For a class project for “The Rhetoric of American Horror Films,” Penn State Berks communication arts and sciences major Neil Rawlings re-worked classic horror posters using concepts from the course. Rawlings focused on the cultural context of post-racism to identify the ways in which the film "Get Out" critiques the idea that the United States exists in a post-racist state.
In the class “The Rhetoric of American Horror Films," Penn State Berks communication arts and sciences major Neil Rawlings re-worked classic horror posters using concepts from the course. He applied Carol Clover’s notion of the “final girl” from 1980s slasher films to the film "Alien" to point to different ways of thinking about the “final girl” and feminism.
Penn State Berks students enrolled in the course “The Rhetoric of American Horror Films” encountered a new twist in this year’s syllabus. While in past semesters, students in CAS 415 would write an academic research paper analyzing the rhetoric of horror films, this spring students had the opportunity to submit creative projects, supported by research.
Over the last decade, Janelle Larson (standing third from left) has led a University-wide outreach collaboration between Penn State Berks and the Children and Youth Empowerment Centre (CYEC) in Nyeri, Kenya.
Approximately 100 Penn State students have studied and worked on community development projects at the Children and Youth Empowerment Centre over the last decade. The program has also touched more than 50 former street-dwelling youth. Note: Study Abroad programs have been canceled for the fall 2020 semester due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
