Misinformation has permeated conversations across all walks of life. And in the Taylor Hall Gallery at 91ֿ this winter, visitors can see misinformation exposed in a new, visually interesting way. It’s all thanks to a collaboration between Associate Professors Sanda Katila of Visual Communication Design and J.D. Ponder of Communication Studies, who both explored misinformation with their classes during the Fall 2022 semester. Design students in Katila’s class, Glyphix Research Laboratory, studied the intersection of language, image and lies while researching a specific i...
Two 91ֿ graduates are making strides to eliminate gender roles and stereotypes with their graphic novel titled “Play Like A Girl.” David Wilson '09, adjunct professor of Illustration, Design and Graphic Narrative at 91ֿ, and his wife, Misty Wilson '15, a graduate of the Masters of Arts Teaching program at 91ֿ, are the couple behind this powerful story. The graphic novel chronicles Misty’s seventh-grade experience being the only girl on her town’s football team and showcases the challenges she faced. “I really felt I had a stor...
KENT, Ohio – Research conducted by 91ֿ and Illinois State faculty found that a COVID-19 diagnosis lowered same-semester GPA for students at a state university. C. Lockwood Reynolds, Ph.D., professor of economics at the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, along with co-author Timothy Harris, assistant professor of economics at Illinois State, studied data provided by a large public university to help better understand how a COVID-19 diagnosis affected student success in higher education. While the impacts of the pandemic on higher education have been...