The new Disney movie Into the Woods will hit theaters over the holiday season, and is already gaining award nominations. The movie turns traditional fairy tales on their ears. And that is just the way it should be, says Professor of English Jan Susina, who teaches children’s literature and fairy tales.
Illinois State University’s Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and Government Ali Riaz is the author of Bhoyer Sangaskriti (The Culture of Fear: Political Economy of Terror and Violence in Bangladesh) and the editor of Religion and Politics in South Asia. He responds to the Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan.
With a new class, WGS 292: Introduction to LGBT/Queer Studies, Illinois State Associate Professor of Philosophy Chris Horvath is introducing students to the field of LGBT studies and the perspective of queer theory.
Illinois State University has been named a top school in the 2015 Military Advanced Education (MAE) Guide to Colleges & Universities, measuring best practices in military and veteran education.
Author, combat veteran, Rhodes Scholar and PBS show host Wes Moore will present The Other Wes Moore for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. Reservations are required.
Illinois State University student Dyrell Ashley has been named a Gates Millennium Scholar through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Associate Professor of Geography John Kostelnick is helping students understand the basic concept of “human geography,” with a project that is characterizing the ongoing cultural shifts happening in a Chicago neighborhood.
Cory Abernathy spends his day researching patents and determining what sorts of university-related items can be shipped overseas.
With her role as advisor to the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society chapter at Illinois State, Angela Bailey de las Heras is helping students reach into the community and provide insights into another language and culture.
Christopher Mulligan, associate professor of analytical chemistry, is making strides toward developing cutting-edge instrumentation for chemical detection in his lab at Illinois State University.
