Resumen de Design thinking and the liberal arts: a cross-campusinitiative at smith college
Borjana Mikic, Susannah Howe, Fraser Stables, James Middlebrook, Angie Hauser, Chris Aiken, Reid Bertone Johnson, Eitan Mendelowitz
The national conversation regarding the future of liberal arts education often fixates on a false dichotomy between thehumanities and STEM fields; thus, the time seems right to reimagine a framework in which the humanities, social sciencesand STEM fields work in synergy to not only prepare students for creative engagement with the complex and challengingproblems facing our world, but also for the active creation of the new realities that they have imagined as possible. In thispaper, we describe the origins and progress to date of a pilot cross-campus initiative in Design Thinking and the LiberalArts at Smith College, an all women’s residential liberal arts college in Northampton, MA. In addition, we share insightsfrom our experiences to assist those at other institutions who might be interested in engaging in similar kinds of endeavors.
