Research In Progress:

Communication & Community in Las Vegas: A book manuscript that looks at the relationship between communication and the sense of community in America’s fastest growing town. How is community constructed through the patterns of communication in a growing urban environment?  This study uses focused interviews as its methodology. [ CLICK HERE TO READ EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK ]

Las Vegas Signs: This program of research is in its nascent stages. It will attempt to document the sign culture that is evident in this desert valley–from ancient petroglyphs and pictograms to today’s neon and LED jumbotrons.

Presidential Performance as a Visual Construct: Using the U.S. Constitution’s definition of Executive Power as outlined in Article II as a theoretical base, this study examines front-page imagery of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the New York Times and Time magazine.

Other projects about Joe Aceti and Sister Bede Sullivan take a biographical look at two of the pioneers in the area of visual communication and visual literacy.  [ ACETI PAPER ]    [ SULLIVAN PAPER ]