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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with author and professor Nick Sousanis
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In this episode Lucy chats to professor and author Nick Sousanis.
Nick Sousanis is an Eisner-winning comics author and an associate professor of Humanities & Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University, where he started and runs a Comics Studies program. He received his doctorate in education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2014, where he wrote and drew his dissertation entirely in comic book form. Titled Unflattening, it argues for the importance of visual thinking in teaching and learning, and was published by Harvard University Press in 2015. Unflattening received the 2016 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Humanities, the Lynd Ward Prize for best Graphic Novel of 2015, and was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Scholarly/Academic work.
Connect with Nick:
https://spinweaveandcut.com
X: @nsousanis
Nick's recommendation for young readers:
K Gets in Trouble by Gary Clement
Nick's recommendation for older readers:
Toussaint Louverture: The Only Successful Slave Revolt in History by C.L.R James
Lucy's Recommendation (an upcoming guest!):
Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg
Producer and Host: @Lucy_Braidley
Contact: comicboompodcast@gmail.com
Music by John_Sib from Pixabay
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