Joint PhD Students
Vitalis Im
PhD Student. Social Work/Anthropology Candidate
Vitalis Im is a doctoral candidate in the School of Social Work and Department of Anthropology. Funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, his dissertation research examines the politics of artmaking practices — including music, visual arts, theater and creative writing — in prisons. His scholarship focuses on the tensions inherent to artmaking as technologies of care in prisons, as tools of “resistance,” “healing” and “community building” on the one hand, as well as a means by which exploitation, violence and trauma are legitimated and propagated.
Dissertation Title
The Politics and Possibilities of the Arts in Prison Oral Defense Location or Teleconference URL: School of Social Work (Room B631)
Contact Information
| Phone | Fax | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [email protected] | B660 SSWB | University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PhD | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | |
| 2016 | BA | Bard College | |
| 2019 | MSW | University of Michigan |