Lichens have a weird naming history. They have been and continue to be classified outside the formal Linnaean system by both lichenologists and indigenous naturalists such as the Sámi and…
In this presentation, I will discuss how an emerging digital humanities project utilizing MSU Library Comic Arts Collection metadata allows us to investigate how comic book culture might be shaped…
The accessibility movement exists to ensure an equitable learning environment for all students, as does the need for multi-modal appeals to faculty, students, and practitioners to implement accessible practices. This…
Nearly two years have passed since Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico, yet its effects are still reeling through the islands. Rather than assisting with recovery, government agencies are…
The basic blueprint of the physical classroom has not changed all that much in over a century, even as new teaching methods and approaches, new technologies, and new interdisciplinary insights…
Award-winning Venezuelan filmmaker Alexandra Hidalgo theorizes her experience collaborating with Venezuelan editor, Cristina Carrasco, on making The Weeping Season, a feature documentary about Hidalgo’s father’s 1983 disappearance in the Amazon.…
Ann Hamilton’s 2014 the common S E N S E presented an extensive collection of animal images and objects from the natural history and library collections of the University of…
Dr. Megan Halpern draws on Dewey’s theory of aesthetic experience to develop a model that can reshape how we research, practice, and evaluate science communication. Drawing on her work in…
Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the United States. However, the structural, interpersonal and personal factors that contribute to tobacco use are complex and require…
Safoi Babana-Hampton, professor of French, presentation drew on an ongoing research project attending to the socially and politically transformative force of transatlantic cultural and artistic interventions that creatively engage with…