Willson Center for Humanities and Arts

On Friday, September 18, 2026, the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan Law School.

Poet Tarfia Faizullah and author Jamel Brinkley will read from their work and take part in a moderated Q&A with Athens-Clarke Co

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Ada Cheng, a.k.a The Renegade Ada Cheng, back to UGA to share her latest performance piece with us. The Trouble with My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming into Who I Am is an intimate exploration of Cheng's gender, sexual, and racial identities and boundary-making through her evolving relationships with her hair and her stylists. Blending theatrical storytelling and narrative art, Ada Cheng playfully brings the audience on an emotional and thought-provoking journey of self-discovery and self-love through her struggles with her hair.

Walk-in research data consultations are back! Bring your research data or digital scholarship projects, and ask the RCDM team about text and data analysis, GIS mapping, and data visualization tips and tools -- including R, Python, Excel, ArcGIS, QGIS, and ggplot2.

Serving two locations:

Curious about turning your data into engaging graphs? This workshop will introduce you to Python and popular visualization tools like Matplotlib and Seaborn. You’ll learn how to load datasets, create charts, and customize your visuals - no prior coding experience needed.

Presenter:

• Larissa do Carmo Inacio, RCDM Graduate Assistant

A practical webinar on finding data for academic research. This session will equip you with the tools and strategies to uncover high-quality, relevant datasets.

Presenters:

• Elizabeth White, Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian
• Meagan Duever, GIS Librarian

Learn the ins and outs of downloading and using UGA’s EndNote to create and organize your references.

Presenter:

• Sandra Riggs, Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian

You may know about systematic reviews. But did you know that there are a variety of ways to review and synthesize literature on a topic? Learn about different approaches and resources that can assist you.

Presenter:

Sandra Riggs, Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian

Make your research data stand out! Learn how to create elegant data visualization graphics in R using the ggplot2 package.

Presenters:

• Keiko Bridwell, RCDM Graduate Assistant
• Larissa do Carmo Inacio, RCDM Graduate Assistant