Theres a line on 39th. View the profiles of people named Alan Jinich. Alan will receive a full Nora Prize award of $4000 and mentorship from a large web of Penn alums in the media and their colleagues. You look outside and youre nearly on Locust! I get it.. The prom was one of dozens of unexpected experiences shared by Penn seniors Max Strickberger and Alan Jinichbest friends and Penn roommates who grew up on the same street in Chevy Chase, Marylandduring their journalistic endeavor. They went into every shop on Main Street, but couldnt find anyone their age to interview. They learned to be patient with those they interviewed, not knowing exactly what they were looking for, but allowing stories, some of them deeply personal and tragic, yet hopeful, to unravel. Generation Pandemic is an oral history archive that documents the impact of COVID-19 on young adults in America. Like when we think about mental health stuff too; people got into really bad places with their mental health, or some people were just totally thriving and living their best life that they couldnt have if they were stuck in an office somewhere. But in the bar, people can become drunk and aggressive. She used to bartend early morning shifts before becoming a security guard. He also authored the 2011 New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hemingways Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, and in 2003, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy. The archive explores how the pandemic has . The result is Generation Pandemic, a stunning online archive of oral histories and photographs that screams to be turned into a National Geographic spread, a Discovery Channel documentary, the foundation for an updated take on Arnetts theories. Both Strickberger, 23, and Jinich, 22, got vaccinated before they left but they were heading to states where masking and vaccination were not prevalent. Was it an omen? I return to Harrison a few weeks later. Like what youre reading? Enlisting his friend and roommate, disillusioned Penn English major Max Strickberger, the two took off their spring semester, loaded up Jinichs moms SUV with food and supplies, and embarked on a six-week, 7,300-mile journey across the country, interviewing a diverse group of young people about the impact of the pandemic on their lives. We loved transcribing these interviews and editing down these stories. Strickberger also reached out to Jennifer Egan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with whom he had taken a class when she was a visiting professor at Penn. The first big test was in Greensboro, Alabama, a town of about 2,500. As you can see by the room, Im a diehard Montreal Canadiens fan. A framed black-and-white portrait of a young couple kissing on a train hanging on the wall to the right of her desk: spontaneity within limits. He takes his job seriouslysafeguarding The Scroll and carrying it with him through medical school, through various moves, through travels. Maeve upstairs with a canvas photograph of planet Earth larger than her modest, sparsely decorated room. JBP: Max, youre an English major, and Alan, youre a neuroscience major. We wanted to do that kind of oral history with personal narratives, but specific to our age and about the pandemic, Strickberger says. Hes the EMT who wants to become a firefighter. We are excited to share the press release below: Jinich is a Penn Senior majoring in Neuroscience and English, who worked in a variety of labs as well as in several editorial settings, as writer, photographer and designer at Penn Appetit and as a production assistant and photographer for the James Beard-award-winning PBS show Patis Mexican Table. In 2021, he and a classmate took a leave from Penn to spend six months driving cross-country, interviewing more than 80 young adults in cities large and small, and creating the fascinating online Generation Pandemic Project, a portion of which was recently published in the Washington Post, and featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer and on NPRs Radio Times and Smart Talk. Soon they were invited to the high school prom. Todays question: What was Iversons moment? You need to be a subscriber to read these stories. Sriracha. Awarded to the best original poetry by a graduate student. Illinois @IlliniFootball nose tackle Calvin Avery (6-2, 325, 31 reps, 30 1/2 inch vertical) is signing with the #Vikings, per a league source, as an undrafted free agent.Visited #Vikings before draft after visiting #Seahawks @KPRC2 per a league source Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) April 29, 2023 Avery visited the Vikings on a top 30 visit. Enlisting his friend and roommate, disillusioned Penn English major Max Strickberger, the two took off their spring semester, loaded up Jinich's mom's SUV with food and . For Lily Stein, C'22, Alan Jinich, C'22, and their classmates, it wasn't merely an academic experience, but a deeply personal one. Like, if you were a young Black kid you grew up on that stuff. They used an app, called Social Explorer, to chart a route with socioeconomic and ethnic diversity. For a weekly dose of ideas, solutions and practical action steps, sign up for our newsletter: (function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[3]='ADDRESS';ftypes[3]='address';fnames[4]='PHONE';ftypes[4]='phone';fnames[5]='BIRTHDAY';ftypes[5]='birthday';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true); And follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. Ben Simmons return to the Wells Fargo Center overshadowed the anniversary of when Sixer Allen Iverson did this and put his game on the NBA map. Im working on an oral history project, talking to young people all over the country. However, Miller said it didnt take long for her son and