Miranda Campbell
January 27, 2016
By Emma Alexander, Honors Communications Intern
Miranda Erin Campbell, a Junior from Laughlintown, Pennsylvania, has captured our attention recently. She is a junior majoring in Theatre Design and Production with minors in Sociology and LGBT studies. Miranda aspires to work in the theatrical field, which she admits could place her in any city around the country or globe. Outside of theatre, however, she also intends to continue as well as expand her activism as she gains new connections, insights, and resources.
Originally, Miranda chose to attend Purdue as an English major, the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) playing an influential role in that decision. Since her freshman year, Miranda has changed majors twice; however, despite her changes in degree path, she has felt Purdue is the right place to be from the start.
Miranda has stayed very involved during her time at Purdue. Currently, she is a member of the Purdue Social Justice Coalition, a Resident Assistant at Wiley Hall, the Stage Manager for Purdue Theatre, a Teaching Assistant for THTR 164, and a Senator for the College of Liberal Arts in Purdue Student Government. Previously, Miranda was a floor senator for Shreve Club and a member of Purdue LGBTQ Student Alliance. She has been Safe Zone trained four times and has worked for Multicultural Efforts to end Sexual Assault (MESA). Looking to the future, she hopes to become a Safe Zone trainer herself.
Aside from her many other commitments during her college career, Miranda has also been an active member of the Honors community. She was a mentor for Dr. Facinelli’s First Year Seminar on Monsters as well as a student in several other Honors courses. Miranda described her Honors experience to me,
I've been able to take courses that I found much more interesting with more ease through honors, such as courses on social movements and superheroes. I've also been able to meet more professors by taking honors designation courses through CLA than if I had taken the regular version of the class and had a grad student instructor or visiting lecturer. These professors often have interesting connections and research histories that they can bring to the course to enrich it in new ways or have a lot of passion for the topic as they've chosen to teach this honors section of an intro class. I'm currently looking into ways for individuals to have a more direct hand in shaping their educational path that will most likely be through the Honors College and could be an interesting and unique new venture for Purdue and our students.
Miranda has some great insight on what the Honors life is truly about, and I think she is an exceptional representative of the Honors College and Purdue as a whole.
