The recent hire by the Division of Arts and Humanities "shines a light on the important role that artists play at a public research university," said Sara Guyer, dean of the division. These new scholars, welcomed to campus to continue Berkeley’s legacy of shaping cultural movements, generational narratives, and historical moments, are at the forefront of their respective fields in poetry and creative writing, ethnomusicology, world cinema, printmaking, painting, theater directing, and other fields.