Jinich to change her mind. A selection of artwork created by our team and from the Penn community. After stopping at a little caf for directions they found the farm, and two young people outside, who turned out to be Tyler and Jay Dalton. He spent his gap year studying Jewish Diaspora and Middle Eastern History. This is already such a precarious time in our lives, now exacerbated by the pandemic, and we wanted to capture a segment of what that would be like for other Americans our age, Strickberger says. We read it and realized that is exactly what we wanted to emulate, Strickberger says. Throwing your hands in the air, losing yourself in a moment, the music. They did most together but would frequently split up and do some alone. Eight girls, planning to live there until graduation. Jean-Christophe Cloutier is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature and Undergraduate Chair of Penns English Department in the School of Arts & Sciences. Its now billed as the largest high school social justice publication in Washington D.C. Strickberger and Jinich who grew up on the same street in Chevy Chase, Md., and became good friends in high school and better friends at Penn had some early jitters. I can tell you immediately how the pandemic affected people my age, but I think the more interesting take-aways will come when we have time to process it and also when we see the changes that happened with the people we interviewed. We looked at each other like Ok, this project could be over before it even started. Fingers scramble through purses and wallets in search of drivers licenses, foreign passports, spare cash. Through the daughter, you glimpse the mother. We didnt really know what we were going to find and what would come out of it. The flooding was so severe that Secchia Stadium's infield and outfield had to be replaced. Alan Jinich couldnt do it anymore: Sit at a desk in his rented residence, taking his University of Pennsylvania classes online. Philadelphians of all stripes share what the past year of pandemic living has taught themfor better and for worse, Generation Pandemic creators Alan Jinich and Max Strickberger | Photo by Susan Korec, By signing up to our newsletter, you agree to our, Philly man sets out on a daunting mission to meet 10,000 strangers, 10-year Philly project explores the power of empathetic listening, New film captures a Philly familys struggle with opioid addiction, New book spotlights tattooed Philly women sharing stories of trauma, Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julissa Arce, Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julia Alvarez. AJ: A lot of cheese sandwiches for Max. c. His famous were talking about practice? news conference. This is the interview, all Id need to do is turn on my recorder and its the same thing, and theyre like Oh, I didnt realize it would be so casual, lets do it. Wed go to the grocery store and we had a cooler in the back: It was almost all cheese and bread. Enlisting his friend and roommate, disillusioned Penn English major Max Strickberger, the two took off their spring semester, loaded up Jinich's mom's SUV with food and . In Circleville, Utah, they faced two particularly skeptical subjects who were cousins. The fourth-year do-it-all guard on the womens basketball team is in the final stages of her sensational career at Penn. I loved being able to ask and get to a place of intimacy with someone else, Strickberger said. AJ: Its been really hard for us to come up with big take-aways for this project because the stories were just so different. Miller said she and her husband, a cardiologist, were not supportive of the idea at first. The prom was one of dozens of unexpected experiences shared by seniors Max Strickberger and Alan Jinichbest friends and Penn roommates who grew up on the same street in Chevy Chase, Marylandduring their journalistic endeavor. But they prepared with Penn professors and kept in touch with them along the way. Four years of shared history and thirty-four years of separate histories are being crammed into the call. After a three-year hiatus following the coronavirus pandemic, the Division of Human Resources at Penn welcomes back Take Our Children to Work Day. (Clockwise from top left) Deborah posing in her third-floor bedroom, which is now my bedroom and decorated much too similarly; Bundys girlfriend and cat, Lynx, photographed in his bedroom; Theo, the house dog, napping on a resident. And I think being rejected was inherent to the project and got us much more comfortable with it. The first week was loosely planned, and the rest unfolded as they went along. The 23-year-old bouncer of the West & Down nightclub is vigilant and assertive. In the following pages, Stein and Jinich share some of the most powerful passages from their pieces, giving us a glimpse into their work process and literary journey. Send your guess our way at morningnewsletter@inquirer.com. A PPA spokesperson said general counsel Dennis Weldon will assume the responsibilities of executive director while the board announced plans to launch a national search for Petris replacement. There is a theory in the field of developmental psychology, popularized by . The fireplace is turned off tonight. AJ: I think a lot of the categories were kind of very extreme. Rodin security guard? Max Strickberger: When we started the trip, we had been inside the same four walls with each other and wed felt that there was so much going on in the world but we were just reading about it on our phones. In pursuing the story of Jesus, a cattle rancher on the Texas-Mexico border, Jinichs interviews spanned several days. But how did this experience change what you want to do in the future? Jean-Christophe Cloutier, an associate professor of English and comparative