Barnard College News

Explore senior thesis projects in the arts from the Departments of Theatre, Dance, and Architecture.

Three students have shared their Barnard journeys since they first arrived on campus four years ago. Here, the graduating seniors close out their college experience with one final look back.

In time for the Grammy Awards, the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Player and co-founder of the Black Music Action Coalition credits Barnard for setting a strong foundation as she journeyed from law to music.

Jones considers the robbing and abuse of Black women’s voices, from the writings of Zora Neale Hurston ’28 to the women that came after her.

In Mitra’s global theatre course, students will immerse themselves in six international theater styles through applied workshops and independent projects.

Narang shares a song about the difficulties of distance.

Actor, writer, and filmmaker Shannon Harris ’01 reflects on her growth as an artist and leader following the release of her first short film, THREE birds.

W. B. Worthen, chair of the Department of Theatre, talks about his newest book and the theatre as technology.

The Movement Lab’s Guy de Lancey reflects on becoming a political refugee from South Africa.

Professor Colleen Thomas-Young reflects on “the body in protest” and how dance helped her through the first 100 days of the pandemic.

Amy Talkington ’93, whose musical remake of 1983's Valley Girl debuted May 8, says Barnard taught her how to turn her storytelling skills into a TV and film career. (Like, totally.)