Reflections on 25 Years of Visual Communication Quarterly

This research brief reflects on the first 25 years of Visual Communication Quarterly (from its founding in 1994 to 2019) specifically in terms of the geographic diversity featured in its scholarship, the methods and means its authors have relied on to advance their arguments, the specific visuals under consideration, and the authors’ aims, which sometimes overlap with the visuals under consideration and sometimes are distinct from them. Insights from this review 1 will be offered and provocations raised to inform an ongoing discussion about how the past can inform the future of our journal and what we publish in it.