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The College of Arts and Letters (CAL) is at the very heart of liberal arts education at San Diego St

CAL's programs in the humanities and social sciences are offered through 18 academic departments and a number of interdisciplinary programs, each of which is designed to help students understand their role in society and to develop aesthetic sensibilities.

09/18/2026

Recording can document the truth. It can also cross a line.

New SDSU MALAS student Natalie Gonzalez (and recent SDSU Department of English & Comparative Literature alumna) brings awareness about the impact of recording vulnerable populations without consent, through her award-winning research on Meta Glasses and voyeurism. Her work earned second place at the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs annual conference this summer.

Challenge technology. Question its impact. Engage with the issues shaping our world.

Read Natalie’s story, here: https://cal.sdsu.edu/news/natalie-gonzalez

📸: Natalie Gonzalez in the SDSU Press office where she works part-time.
📸 Natalie at the AGLSP Annual conference with other attendees.

09/10/2026

What can a QR code tell us about the future of food?

For CAL senior Zora Heneghan, that question has become a research project. Working with geography professor Keavy McFadden, Heneghan is studying how the shift to QR codes on food packaging could change what consumers know about nutrition, sourcing, allergens, food safety — and the food system itself.

Blending political science, food studies and technology, she’s asking bigger questions about transparency, access and who gets to shape the information we see.

Because sometimes research starts with a simple question: Why?

Read the full article about Zora's research — https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2026/09/research-by-qr-code-a-new-perspective-in-food-studies

SDSU College of Arts and Letters. Engage Here.

09/04/2026

Podcasting: Talk Meets Technology and Training at SDSU.

CAL students from ISCOR and other majors are actively using the podcast studio in the Digital Humanities Center to create valuable content.

Read more about the library's Digital Humanities Center where podcasting takes place at SDSU.
https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2026/09/talkng-in-the-library-the-boom-in-podcasting-at-sdsu

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1. (L to R): Lorraine Bayard de Volo (guest) with Parker Allard (ISCOR alumnus '26) and Alexis Briggeman.
2. From left, Digital Humanities Center student employees Luca Daversa and Trinity Buck, with Patrick Flanigan, programs and operations specialist.
3. Professor EJ Sobo records a session with Patrick Flanigan.
4. Alumnus ('26) Joshua Scott records at the studio.

08/24/2026

Welcome CAL students!

A new semester means new ideas, new connections, and new possibilities.
This is where your passion meets purpose.
Engage with purpose.
Engage with the future.
Engage here.

Visit the CAL website often (cal.sdsu.edu), to learn about news and events, alumni, scholarships, career opportunities and more.

08/21/2026

CONGRATULATIONS CAL T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS for 2026!
Annalise Smith and Luisa Nicasio co-designed the new CAL first-year T-shirts.
Annalise is a third-year political science major and Luisa is a fourth-year urban studies major.

All incoming CAL first-year and new transfer students receive the 2026 T-shirt after Convocation and during welcome week events.

📸 L to R: Luisa Nicasio and Annalise Smith

08/19/2026

08/13/2026

First-year and new transfer students, stop by after SDSU Convocation on Saturday, August 22 and grab a free gelato and T-shirt. (RSVP required).

Relax with CAL from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. under the market umbrellas on the Main Stage Lawn between Don Powell Theater and Gattas Pavilion. Meet other families and students new to SDSU and the College of Arts and Letters.

We can't wait to see you on Saturday, August 22.

RSVP by August 14: https://forms.gle/u99jVVA1VEHv13Uo9

RSVP:

08/11/2026

🎉 Congratulations to newly promoted professors in CAL.

— Audrey Beck | Sociology
— Angela Coker | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
— Atsushi Nara | Geography
— Daniel Sousa | Geography

Women's Studies Department, SDSU

07/21/2026

🎉 Congratulations CAL students. The spring semester Dean's List is online now.

The College of Arts and Letters Dean's List is a recognition of academic achievement within a single semester. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must be in good academic standing, an undergraduate, enrolled, and have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (semester GPA only) based on a minimum of 12 units of credit for courses in which letter grades were assigned.

Find out who made the list, here: https://cal.sdsu.edu/people/deans-list

07/17/2026

If you're headed to Comic-Con International July 23-26, you might find a few San Diego State University faculty presenting research on a variety of interesting panels.

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE:

ALL DAYS
🔴 SDSU “On the Floor”
Stop by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) Booth in the exhibit hall and you might run into SDSU student volunteers!

THURSDAY, JULY 23
🔴 "Panels, Pages, and the Past: Using a Comics Archive to Teach Cultural and Historical Inquiry" // 10:30-11:30 a.m. (Comic Arts Conference #1), Room 26AB
• Elizabeth Pollard (chair of history; co-director Center for Comics Studies); Pamela Jackson (comic arts librarian; co-director Center for Comics Studies); Mary Stout (lecturer in history and Weber Honors College); Laurence Grove (former College of Arts and Letters visiting scholar-in-residence in the Center for Comics Studies)

🔴 "A Comics Reading Club… for Faculty!" // 5-6 p.m., Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library
• Pamela Jackson and Beth Pollard; Conor McLaughlin (staff development manager, Center for Inclusive Excellence); Van Tarpley (lecturer in history).

🔴 "San Diego On Screen" // 2-3 p.m., Room 5AB
• Jake Rowlett (undergraduate program advisor and lecturer in the Department of Geography)

🔴 "Invincible: The Price of Power and the Strength of Connection" // 8:30-9:30 p.m., Room 29CD
• Sara Roldan (lecturer, Department of Psychology)

FRIDAY, JULY 24
🔴 "What Now?!: Comics Censorship in Schools and Libraries" // 3-4 p.m., Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library
• Mary Stout

🔴 "Star Wars Tourism: Visiting the Galaxy Far, Far Away on Earth" // 6- 7 p.m., Room 7AB
• Jake Rowlett

SATURDAY, JULY 25
🔴 "Grogu's World: The Science Behind the Mandalorian" // 7:30-8:30 p.m., Room 5AB
• Elena Blanco-Suárez (assistant professor of biology) and Audrey Hokoda
(professor emerita, College of Education)

SUNDAY, JULY 26
🔴 "Pop Culture Exhibited: Comics, Film, And Other Fandoms On Display!" // 2:30-3:30 p.m., Room 25ABC
• Pamela Jackson

For more about the SDSU Center for Comics Studies, visit: https://comics.sdsu.edu

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