Vice Provost for the Arts

Dr. Robert T. Stroker

Robert T. Stroker, Ph.D., is the Vice Provost for the Arts at Temple University and Dean for the Center for the Arts, which houses the Boyer College of Music and Dance, Tyler School of Art and Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts.

Congratulations to the 2013 Diamond Research Scholars. With funding from the Provost's Office, 25 undergraduate students will engage in a faculty mentored research/creative project during the summer and fall. The program requires that students participate in the two-day Undergraduate Research Institute in May, focus on the project for ten weeks during the summer, and complete it during the fall semester while registered for an independent study/research course.

Nicole Beck, Film and Media Arts & Art History major, TFMA, Project Title: “Heavenly Machines: Activating Memory in Sacred Space,” Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Bolman, Art History

Corinne Bishop, Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM major, Tyler, Project Title: “Material Lineage,” Faculty Mentor: Doug Bucci, Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM

Olivia Menta, Painting and Drawing major, Tyler, Project Title: “Human Perspective in Relation to the Universe: An exploration of the Human Condition,” Faculty Mentor: Mark Shetabi, Painting and Drawing

Jay Oatis, Dance major, Boyer College, Project Title: “Parasitic Politic: AIDS In New York City, 1980-1985,” Faculty Mentor: Merian Soto, Dance

Christopher Schelb, Flute Performance major, Boyer College, Project Title: “Confronting Silence: Toru Takemitsu And Postmodern Music,” Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Folio, Music Theory

Andie Taylor, Music Composition major, Boyer College, Project Title: “sad boy: Exploring Queer Identity through Music,” Faculty Mentor: Matthew Greenbaum, Music Composition.

Congratulations to 2013 Vice Provost for the Arts Grant Awardees:
Tracy Cooper - Tyler - Art History
Kun Yang Lin - Boyer - Dance
Rashida Ng and Sneha Patel - Tyler
Karyn Olivier - Tyler
Paul Rardin and Laura Katz - Boyer Choral Activities and Dance
Deborah Sheldon - Boyer - Music Education
Rea Tajiri - FMA
Maria Taylor - Boyer
Kariamu Welsh and Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon - Boyer and Theater

Congratulations to the 2013 Summer Research Grant Awardees:

Kun-Yang Lin - Boyer - Dance -   Title of Project: Be/Longing
Warren Bass - Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts - Title of Project:  Bombay Hotel, A documentary
Sarah Drury - Tyler - Title of Project: Marginal Bodies: Motion Studies in Augmented Reality for the Urban Landscape
Elisabeth Anne Subrin – Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts - Title of Project:  A Woman, A Part
Marcia Hall – Tyler – A new edition of Renovation and Counter-Reformation, originally published in 1979
Adele  Nelson – Tyler –“ Mario Pedrosa, the Second Sao Paulo Bienal, and the Origins of Neo-Concretism”
Vickie Sedman, Vickie – Tyler – Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting Technology