MALS Newsletter

May 20, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: MALS Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Researchers

Emerald Vaught: Navigating Academic Trajectories and Advocacy Initially drawn to MALS for its potential to enhance her competitiveness for a future doctorate, Emerald Vaught found herself immersed in a world of intellectual exploration and academic growth. Her concentration, “Social Identity and Inequality,” laid the foundation for her culminating project—a Master’s thesis delving into feminist histories…

May 13, 2024

Fall 2024 Seminar Preview

MLS 501-001: Success and Its Discontents Dr. Michael Garval In our modern, ostensibly egalitarian, meritocratic societies, “success” seems the measure of all things.  But from the outset there have been doubts, questions, matters of discontent.  How does or doesn’t the pursuit of success align with goals and ideals like wealth, power, fame, happiness, love, or justice?  And in…

May 13, 2024

MALS Alumni Present at the AGLSP Conference

Three alumni of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program gave an impressive performance at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP). The conference, which took place in San Diego, California, was themed “WONDERlust: Interdisciplinary Encounters with Awe” and was filled with excitement. These alumni shared their…

May 13, 2024

MALS Student Achievements

Conner Tomlinson Harmonizing Art, Communication, and Academia Conner Tomlinson’s academic journey exemplifies the fusion of passion and scholarly inquiry within the MALS program at NC State University. As a third-generation State student, Tomlinson’s roots in North Carolina laid the foundation for his academic pursuits, which seamlessly blend his love for music production with a deep…

Jan 23, 2023

MALS Faculty Spotlight: Shelley Garrigan

Learn more about MALS faculty member Shelley Garrigan.

Jan 23, 2023

MALS Students and Alumni Present Research at National Conferences

Over the past few months, MALS students and alumni have presented their research at several national conferences.