**This is a new VIP that will be starting Spring 2026**
What is the ambitious goal of this project?
Publication of a graphic history project.
Experience Gained
- Develop historical research and oral, written, and visual communication skills
- Demonstrate effective team work skills within the context of an interdisciplinary project
- Create collaborative portfolio materials that illustrate professional practice skills related to client relations, project development, and pre-press production skills
Methodologies and/or Technologies used to achieve project goals
- adult education strategies
- case studies
- design thinking
- fieldwork
- market research
- qualitative research methods
- structured interviewing
- writing
Preferred Preparation
ENGL102 preferred.
Majors or Interests Needed
- Any/All
- Art
- History
VIP Coach Information
Roland Becerra (MFA) spent over a decade making AGATHA into a feature-length animated film and a 170-page graphic novel. AGATHA has been screened in over 60 international film festivals and has won more than 30 filmmaking awards worldwide. His previous Animated short “Dear Beautiful” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Lisa Brady (PhD) is an environmental historian who studies the ways war and nature shape each other, with specialties in the American Civil War and the Korean War. Her current project explores the Korean DMZ as an environmental, military, and scientific landscape.
Course Information
VIP 200, VIP 400 or VIP 500
Full semester course. Choose to enroll in 1 or 2 credits.
Team meetings: In-person, T/Th 4:30-5:45 p.m., room CVA439
Interested in joining this team?
For more information and to request a permission number to register, contact Prof. Lisa Brady at lisabrady@boisestate.edu.
You can also complete this interest form and someone will contact you. Check out this page for tips on contacting a professor.
To register
To register search by Subject: Vertically Integrated Projects, read the project description to find the right section of VIP 200, 400, or 500. Use permission number, here are instructions Add with a permission number