The event is free and tickets are available in the Union Board office on the second floor of the student activities tower.
Uslan, who will join the IU Media School as a professor of practice, will give a lecture and question and answer session about how IU shaped him, his career in the entertainment industry and the lessons he learned. He will also promote his new book, “The Boy Who Loved Batman: A Memoir.”
“The culture at IU has always seemed to me to be one where we look out for our own,” Union Board Director Kevin Kenes said. “The fact that Michael is such a high-profile producer, yet such a down-to-earth guy, really speaks volumes about the way IU shapes individuals.”
Uslan received a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1973, a Master of Science in urban education from the IU School of Education in 1975 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the IU Maurer School of Law in 1976.
He developed the first accredited college course on comic books at IU in 1971.
Uslan donated more than 30,000 comic books to the Lilly Library in 2001. He was inducted into the Maurer School’s Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2006 and received IU’s Distinguished Hoosier Award.
“Michael Uslan has supported his alma mater in so many ways, and we’re thrilled that he now will share his expertise with the Media School,” said Lesa Hatley Major, associate dean of the Media School. “His students not only will benefit from his range of talents in media production, but they surely will be influenced by the ?tenacity he showed in pursuing his own goals as an IU student and as a fledgling producer with big dreams.”
Austin Schulman, a senior majoring in telecommunications and marketing, said it will be an incredible experience for students to hear from such an influential alumnus.
“Michael, as a whole, represents a person who followed his dreams, worked hard and never gave up, which is a really important message many students can learn from,” he said.
