The Tortured Poets Department: Vanderbilt's Version
Experience Mentors: Sarah Calise and Mary McSparran, Special Collections and University Archives
Immersion Vanderbilt Faculty Adviser: Sheri Shaneyfelt, Department of History of Art and Architecture
Pathway: Innovation, Arts, and Design
Through the Buchanan Library Fellowship, Stephanie Hickman collaborated with Special Collections and University Archives librarians (Sarah Calise & Mary McSparran) and three other undergraduate students to create The Tortured Poets Department: Vanderbilt's Version.
Through this multimedia virtual exhibit, the team explored how Taylor Swift's lyrics resonate with human stories and histories preserved in Vanderbilt's archives. Along the way, they learned about primary source preservation, description, research, and exhibit curation and design.
Stephanie curated three exhibits ("The Tortured Poets Department," "The Manuscript," and "How Did it End?") and ultimately used this work as her Immersion Vanderbilt culminating project.