literature, and Sam Apple, who teaches creative writing, were among others that Strickberger and Jinich turned to for advice. RELATED: New book spotlights tattooed Philly women sharing stories of trauma. Nov. 08, 2021. School of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Pennsylvania3600 Market Street, Suite 300Philadelphia, PA 19104-3284Phone: 215-746-1232Fax: 215-573-2096Email: omnia-penn@sas.upenn.edu, 2023 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences, Seven Things to Know About "The Waste Land" at 100, Celebrating the Pastand Planning for the Future. Harrison Dorm. It also made me more interested in concepts around solutions-based journalism and the limitations that storytelling has in some ways. They were willing to super put everything on pause and take a leave of absence, which I think was gutsy, said Jinich, a chef. We used that to inform a long list of potential stops that we could hit.. Next came a four-hour tour of the turkey farm, and Jay and his wife invited them for dinner. The resulting website for that archive, Generation Pandemic, will feature about 20, 1,500-word, oral history narratives and podcasts drawn from the interviews, photos, and videos they gathered on their journey. & SocialSciences, Arts, The four women are graduates of Penns class of 88. Like I cant get a cheesesteak around the corner. Once we sat down, the interview went on for hours. . Ivys minimalist room with the white bay windows. There are times where I look good and I feel good. Jessica Blatt Press: When you set out on this road trip, what was your goaldid you two have a hypothesis about what youd find, or what were you seeking? Then four hours later, Jinich said, we had a tour of their turkey farm, a tour of their mechanic shop.. Arfaa, whose grandfather was once highly connected at Annenberg, used storytelling to create a portrait of the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. I went to St. Thomas once. It was my first time doing a really long-term creative project. Penn's Creative Writing Program will host an honors thesis reading event on April 27 to celebrate the graduating seniors in the 2022 honors program. Humanities, & SocialSciences, Education, Price is subject to change with prior notification. MS: Too much music, and too few Audible books. Five former Vols were selected in the 2023 NFL draft. I had no idea that I would love interviewing people so much. It was fall 2020, the era of pre-COVID-19 vaccines, and Jinich's roommate Max Strickberger, an English major who also reveled in his classes, was similarly disillusioned. Before coming to Penn, where he received a Provost's teaching award in 2005, Hendrickson worked as a staff feature writer at The Washington Post from 1977 to 2001. They took the spring 2021 semester off from their formal Penn education, loaded up Jinichs moms burnt red, five-seater SUV with food and supplies, and headed out for a six-week, 7,300-mile, 23-state trek. The first day they made it to Chattanooga, Tennessee and conducted their first three interviews, prearranged through a friend from Penn. If youve read The Secret History by Donna Tartt or watched Dead Poets Society, Id say its a bit like that, says Stein. Go see a live concert feel the beat from the speakers in my chest and feel the energy of the crowd around me, wrote one. Theyre combining forces to try to understand and diagnose a moment in time for a certain generation. Margo Natalie Crawford is a professor of English and the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence and the director of the Center for Africana Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences. The goodbye is coming soon for us, too soon. I felt so frustrated that I wasnt doing something that was engaging more seriously with what was happening around us. It was fall 2020, pre-COVID-19 vaccine times, and Jinichs roommate, Max Strickberger, an English major who also used to delight in his classes, was similarly disillusioned. They want to revisit people they interviewed and look for new subjects in other towns and cities. Theres many commonalities, but mostly differences. J.M. Confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to Germany, Amy Gutmann reflects on nearly 18 years as Penns president, Penn receives record $125 million to offer free tuition to nurse practitioners to work in underserved communities, California residents do not sell my data request. Eliot poem. Although we did hope that we would create some type of archive. Stay updated on all our coverage. As Ive grown older, I started to realize that not everybody has those opportunities to be able to process what theyve gone through and then release it. JBP: What overarching insights have you each taken away from the experience, and how has this journey changed you? He pulls out a tattered green folder. We stand outside on the Monsters deck and people-watch hordes of kids darting around to various pre-games, many clutching bottles of cheap champagne. And that wasnt just like a class piece; it was very much an age-related commentary on whats going on now. Were going to hit the road again, Jinich said. By signing up for The Philadelphia Citizen newsletter: All memberships to The Philadelphia Citizen are renewed annually. Though he is a neuroscience major with an English minor, Jinich, who took the photos, found the journey so fulfilling, hes interested in pursuing similar work as a career. What we know, California residents do not sell my data request. Deveraux visited Penn Museum to study the complicated legacy of the photographic genius of Edward Curtis, the premier photographer and ethnologist of indigenous Americans in the early part of the 20th century. Generation Pandemic, an oral history archive undertaken by Penn English major Max