Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
12-10-2014
Faculty Advisor(s)
Jocelyn Buckner
Abstract
It is said that the most valuable tool an education at a liberal arts university is how it produces well rounded people with a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. To produce people not only aware of current issues, but with the toolbelt needed to assess them and shed new light. If this is true, then I propose that the goals of liberal arts university are synonymous with the goals of a comedian.
In this thesis, I mean to draw ties to the world of stand up comedy and within the world of liberal arts academia. I will draw parallels to both the comic and the liberal arts throughout history, the effects both have had on society, and ultimately will create a hypothetical class about stand up comedy to be taught within the university level.
Recommended Citation
Patterson, David, "Dreams of a Motley Graduation Cap: A Proposal for Stand-Up Comedy in Higher Education" (2014). Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters. 55.
https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cusrd_abstracts/55
Included in
Art Education Commons, Higher Education Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons
Comments
Presented at the Fall 2014 Undergraduate Student Research Day at Chapman University.