Tulane School of Liberal Arts News

We asked, They Answered. This is Your Brain on Music, Barbara Jazwinski. Socialists Make Better Huma We Asked, They Answered

Tulane faculty members Barbara Jazwinski and Stephen Ostertag on why their discipline holds the keys to life beyond the classroom.

Scientist running from dinosaur Mastering Unstructured Problems: The Liberal Arts Advantage

Liberal arts offer ways of engaging with other cultures through its variety of disciplines prepare one to work through “unstructured problems”

Tulane Student working on laptop outside in sunny weather The Paradoxical Value of a Liberal Arts Degree

The release of large language models presents an ideal time to take courses in languages, literature, history, and philosophy.

The Examined Life, Ronna Burger, Tulane University The Examined Life

Studying the classics can help free us from an unexamined life and unlock the valuable potential of liberal arts education.

SLA Alumni Sophia Gutierrez (SLA ’21), John Strasburger (A&S ’86), Jennifer Mills A Liberal Arts Education in Action: A Conversation with SLA Alumni

SLA Alumni Sophia Gutierrez (SLA ’21), John Strasburger (A&S ’86), Jennifer Mills (SLA ’01), and Maria Cordero (SLA ’25) on the Liberal Arts

Tulane professor Douglas Harris and illustration of the US Capital How the Liberal Arts Help Us Understand and Address the State of the Nation

Liberal Arts help us understand and address the misinformation, distrust, anger, and polarization that currently plagues our nation.

Student taking notes surrounded by greenery An Aptitude for Transformation:

Shennette Garrett-Scott teaches students to practice critical thinking and ethical leadership that puts human complexity at the center of learning

Fan Zang, Tulane University Buried Complexity in Northern China’s Mortuary Art

Fan Zhang discusses how ancient burial sites in China can reveal transcultural exchange, cultural pluralism, and creative innovation.

Michael P. Kuczynski, Tulane University Working the Core

A structured set of humanities courses helps develop good habits of critical thinking and can immunize us against more mechanical approaches to learning.

Nghana Lewis, Tulane University I’ll Take the Red Pill

The value of a liberal arts education lies in the power it gives students to prepare students to reflect critically on the world around them.

Illustration of The Thinker and lightbulb The Great Liberal Arts Debate

Higher education and liberal arts have become politicized, putting pressure on liberal arts education from funding cuts, AI, and renewed internal debate over it

David Smilde, Tulane University On Advocating for Democracy in Venezuela

David Smilde, a Tulane University sociologist, combines research and advocacy to support democratic transitions in Venezuela.