Department of Interdisciplinary Arts
JT & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts
Who We Are
The arts are not silos or ivory towers - their dynamic practices intersect with each other and with non-arts disciplines as well. The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts (DIA) was established in 2023 to provide better support for longstanding interdisciplinary degree programs and for student and/or faculty collaborations that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Graduates of our interdisciplinary arts programs find careers in creative arts production, academic scholarship, non-profit administration, arts criticism, and many more fields.
programs
Spotlight
Andrew Kagumba
Music track, music education concentration (2022)
Dissertation:
Orchestrating Social Competence: On the Transformative Work of Musicking in Two Ugandan
NGOs (M-LISADA and Brass for Africa)
Lina Kattan
Art (2023)
Dissertation:
The Conflicted Living Beings: The Performative Aspect of Female Bodies' Representations
in Saudi Painting and Photography
Jared Stanley
Art (2024)
Dissertation:
Working Through Grief: Continuing Bonds in the New Golden Age of Television
Collin Vorbeck
Theatre track, History/Theory/Criticism and Acting/Directing concentrations (2022)
Dissertation:
Applying Event Schema Theory to the Evolving Dramaturgies of Dramatic Literature
Accreditations
Academic programs in the DIA are accredited by the following:
Department of Interdisciplinary Arts
-
Address
School of Theatre & Dance Building | Box 45060 | 2812 18th Street STE 222 | Lubbock TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.0700