Join us on Tuesday December 2nd for Food for Thought featuring Patricia Davis (Associate Professor of Communication Studies) and José Menéndez (Assistant Professor of Art+Design and Architecture).

The theme for this month’s Food for Thought is “Visual Communication, Public Memory, & Meaning-Making.”

Each Faculty member will share a short presentation about their research and lunch will be served. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome. No RSVP required.

Patricia Davis is a critical/cultural studies scholar whose research and teaching lies at the nexus of rhetoric and media studies. She studies public memory, identity, race, gender, and representation. Her book, “Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity” (University of Alabama Press, 2016) won the Best Book Award from the American Studies Division of the National Communication Association in 2017, and from the Critical/Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication studies Association in 2018. Her essays have appeared in The Southern Communication Journal, Text and Performance Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, and The Journal of Intercultural and International Communication, as well as a number of edited collections. She is currently working on a book foregrounding the corporeality of black women’s bodies with respect to rhetorics of respectability. She has taught courses on public memory, media ethics, race and gender in the media and popular culture, and communication and diversity. In addition to being a member of the College of Arts, Media and Design faculty, Dr. Davis is also an Associate Professor in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.

José Menéndez is a graphic designer and educator, with a background in marine science communication and landscape architecture. He is an Assistant Professor in Graphic Design and Architecture. José’s multi-disciplinary practice, research, and teaching are intertwined as he investigates topics on community engagement through environmental communication; designing placemaking and wayfinding narratives in public space; and highlighting Latin American graphic design through his digital and mobile poster archive Gráficalatina.com. At Northeastern José directs the Graphic Communication Lab where he collaborates with students on the development of visual communication strategies of projects such as the Slater Mill Bee Garden Project, a National Park Service site in Pawtucket, RI. José is a principal at Buena Gráfica, an interdisciplinary design studio in Providence, RI.

Header Image: An exhibit of Latinamerican political posters curated by Grafica Latina (José Menéndez & Tatiana Gómez)