<p dir="ltr">Sam Rowe is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader on <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-illustration-2021/overview">BA (Hons) Illustration</a> and a lecturer on <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-graphic-communication-2021/overview">BA (Hons) Graphic Communication</a>, where he team-teaches modules on sequential illustration, professional practice, and independent and self promotional practices.</p> <p dir="ltr">Outside his time teaching at Arts University Plymouth, Sam is a freelance illustrator, art director, and designer, working with clients such as The New York Times, Financial Times, Airbnb, Atlassian, The McConnell Foundation, NPR, Dyson, and Bristol University amongst others. Sam is represented globally by <a href="https://www.theloudcloud.com/">The Loud Cloud</a>, an agency that works with a dynamic group of unique illustrators, designers and animators.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sam regularly works with the Society for Research into Higher Education, delivering workshops and seminars focusing on visualising research and sharing best practice. Prior to joining the academic teaching staff at the college, Sam taught illustration at the universities of Gloucestershire and Plymouth. </p> <p dir="ltr">In 2021, Sam also became part of our Postgraduate cohort of students, beginning his <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/ma-illustration">MA in Illustration</a>. His research centres on voice and communication, particularly those that bridge difficult gaps in understanding such as language and deep time. <br /></p>