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Touched by Migration: Poetry Helps Give Refugees and Immigrants a Voice
A unique poetry partnership is helping to spread the 鈥渨ord鈥 about migration, literally. Powerful and inspiring words are ringing throughout 11 cities in the United States.
School of Visual Communication Design
![麻豆视频最新最全 students traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to learn about human trafficking and local organizations working to eradicate it.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Trafficking.png?VersionId=9wCKpD8_NPxtrfZZ_9YRwakQaIwuGViG&h=98bdeb58&itok=UeJPOEJL)
Sophomore Comm Studies Major Aims to Educate Community 麻豆视频最新最全 Human Trafficking
School of Communication Studies
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Communication Studies Student Leads Delta Zeta鈥檚 Annual Lip Sync Competition
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![Jessica Barness (right), assistant professor of visual communication design at 麻豆视频最新最全, reviews a student鈥檚 work in the Art Building. Jessica Barness (right), assistant professor of visual communication design at 麻豆视频最新最全, reviews a student鈥檚 work in the Art Building.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ScholarBarness.jpg?VersionId=pnXDY37pCndcOO1oI26GAkqrTZun0lQS&h=ec98a0f6&itok=OdkXlgWO)
November Scholar Puts Communication on Display
Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present
The word 鈥渃ommunication鈥 likely makes you think of language, but November鈥檚 Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.
Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in 麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.
Division of Research & Economic Development
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Florence Summer Institute
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School of Communication Studies Professor Will Serve as Editor of the Journal of Family Communication
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