Strickberger and Penn English . October 19, 2021; . So it was loose, but it only took shape once we started doing it. Back at home at the University of Pennsylvania, seniors Alan Jinich (left) and Max Strickberger (right) pose on their front stoop last week. It wouldnt be just a monument to us, it would be a city. Maybe an archive that will go on to inspire others and launch new endeavors? he says. Jinich handled all the photography, much of the writing and editing, and the web-building and design for this ambitious and well-received oral history project, Generation Pandemic, which recently won one of Penns Sachs Program for Arts Innovation grants. Allow us to introduce Ruthie Henri, South Jerseys queen of barbecue. Every new town we were starting fresh, Strickberger said. Just going to the next one, whatever. I think the project just confirmed that I love asking questions and was in such a fortunate place where I could just go out and have an excuse to talk to people after a year of interacting with zero strangers. The prom was one of dozens of unexpected experiences shared by seniors Max Strickberger and Alan Jinichbest friends and Penn roommates who grew up on the same street in Chevy Chase, Marylandduring their journalistic endeavor. He's photographed for PBS series Pati's Mexican Table and co-created Generation Pandemic, an oral history archive focused on COVID's impacts on young adults in America.His work has been featured in The Washington Post, Pennsylvania Gazette, and Philadelphia Inquirer. I'm an editor passionate about amplifying the stories that emerge from the city that raised me. b. We worked with a history professor from Penn, Kathy Peiss; just out of the kindness of her heart, shes very generous and met with us outside of school. AJ: Im more of a music guy and Max is more of a podcast/audio book guy. . If I could get the support, Id totally just keep going. The pair arrived back in Philadelphia on May 17, the day of Penns Commencement, and reconnected with many of their friends. The Asian American Studies Program will welcome three new core faculty members next year, expanding the range of topics and classes the program offers. Wow, this project could be over before this project begins, Strickberger thought. JBP: On road trips, one person invariably ends up dominating what everyone else listens towhat did you listen to on the road for all those hours? MS: Theres always kind of this idea of older people thinking the younger generation is lazy, not as ambitious, or, in the case of our generation, stuck on screens or maybe too idealistic, right? By the end of the day, we had gotten rejected from every single business in Chinatown. March 28, 2022. Some stories they didnt realize they needed until they found them, like Faith, a woman they encountered in Utah who told them she was the first person in her county to contract COVID-19. Max Strickberger and Alan Jinich, seniors in Penn Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, drove 7,300 miles across 23 states for six weeks in the spring to interview people ages 18 to 25 . Alan Jinich, Ants [composite] Elyssa Chou, Voronoi. Gallery. October 12, 2021 Professor Nancy Bentley was interviewed about her work on kinship by the editor of Transatlantica, a Paris-based journal of American studies They started by reaching out to several Penn faculty, including Kathy Peiss, history professor, Margo Natalie Crawford, English professor, Jean-Christophe Cloutier, associate professor of English and comparative literature, and writer Sam Apple, who teaches creative writing. That was really interesting because it wasnt something we brought up, but a number of people we interviewed said Wow, Im just so grateful. What follows is a condensed and edited version of that interview. With our strong commitment to financial aid, an independent school tuition is affordable. Cloutier says even though the project focused on a particular generation, stories like Sharons make the archive a much wider and richer portrait of the American scene right now, glimpsing the experiences of other generations, he says. We wanted something tactile, something more physical in that way. But during the pandemic, she had to be home, and home for her meant a really tight trailer. Like the way everyone yells at Amy for not remembering certain stories or the way Robyn has kept every shred of paper accumulated since she was a freshmen living in the Quad. I sit in his swivel chair and look up at him like my friends used to do for me. I wanted to do something. Alan Jinich is a junior from Maryland studying Neuroscience and minoring in English. Jed Esty, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, on the radicalism and relevance of the T.S. Four programs in the Universitys academic community are celebrating anniversaries. Alan met their grandfather who started the family business, got invited over for dinner, Strickberger said. They just captured my interest, Peiss said. That journey has become a wild and unconventional ride: I started in neuroscience then added political science, but ultimately ended up doing independent . We had every single person we interviewed fill in the blank, in their own handwriting. And Faith, 23, who told them she was the first person to test positive for COVID-19 in her Utah county: I was the guinea pig.. We will never give or sell your information to a thirdparty. It was really energizing to be out there and trying to find someone who was generous enough to share a part of their life with us., As they settle into their senior year at Penn, they are continuing work on the Generation Pandemic archive. They traveled the country seeking the stories of a diverse range of people, 18 to 25 years old, to create an . I ask Amber if shes ever left Philly. If youve read