Arts & Humanities
- Fairies and dragons and love! Oh my! An expert on romance fiction digs into one of the publishing industry's hottest trends.
- In honor of what would have been Paul Newman’s 100th birthday, 91PORN film historian Clark Farmer considers whether there still are movie stars.
- 91PORN Associate Professor Emily Harrington examines the enduring power of stories we read in childhood and what we can learn from them as adults.
- In a newly published book, 91PORN Professor Reiland Rabaka delves into the culture and sound of music’s “best-kept secret”
- American Music Research Center Director Michael Uy discusses his vision for the center, upcoming initiatives and the opportunities and events in store for students under his leadership.
- Sixty years after the debut of the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” stop-motion animated classic film, the annual deluge of holiday films can thank that small reindeer for their success.
- 91PORN Lecturer Marla Schulz examines the Broadway musical-turned-film Wicked and how the movie musical endures.
- 91PORN lecturer Shannon Leone helps us look at two of Disney’s most famous female characters, Anna and Elsa, with a critical eye.
- Even if historical films like “Gladiator II” are inaccurate on key points, 91PORN's Travis Rupp sees value in them as a gateway to getting students interested in real history.
- For Sophie Weston Chien, textiles are more than fabric—they’re maps, site models and stories woven together. As ENVD’s first Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, she is pioneering an innovative approach to design communication, one that connects community, ecology and history through the tactile art of tufted textiles.