Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series: Dr. Erika Johnson

800 West University Parkway,Orem UT 84097

17 February, 2022

Description

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Erika Johnson in the beautiful Roots of Knowledge stained-glass gallery! Free and open to all! “What We See, What We Do, and Who We Are: Roots of Visual Literacy” - Presented by Dr. Erika JohnsonWe are a storytelling people, and while we may not have always had the written word nor contemporary verbal abilities to share our stories, we have created and continue to create visuals to share those stories. This presentation adds to arguments of storytelling as visual literacy, and while visuals are a priori to written words, they are also cohort to textual literacy. About Dr. Erika JohnsonDr. Erika Johnson is a Texan, and she earned a doctoral degree in Rhetoric and a Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies from Texas universities. She has experience as a writing tutor, teaching Basic Composition, Composition I and Composition II, British literature, and digital rhetoric at community colleges and universities. Her pedagogy and research focus is the marginalization in and of Basic Writing, visual rhetoric, and multiple literacies, with specific attention to digital literacies and gender studies. And, just as important, she is an all-things sci-fi fan. ______________________Roots of Knowledge is a stained-glass panorama of history and human drama. The intricate details incorporated into every window represent years of painstaking research on the events and people that shaped humankind from the days of wooly mammoths and cavemen to the iPhone. Created by Holdman Studios and installed at the UVU Fulton Library in 2016, this artistic landmark comprises 80 individual panes and took 12 years to complete.For information on where to park at UVU, please visit https://www.uvu.edu/parking/visitor-parking.html.