared by veterans, learn about resources and programs available, and support local veterans’ causes. Ranked as one of the nation’s best universities for veterans […]

Orlando resident Carlos Navarro has had his Hollywood moments, having appeared in Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and AMC’s blockbuster “The Walking Dead.” Now, he’s helping UCF film students with filming their five-minute short film. “Rhapsodic” will tell the story of two criminals and a hostage at a safe house, which recently-shut down Wally’s will stand […]

Led by History alumni Phil Zoshak, Hero Spark is an after-school program that uses role-playing games to help teenagers improve their self-esteem and hone their social skills.

Five staff members from the College of Arts and Humanities have been nominated for the university’s A&P Gabor Award: Gary Brown, Mariana Chao, Trisha Farmer, Patty Hurter, and Mannong Pang.

From feminism to Hispanic identity, the diverse research of two CAH alumnae shines in The Pegasus Review.

SVAD faculty, Cheryl Briggs and Keri Watson, part of two teams that recently won the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards.

From space research to the arts and humanities, faculty members across all disciplines were recognized for being academic leaders in their fields and conducting work that has a significant impact on the world.

Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, an assistant professor in UCF’s Department of History, is the director of the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project, an archaeological survey and excavation project exploring the historical and archaeological remains of the Vayots Dzor providence in southern Armenia.

Alex Burtzos, a composer and conductor, has made a career of making music that has been called “incomparable to anything existing.” Now he is an assistant professor of composition at the UCF School of Performing Arts.