Eisner Award winner Susan Kirtley (Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass) brings together diverse voices to explore the power and potential of comics in education today. Antero Garcia (Stanford University) offers an overview of the need for comics teaching methodology. Peter Carlson (Green Dot Public Schools) presents examples of comics used in South Central L.A. classrooms to impact reading and empower students. Bart Beaty (University of Calgary) speculates on how scholars and educators can embrace online tools and incorporate comics beyond the "typical." Ben Bolling (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) describes a class in which students engage the Batman mythos in print, radio, television, film, music, and other media.
Friday March 23, 2018 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Room 210
