Louisa Shepard | Penn Today

Louisa Shepard covers English, history of art, music, theater, classical studies, and cinema and media studies, among other subject areas, in the School of Arts and Sciences. She also supports coverage for the Kelly Writers House, the Graduate School of Education, the Penn Libraries, the Penn Museum, the Arthur Ross Gallery, and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, as well as fine arts in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

Articles from Louisa Shepard

English prof’s new book a study of the business of Romantic poetry

A late summer storm looming in 2009, Michael Gamer, an associate professor in the Department of English, turned off both his office desktop and his laptop, making sure both were unplugged in order to safeguard against any electrical surges.

Penn Student Groups Present the 2017 Campus Diversity Awards

On April 24, a consortium of student groups at the University of Pennsylvania hosted the 2017 Campus Diversity Awards to honor individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to promoting diversity and inclusion in the academic, cultural and social life at Penn.

Penn’s Barbara Savage Named Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at Oxford University

Barbara D. Savage of the University of Pennsylvania has been chosen as the Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford for the 2018-19 academic year.

Three Penn President’s Engagement Prize Winners to Create a Support Program for Latino High School Students

A passion and commitment to improve the lives of those in the Latino immigrant community unites three University of Pennsylvania seniors who have different majors.

Penn Graduate School of Education Student Wins Boren Fellowship to Study in West Africa

Anna Drabek, a first-year master’s student in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has won a David L. Boren Fellowship, awarded annually to graduate students to fund study overseas.

Three Penn Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Three University of Pennsylvania professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Beverly Davidson of the Perelman School of Medicine, Samuel Freeman of Law School and School of Arts & Sciences and Pamela Grossman, dean of the Graduate School of Education.

‘Upcycling’ art exhibit featured at Arthur Ross Gallery

In the entrance to Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery is a work of art made with more than 350 shoes in concentric rings of color, creating the impression of a giant chrysanthemum, the center made of bright yellow pumps with black soles.

Penn Flutes Performs on Campus and in Community

The unlikely sound of flutes filled the rotunda of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology on a recent Friday, drawing visitors to the live concert by Penn students.

Penn GSE Student Faced Failure Before Finding Success Through Education

With a grade point average hovering below 1.0, Larry McDaniel Jr. tried and failed at community college, dismissed on four separate occasions.Now a master’s student in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, McDaniel says his progress was part of a long, difficult and emotional journey.

Penn Students, Faculty and Staff Discuss ‘Implicit Bias’ in Academia

A group of nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania faculty, students and staff gathered together for the “Implicit Bias Teach-In,” an event organized as a “safe space” to have a conversation about what can be an uncomfortable topic: biases.