Overview of some comics

Since the minor twitter outbreak stemming from Maureen Bakis's original article fueled by Cathy Davidson's subsequent post, (a huge thank you to both!) numerous folks have posted links to the interviews or other excerpts from my work. Very cool - grateful to all for the support. Occasionally though some of the reposts have been misconstrued as being my work itself - particularly excerpts from my HASTAC talk - which is most definitely NOT a comic, nor intended to be one. So for folks new to the site and what i'm up to, I thought i'd post a few links to existing pieces that offer a more accurate sense of what I'm up to, and what the dissertation might look like. (Of course, one is encouraged to scroll through the site for a more in depth look as well!) On to drawing - and more new work to share soon. Thanks - Nick

Maxine Says - on legendary educational philosopher Maxine Greene
Mind the Gaps - on narrative research in the book On Narrative Inquiry by Vinz & Schaafsma
Learning Pathways - this piece created for Robbie McClintock's course - most likely will serve in some ways as bookends for the dissertation, thematically at least.
The Importance of Seeing Double - on the nature of interdisciplinary studies
Five Senses of Engagement - collaboration with Syracuse prof Timothy K. Eatman
Sketching - a brief look at the process of drawing

Diamond Interview and...

A while back, Maureen Bakis, author of the Graphic Novel Classroom, visited my class at TC, and followed up with an e-interview of me. It's just now published on Diamond Bookshelf's site here. In the work, I share on my thoughts on comics and education, resources for teachers, and what i'm up to with a comics dissertation.

Thanks to Maureen for the opportunity to speak on my work and to Diamond for running the piece. - Nick

UPDATE - since I first posted this, Cathy Davidson - of the National Council for the Humanities and author of Now You See It - wrote a lovely piece on me on the HASTAC site - and then tweeted it. Tweets about comic book dissertation have since been bouncing around the twittersphere! My first experience seeing that in action. Thanks, Cathy, and all the folks who've been RT'ing since - that was pretty cool. Getting to drawing now - ante raised! - Nick

In the news!

A brief interview on my work in comics and creativity at Teachers College in the school's monthly publication. Check it out here. Thanks to Siddhartha Mitter for the writeup.

For more on what i'm up to on the dissertation - check out this pdf of a December talk i gave.

More new comics to come...
Nick

quick update

A lengthy stint of jury duty has delayed some updates here - but a few things. First up, check out this interview on graphic novel reporter with the super cool Maureen Bakis - teacher and author of the Graphic Novel Classroom, who visited my class back in the fall. Maureen was a great guest and inspirational to the teachers in my class. In her interview, she discusses strategies from her book and her own class, and gives a nod to her visit to Columbia. Check it out.

A few new things in the works, which i'll share soon. For now, created some images for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in conjunction with their upcoming national conference. Here's a sample:

Hastac Talk

Happy New Year!

Fall of 2012 saw few updates to this site - but not because i wasn't making new comics. Rather the opposite, I was immersed in two big projects that i'll post more on soon, as well as lots of thinking on comics through the course I developed and taught this fall at Teachers College, Columbia U (check out the wikisite for articles and resources galore here: www.comicsclassroom.wikispaces.org).

I also attended a few conferences this fall to present on my comics dissertation. In these talks, I advocated for the inclusion of comics as legitimate discourse within and without the academy. A lot of fun and great responses. You can check out a pictorial version of my talk at HASTAC in December here: http://comicsclassroom.wikispaces.com/file/view/Sousanis+Hastac+VisualTalk.pdf.
HASTAC is a great group rethinking education and definitely worth checking out.

More to come - Nick

In Print: "New Maps" - Interdisciplinary Studies

As with the recent "The Importance of Seeing Double," "New Maps" was created for the Association of Integrative Studies' newsletter for their October edition. They should be seen as companion pieces, and likely I'll find a way to integrate(!) them into a single piece as part of my dissertation.  Wanna know more about the study of interdisciplinary studies? Check out the AIS website here. Good group. - Nick 

In print: The Importance of Seeing Double

This piece was created for the Association of Integrative Studies' newsletter Integrative Pathways March 2011 edition. It's also being reprinted in a textbook on integrative studies due out soon. I've got a related piece in the forthcoming edition of AIS's newsletter this fall. I'll post it after it appears in print. Interested in interdisciplinary studies? Check out the AIS website here. Good group. - Nick