Karen Head

Community art show set for Saturday

Posted by on May 4, 2023

Looking for a stress reliever before finals arrive? Rolla Showcase for Visual and Performing Arts (RSVP) will host its spring show 7-10 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at Runcible Games, located at 609 N. Rolla St.

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Head named associate provost of faculty affairs at Augusta University

Posted by on April 20, 2023

Dr. Karen Head, professor of English and technical communication and director of the Center for Creativity and Innovation at Missouri S&T, has been named associate provost for faculty affairs at Augusta University in Georgia effective July 1.

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Check out an exchange of visual and literary art

Posted by on April 6, 2023

S&T creative writing students collaborated with a group of University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) students for ekphrasis, the use of detailed description of visual art as a literary device.

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Enjoy poetry at the pub Feb. 21

Posted by on February 19, 2023

The campus community is invited to a poetry reading and open mic night at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the loft of Public House Brewing Co. in Rolla. The event will feature Dr. Karen Head, professor and director of the Center of Creativity and Innovation.

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In the news: fires, Iran protests, poetry, music perception, campus safety

Posted by on November 1, 2022

Dr. Amy Belfi, assistant professor of psychological science at S&T, was featured on an Association for Psychological Science podcast. During the Oct. 27 episode, she spoke about her career as a neuroscientist studying music perception and cognition as well as how other forms of art can impact the brain and behavior.

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Head commended for poem

Posted by on May 3, 2022

Dr. Karen Head, professor of English and technical communication and director of the Center for Arts and Innovation, had her poem “Survivor’s Guilt” commended by the RC Sherriff Trust and the 17th Annual Elmbridge Literary Competition.

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Today is deadline to sign up for ‘trashion’ show

Posted by on February 14, 2022

The Center for Arts and Innovation will award $1,000 in prizes to teams of students that participate in the upcoming ‘trashion’ show at noon Tuesday, March 1, in the atrium of the Havener Center. The competition will be an opportunity for interdisciplinary student teams to showcase garments they’ve designed and constructed of at least 90 percent reused and recycled materials.

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Dr. Karen Head to speak on digital poetry

Posted by on October 21, 2021

Dr. Karen Head, professor of English and director of arts and innovation at S&T, will give a talk on digital poetry and read a selection of her own poetry at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Room 201 of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.

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New faculty announced

Posted by on September 20, 2021

With expertise ranging from the risk of insecticides to monarch butterflies and high-performance machine learning, 12 new faculty joined Missouri S&T this academic year. They are:

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Georgia Tech leader named new provost

Posted by on January 28, 2021

Dr. Colin Potts, vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of interactive computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, will become provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at Missouri S&T effective June 1.

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