61-239 Media Photo I (Gleason)
The class textbook addresses photographing other cultures and I make sure to include people of color when they look at examples of portraiture. One portrait we look at is a cover image for Yolk, a magazine by and for Asian-American men that closed shop in 2003, which was pretty hip and trendy. I discuss why the publishers chose that name and what the visual representation of a yolk is and how that reflects what the publishers felt about being Asian in a predominantly white society. I show and discuss this portrait among others every semester.

61-339 Media Photo II (Gleason)
Students looked at the work of a diverse group of photographers including Gordon Parks (African-American male), Mariko Mori (Japanese female), Cindy Sherman (postmodern feminist female), David LaChapelle (gay American male), and Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican male).

New faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Crawford has followed the practice of her journalism colleagues and integrated diversity in her classes, Principles of Advertising, Ad Copy and Layout, and Visual Media Design.

Dr. Gleason presented research on the cultural influences of a British photographer doing his work in Mexico. (Fall 2007)