Welcome! On this site you can access resources in English and Spanish that represent my research and commentaries ranging from the social uses of television to evolutionary communication
About James
A biographical sketch about James Lull who is an Emeritus Professor of Communication Studies at San Jose State University located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley
Commentaries
Features some of James’ provocative written and photographic essays about evolution, religion, politics, media, culture and a host of other contemporary topics
Portal Español
A Spanish-language repository of links to some of James Lull’s most important articles, essays, and book chapters. An excellent resource for professors and researchers in Latin America
Trending Commentaries
Knowing Patagonia
On his trip around the world in the 1830s as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin was particularly impressed by what he saw in the southernmost region of South America, the area known as Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. I traveled much of the same...
Nightwish!
The last line of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species goes like this: “From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution revolutionized natural science. Only the most...
Cave Art
Cave Art - Earliest Symbolic Communication Our ancestors immigrated to Europe from Africa more than 50,000 years ago. They created some of our species' earliest symbolic art on the walls of caves throughout the continent. Much of that remarkable art was discovered on...