The Secret History by Donna Tartt or watched Dead Poets Society, Id say its a bit like that. I see some tendrils of Kerouac and the Beat Generation in Max and Alans project, Cloutier says. He also balanced creative writing and longform nonfiction classes with his studies in neuroscience including his work at the Cullen Lab at Penn researching brain cell histology and traumatic brain injury. But after that, they would pull into a new place and start asking strangers who looked like they were in the age range if they would be willing to be interviewed. I smile and it reminds me of something he had said to me in an interview about the Monsters a few weeks ago: I love them and I tell them I love them everytime I see them and everytime I say goodbye to them. He still sees many of them every weekend. Two students took what they've learned at Penn - and pressed onward out of the shell to see if their learned backgrounds can translate to real-world Heres how: The Philadelphia Citizen will only publish thoughtful, civil comments. Philosophizing with a club bouncer, comparing wall decorations with the woman who occupied the same campus housing space 35 years priorthese are just a few of the epiphanic moments that grew out of Paul Hendricksons Advanced Writing Projects in Long-Form Nonfiction course. If you see this in todays newsletter, that means were highlighting our exclusive journalism. We didnt want to be home, we didnt see as much value to what wed always loved about school, and there was stuff thats so much bigger going on in the world. She got us interested in this topic of futurity, looking down the road, he says. They read several classic texts and recent writings included Studs Terkels Working, first-person interviews with a variety of workers in the 1970s, and Hard Times, first-person accounts of daily life during the Great Depression. The cousins said they would only talk for 10 minutes. CityStep Penn hosts students from BB Comegys School and Southwest Leadership Academy in West Philadelphia in presenting a performance to the theme of Fantasies.. 2400 Market Street Offsite Suite 269 Philadelphia, PA 19103. Browse more than 80 pandemic vignettes from 18-25-year-olds across the country. Its not crooked or straight, but sways with the pulse of music and breaks as bodies cut in. But during the interviews, what really stood out to me was how a lot of young people recognized, in a really empathetic way, how lucky they were to be young during the pandemic. Well give a shoutout to a reader at random who answers correctly. When COVID-19 hit, these Penn students got creative, Scott Petri is out at the Philadelphia Parking Authority. Glitter and pink makeup smudged across Sandras desk next to her sewing machine, where she expertly tended to hemming her dresses shorter and shorter. Jinichs ultimate piece, Penn After Midnight, saw him exploring nocturnal happenings around campus. Speaking of which, the timing couldnt be better for this Penn study suggesting that just one drink per day is enough to cause brain shrinkage. Jinich and Strickbergerchildhood friends who grew up on the same block in Chevy Chase, MDsat down at their shared apartment in West Philly to talk about the experiences of young people during the pandemic, how rejection has made them stronger, and their go-to roadtrip snacks. He calls it his folder of important documents and it also happens to contain his medical license and the title to his car. Kathy Peiss is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History in the School of Arts & Sciences. They went to many small towns, but also to several cities. It really was a work of discovery, and of connecting to people who are in their own age group but who have lived very different lives than they have. Some of their lives have remained intertwined despite the geographic distanceRobyn and Amy are Nashville natives and have been friends since they were threebut Deborah and Amy have lived in the same city for twenty years and have only just realized this on the video call. Nasir poses in front of the West & Down nightclub, where he used to be a bouncer. His daughter, Romana Lee-Akiyama, will lead a panel discussion, to be followed by a live painting demonstration by Lok Lee apprentice and longtime friendS. Joon Thomas. And some of those stories were some of the best ones that we got. So language was just one barrier that we faced from an inaccessibility standpoint. Georgetown Day School is a coed, preK-12, non-sectarian private school in Washington, DC with small class sizes and a diverse school community. When Penn student Alan Jinich finally decided he couldnt take one more day of sitting inside his rented house taking virtual classes, he came up with quite the solution. Her job went remote, she realized I can take my entire life and move somewhere else. We were talking with them for 30 minutes before we got them to agree to let us turn the recorder on, Strickberger said. Department of English University of Pennsylvania Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 127 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6273 Phone: (215) 898-7341 They were really just very open-ended conversations. Harrison Lobby, 1AM. I really applauded Alans following his intuition and his hunger to connect and also to build a microphone for others to be able to express what they were going through.. Then all of a sudden, I hear this guy on the street speak Spanish, Jinich says. Cloutier sees many possibilities. They even invited us for dinner. Love this. He is the author of numerous books, the most recent of which, Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright, was published in 2019. It was a little bit of persistence, a little bit of luck.
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