School of Journalism and Communication

Hector Tobar, a professor in the UO’s School of Journalism and Communication, has been selected as one of three judges for the PEN Open Book Award, offered by the PEN American Center.
His most recent textbook on constructing human knowledge through graphic storytelling — titled “Unflattening” — is a comic book itself.
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Tobar has been featured in stories nationwide as his popular book on the ordeal goes into paperback and a movie is set for release in November.
The UO team won for the first time in 27 years, besting more than 200 other college chapters for the title.