College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

{{Short description|Liberal arts and sciences school in Michigan}}

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{{Infobox university

|name = University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

|image = Seal of the University of Michigan.svg

|image_upright = .7

|motto = Leading in Thought and Action

|established = {{start date and age|1841}}

|type = Public

|parent = University of Michigan

|endowment = $750 million (2011){{citation needed|date=March 2012}}

|dean = Rosario Ceballo[https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/faculty-staff/office-of-the-dean/rosario-ceballo-s-biography.html Dean Ceballo’s Biography]. University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Office of the Dean. Retrieved 2025-01-25

|undergrad = 17,149https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/lsa-site-assets/images/images/About/College_Overview/180241-LSA-at-a-glance-v5.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

|city = Ann Arbor, Michigan

|country = United States

|coordinates = {{coord|42|16|34.4|N|83|44|28.8|W|region:US-MI_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

|campus = {{cvt|40|acre}}

|other_name = LSA

|website = {{URL|https://lsa.umich.edu}}

|administrative_staff = 2,200

|faculty = 1,372

}}

The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) is the liberal arts and sciences school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Established in 1841, the college is home to both the University of Michigan Honors Program and Residential College.

History

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File:Literary Class of 1880.jpg, the first African American woman graduate of the University of Michigan)]]

File:Front of Angell Hall.jpg, one of the major buildings housing the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts]]

The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts was originally designated the Literary Department and was the core of the University of Michigan. From 1841 to 1874, the faculty elected a president that communicated with the regents about department needs. In 1875, Henry Simmons Frieze became the first of the deans of LSA.

In March 2013 Helen Zell gave $50 million to LSA, the largest gift in LSA history, to support scholarships and stipends for Master's students in creative writing.{{cite news |date=7 March 2013 |title=Helen Zell Gives $50 Million to Michigan Writing Program |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-07/helen-zell-gives-50-million-to-michigan-writing-program.html |url-status=live |access-date=2017-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729214348/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-07/helen-zell-gives-50-million-to-michigan-writing-program.html |archive-date=2014-07-29}}

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Deans

File:Photograph of Henry Simmons Frieze (published 1906).jpg, first of the deans of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts]]

= Faculty of Literature, Science, and the Arts =

class="wikitable"

|+

!Name

!Service year

!Length

(Approx.)

!Field of study

Henry Simmons Frieze

|1875–1880

|5 years

|Classical Studies{{Cite web |title=Henry Simmons Frieze | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/henry-simmons-frieze |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/henry-simmons-frieze |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Charles Kendall Adams

|1880–1881

|1 year

|History{{Cite web |title=Charles Kendall Adams | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/charles-kendall-adams |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205758/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/charles-kendall-adams |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Edward Olney

|1881–1882

|1 year

|Mathematics{{Cite web |title=Edward Olney | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/edward-olney |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023915/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/edward-olney |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Henry Simmons Frieze

|1882–1889

|7 years

|Classical Studies

= Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts =

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Service year

!Length

(Approx.)

!Field of study

Martin Luther D'Ooge

|1890–1897

|7 years

|Classical Studies{{Cite web |title=Martin Luther D'Ooge | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/martin-luther-d039ooge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233547/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/martin-luther-d039ooge |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Richard Hudson

|1897–1907

|10 years

|History{{Cite web |title=Richard Hudson | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/richard-hudson |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221242/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/richard-hudson |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

John Oren Reed

|1907–1914

|1 year

|Physics{{Cite web |title=John Oren Reed | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/john-oren-reed |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223553/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/john-oren-reed |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

John Robert Effinger (acting)

|19121915

|3 years

|French{{Cite web |title=John Robert Effinger | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/john-robert-effinger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232842/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/john-robert-effinger |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

= College of Literature, Science, and the Arts =

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Service year

!Length

(Approx.)

