Professor of English Ricardo Cortez Cruz has been awarded the Outstanding University Service Award. Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning Kristina Falbe and Assistant Professor Anne Shelley of Milner Library have been awarded Service Initiative Awards.
A group of five zine makers will present “Zinemaking Toward Social Change: Artivism, Rhetoric, and Publishing Minoritarian Cultures,” at 9 a.m. on Monday, February 21, via Zoom. Registration for the event can be found here. Zines are do-it-yourself group or individual print publications similar to magazines. “They have historically functioned as an inexpensive and hands-on
Award-winning Mexican-American and Indigenous writer, editor Jennifer Givhan will talk about her literary journey, writing practices, and representation as part of an exclusive two-part online lecture and reading event on February 16.
2022 Outstanding University Creative Activity Awards honor John Stark and Dr. Tuyen Tonnu, while Creative Activity Initiative Awards celebrate Dr. Ela Przybylo and Ruth Burke.
Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora has been approved for a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Anya Malley ’17 is an alum of Illinois State University’s Department of English who received their Bachelor of Arts through the publishing studies program. During their time at the University, they gained hands-on experience at the Publications Unit, and now they are an associate editor at Learning for Justice.
Drawing attendance from four continents, #ObsidianVoices provides a space to gather online in celebration of Black literature and arts.
Illinois State University’s African American studies program will host “Black Women Rising: From the Classroom to the Boardroom” on January 24, 2022 in the Rosa Parks Room of Watterson Towers.
Fidencio Fifield-Perez will present the talk “Legalities of Being.” His current work examines borders, edges, and the people who must traverse them.
Dr. Mary Ryder, M.A. ’81, has a unique bond to the University. Her family connection began 110 years ago and spans four generations.
