Kendra Albright and Karen Gavigan of the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science have collaborated with incarcerated teens at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) to collectively author AIDS in the Endzone, a graphic novella aimed at educating teens about AIDS awareness and prevention.
Albright and Gavigan began this project in response to research indicating that the graphic novel format was a highly successful educational tool when broaching public health and sexuality topics with teens. This specific topic was selected because South...