!Field of study

John Robert Effinger

|1915–1933

|8 years

|French

Edward Henry Kraus

|1933–1945

|12 years

|Mineralogy{{Cite web |title=Edward Henry Kraus | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/edward-henry-kraus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205704/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/edward-henry-kraus |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Hayward Keniston

|1945–1951

|6 year

|Romance Languages{{Cite web |title=Hayward Keniston | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/hayward-keniston |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001432/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/hayward-keniston |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Burton Doan Thuma (acting)

|1951–1952

|1 year

|Psychology{{Cite web |title=Burton Doan Thuma | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/burton-doan-thuma |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023941/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/burton-doan-thuma |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Charles Edwin Odegaard

|1952–1958

|6 years

|History{{Cite web |title=Charles e. Odegaard | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/charles-e-odegaard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214036/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/charles-e-odegaard |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Roger William Heyns

|1959–1960

|1 year

|Education{{Cite web |title=Roger William Heyns | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/roger-william-heyns |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622053936/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/roger-william-heyns |archive-date=2016-06-22 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Burton Doan Thuma (acting)

|1962–1963

|1 year

|Psychology

William Haber

|1963–1968

|5 years

|Economics{{Cite web |title=William Haber | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/william-haber |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231318/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/william-haber |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

William Lee Hays

|1968–1970

|2 years

|Psychology{{Cite web |title=William Lee Hays | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/william-lee-hays |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213057/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/william-lee-hays |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Alfred S. Sussman (acting)

|1970–1971

|1 year

|Botany{{Cite web |title=Alfred S. Sussman | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/alfred-s-sussman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000020/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/alfred-s-sussman |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Frank H. T. Rhodes

|1971–1974

|3 years

|Geological Sciences/Mineralogy{{Cite web |title=Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/frank-harold-trevor-rhodes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023812/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/frank-harold-trevor-rhodes |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Billy E. Frye (acting)

|1974–1976

|2 years

|Zoology{{Cite web |title=Billy e. Frye | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/billy-e-frye |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220016/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/billy-e-frye |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Billy E. Frye

|1976–1980

|4 years

|Zoology

John R. Knott (acting)

|1980–1981

|1 year

|English{{Cite web |title=John R. Knott Jr. | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/john-r-knott-jr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231427/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/john-r-knott-jr |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Peter O. Steiner

|1981–1989

|8 years

|Economics/Law{{Cite web |title=Peter Steiner | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/peter-steiner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622032552/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/peter-steiner |archive-date=2016-06-22 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Edie Goldenberg

|1989–1998

|9 years

|Political Science{{Cite web |title=Edie Goldenberg {{!}} Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy |url=https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/edie-goldenberg |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=University of Michigan |language=en}}

Patricia Gurin (acting)

|1998–1999

|1 year

|Psychology/Women's Studies{{Cite web |title=Patricia y. Gurin | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/patricia-y-gurin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232805/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/patricia-y-gurin |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Shirley Neuman

|1999–2002

|3 years

|English/Women's Studies{{Cite web |title=Shirley Neuman | Faculty History Project |url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/shirley-neuman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001243/http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/shirley-neuman |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-03-05 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Terrence J. McDonald (acting)

|2002–2003

|1 year

|History{{cite web |title=Terrence McDonald named interim dean of LS&A |url=http://www.ur.umich.edu/0102/May06_02/2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525081535/http://www.ur.umich.edu/0102/May06_02/2.htm |archive-date=2015-05-25 |access-date=2016-03-05}}

Terrence J. McDonald

|2003–2013

|10 years

|History

Susan A. Gelman (interim)

|2013–2014

|1 year

|Psychology{{Cite web |date=2013-04-18 |title=Psychologist Susan Gelman appointed interim dean of U-M's largest school |url=https://news.umich.edu/psychologist-susan-gelman-appointed-interim-dean-of-u-m-s-largest-school/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606062434/https://news.umich.edu/psychologist-susan-gelman-appointed-interim-dean-of-u-m-s-largest-school/ |archive-date=2020-06-06 |access-date=2020-11-23 |website=University of Michigan News |language=en-US}}

