Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences presents

THE BEAUTY OF CHAOS
This interdisciplinary panel explores the necessity of creativity during times of uncertainty and discusses tools and strategies to keep going. We apply multiple lenses—familial chaos, environmental chaos, global chaos, political chaos, and more—to this question of how to utilize beauty and creativity as mainstays as we continue to grind forward. Writers and scholars discuss why storytelling matters most when the world feels unstable and outline action plans for continuing to create in chaotic times.

Panelists:

• Annabelle E. Haynes, Assistant Professor of English
• Martha McPhee, Professor of English
• Katrina Sims, Associate Professor of History

Moderator/Presenter: Kelly McMasters, Associate Professor of English and Director of Publishing Studies