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Maggie M. Williams

“One Amazing Ball of Learning” —-Faith Rush, University of Akron, class of 2022

June 9, 2022 By Maggie M. Williams 4 Comments

5 graduating students wearing mortarboards decorated with famous works of art

In April, just about a year after the art history “program” (i.e. major) at William Paterson University was terminated, I attended the fabulous SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium to support our final graduate with a BA, who was also one of my advisees. This year, I noticed that the papers were particularly sophisticated […]

#WeAreWorkers: Why Faculty Should Support the GWC-UAW Local 2110 Strike

March 27, 2021 By Maggie M. Williams 1 Comment

The much-discussed national crisis in American higher education hit me particularly hard this year. At William Paterson University, where I have taught for 13 years and am now a tenured Full Professor, I am in danger of being laid off, along with dozens of colleagues. My local union has managed to negotiate the number of […]

The Material Collective at CAA

January 29, 2020 By Maggie M. Williams Leave a Comment

We’re pleased to announce an upcoming roundtable panel that we will be co-sponsoring with the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH) at the annual College Art Association Conference in Chicago this February. Over the decade that the Material Collective has been operating, we’ve seen a significant shift in the CAA’s willingness to engage with […]

Don’t Mourn, Organize!

November 6, 2019 By Maggie M. Williams Leave a Comment

It’s a well-known saying, a paraphrase of the International Workers of the World organizer Joe Hill’s last words. They’re not easy words to live by.

Kalamazoo Preview 2019

May 2, 2019 By Maggie M. Williams Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again, and we’re looking forward to seeing you in Kalamazoo!

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