Andrew D. Martin

|2014–2018

|4 years

|Political Science{{cite web |title=Political scientist selected as next LSA dean | the University Record |url=http://record.umich.edu/articles/provost-pollack-recommends-political-scientist-lsa-dean |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503161507/https://record.umich.edu/articles/provost-pollack-recommends-political-scientist-lsa-dean |archive-date=2019-05-03 |access-date=2016-03-05}}

Elizabeth Cole (interim)

|2018–2019

|1 year

|Social Sciences{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Cole Named LSA Interim Dean | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-events/all-news/search-news/elizabeth-cole-named-lsa-interim-dean.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404180845/https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-events/all-news/search-news/elizabeth-cole-named-lsa-interim-dean.html |archive-date=2019-04-04 |access-date=2019-02-21}}

Anne Curzan

|2019–2024

|5 years

|Linguistics{{cite web |date=20 June 2019 |title=Anne Curzan appointed dean of LSA |url=https://news.umich.edu/anne-curzan-appointed-dean-of-lsa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714170234/https://news.umich.edu/anne-curzan-appointed-dean-of-lsa/ |archive-date=14 July 2020 |accessdate=14 July 2020 |website=University of Michigan}}

Rosario Ceballo

|2024–present

|incumbent

|Psychology{{Cite web |last=Quinlan |first=Hanna |title=Rosario Ceballo to become next dean of LSA {{!}} The University Record |url=https://record.umich.edu/articles/rosario-ceballo-to-become-next-dean-of-lsa/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=The University Record}}

Source:{{Cite web |title=Deans of LSA |url=http://um2017.org/Deans_of_LSA.html |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=The History of University of Michigan}}

Residential College

The Residential College (RC) is a division of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Catherine Badgley is the current director of the RC.{{Cite web |title=Catherine Badgley {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/faculty/cbadgley.html |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}

Founded in 1967,{{Cite web |title=About Us | Residential College | University of Michigan |url=http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rc/aboutus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226102330/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rc/aboutus |archive-date=2015-02-26 |access-date=2015-01-26}} the Residential College was designed to create a smaller liberal arts program with the resources of a larger university. The college was developed by a planning committee of faculty that included Theodore Newcomb, Carl Cohen, and Bradford Perkins.{{Cite web |last1=Bright |first1=Charlie |last2=McClellan |first2=Michelle |title=A Short History of the Residential College at the University of Michigan |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/rc-assets/rc-documents/V2%20RC%20HISTORY.pdf}}

Students in the RC take classes in LSA as well as specially-designed RC courses, many of which are seminar courses with fewer than fifteen students each. All RC students are required to live in the same residence hall, East Quadrangle, for at least one year. Since the RC is a part of the LSA, all LSA academic requirements apply to its students. In addition to the usual concentrations in LSA, RC students may choose to pursue five additional concentrations (RC website): "Arts and Ideas in the Humanities," "Creative Writing and Literature," "Drama," "Social Theory and Practice," and an option for an "Individualized Major."

A major requirement for RC participation is intensive language training, which consists of two eight-credit courses similar to language immersion, and one four-credit readings course. Intensive Japanese at the RC has no reading courses, and the semi-immersion curriculum consists of two ten-credit courses. The other languages offered are Spanish, French, German, and Russian.

= Notable alumni =

{{Incomplete list|date=June 2024}}

  • Sam Apple, non-fiction writer{{Cite web |title=RCer Spot: Sam Apple ('98 English & Creative Writing) |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/news-events/all-news/search-news/rcer-spot--sam-apple---98-english---creative-writing-.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA Residential College |language=en}}
  • Rebecca Blumenstein, former New York Times Deputy Managing Editor{{Cite web |last=Hutton |first=Susan |title=The Changing Times |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-events/all-news/search-news/the-changing-times.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA |language=en}}
  • Carmen Bugan, poet and writer{{Cite web |last=Madaj |first=Daniel |title=RC alum Carmen Bugan contributes to podcast about the power of words |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/rcwriters/2021/09/01/rc-alum-carmen-bugan-contributes-to-podcast-about-the-power-of-words/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=RC Writers |language=en-US}}
  • Nandi Comer, Poet Laureate of Michigan{{Cite web |last=Gass |first=Katie |title=Nandi Comer: Bridging Worlds Through Poetry |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/news-events/all-news/search-news/meet-nandi-comer.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA Residential College |language=en}}
  • Dennis Foon, playright and screenwriter{{Cite web |last=Madaj |first=Daniel |title=RC Writing Alumni Bios 1971-2023 |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/rcwriters/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2024/02/RCBiosB.pdf}}
  • Matt Forbeck, author and game designer
  • Wendy Goldberg, theatre director{{Cite web |last=Hutton |first=Susan |title=Tony Voters See Theater at Its Best |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-events/all-news/search-news/tony-voters-see-theater-at-its-best.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Michigan Today |language=en}}
  • Dhani Jones, former football linebacker{{Cite web |title=What RC Alumni Are Saying |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/prospective-students/what-rc-alumni-are-saying.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA Residential College |language=en}}
  • Laura Kasischke, author and poet{{Cite web |title=RC Alumna and Professor Laura Kasischke Delivers the 2020-2021 Robertson Memorial Lecture |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/news-events/all-news/search-news/rc-alumna-and-professor-laura-kasischke-delivers-the-2020-2021-r.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA Residential College |language=en}}
  • Kathy Kozachenko, the first openly LGBT candidate to successfully run for political office in the United States
  • Francis Lam, journalist and cook
  • Jenifer Levin, writer
  • Damian Rogers, poet and journalist{{Cite web |last=Madaj |first=Daniel |title=Damian Rogers' memoir published by Penguin Random House |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/rcwriters/2020/10/28/damian-rogers-memoir-published-by-penguin-random-house/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=RC Writers |language=en-US}}
  • Matthew Rohrer, poet
  • Michelle Segar, scientist and author{{Cite web |title=Summer Reading Program, Alumni Edition |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/summer-reading-program--alumni-edition.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA |language=en}}
  • Sue Shink, state senator
  • Pauline Nalova Lyonga, Cameroonian politician
  • Mazi Smith, Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle
  • James Tobin, author and historian
  • David Turnley, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer{{Cite web |title=Associate Professor David Turnley Retires |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/news-events/all-news/search-news/photography-instructor-david-turnley-retires.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U-M LSA Residential College |language=en}}

= Notable faculty =

{{Incomplete list|date=June 2024}}

  • Naomi André, music scholar{{Cite web |last=West |first=Kai |date=2018-02-19 |title=Confronting the Gershwins' 'Porgy and Bess' |url=https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2018/02/19/confronting-the-gershwins-porgy-and-bess/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Michigan Today |language=en-US}}
  • Carl Cohen, philosopher
  • Angela D. Dillard, scholar and author, RC director 2011-2014{{Cite web |title=Angela D. Dillard {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/faculty/adillard.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}
  • Elizabeth Douvan, psychologist, RC director 1985-1988{{Cite web |title=RC Community Members In Memoriam {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/alumni-friends/rc-community-in-memoriam.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}
  • Zelda Gamson, sociologist{{Cite web |last=Tobin |first=James |author-link=James Tobin (author) |date=2022-02-11 |title=The first Teach-In |url=https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2022/02/11/the-first-teach-in/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Michigan Today |language=en-US}}
  • Laura Kasischke, author and poet{{Cite web |title=Laura Kasischke {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/faculty/laurakk.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}
  • Theodore Newcomb, social psychologist
  • Bradford Perkins, historian
  • Aisha Sabatini Sloan, writer{{Cite web |title=Aisha Sabatini Sloan {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/faculty/aisha-sabatini-sloan.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}
  • Barbara Sloat, biologist{{Cite web |title=Barbara Sloat {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/retired-faculty-and-staff/bsloat.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}
  • Heather Ann Thompson, historian and author of Blood in the Water{{Cite web |title=Heather Ann Thompson {{!}} U-M LSA Residential College |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/people/faculty/hthompsn.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=lsa.umich.edu |language=en}}

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