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It’s time for Non Fiction Comics Fest yet again!

It’s time for Non Fiction Comics Fest yet again!

Hey y’all. It’s the best time of year– autumn in New England and also Vermont Folklife’s Non Fiction Comics Fest! This is the best fest, and so many amazing people attend– don’t miss it! CBR Lab, and yours truly, will be hawking our wares (honestly–what 

Zine fests, fancy literary moments, and more zine fests

Zine fests, fancy literary moments, and more zine fests

It’s been a busy few months, running zine fests hither and yon, and then discovering myself in the pages of my brilliant friend New Zealand author Megan Dunn‘s The Mermaid Chronicles. (We were both attending a mermaid conference (yes! there is such a thing!) in 

Comics-Based “Fostering a sense of Belonging” Project becomes legacy exhibit at Middlesex University

Comics-Based “Fostering a sense of Belonging” Project becomes legacy exhibit at Middlesex University

Professor Marie-Pierre Moreau and I are delighted to see this work become a permanent legacy exhibit at Middlesex. I’d like to give special thanks to Nathan Fretwell, Christiana Rose and of course Marie-Pierre Moreau for making this happen! If you are interested in this exhibit coming to your institution, please reach out via my contacts page.

Comics everywhere!

Comics everywhere!

It’s springtime and comics-based research is popping up everywhere kind of like those tulip bulbs we forgot we had planted in an odd shape on the front lawn! First of all I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the GloTech (Global Technology 

Traveling Arts-Based Research Exhibit Lands in Cork

Traveling Arts-Based Research Exhibit Lands in Cork

The arts-based, comics-based research exhibit, “Fostering A Sense of Belonging For Higher Education Staff and Students With Caring Responsibilities: What Works” from Professor Marie-Pierre Moreau and myself has left Middlesex University and is now showing at University College Cork as part of the 2024 Athena 

Comics-Based Research Comes to Ottawa

Comics-Based Research Comes to Ottawa

That’s right! When I am not skating the Rideau Canal I will be a lucky guest at Carleton Uni/ University of Ottawa giving a lecture and a workshop on comics based research, and promoting the work of CBR Lab. I look forward to seeing everyone there and having fun with art and anthropology.

The Traveling Carers in Higher Ed Exhibit Pops Up At Middlesex Uni

The Traveling Carers in Higher Ed Exhibit Pops Up At Middlesex Uni

The arts-based Carers in Higher Education project from Professor Marie-Pierre Moreau and myself has been to lots of exciting places, but this past week saw it installed at Middlesex University London. I am so pleased that it is up and generating some productive conversation amongst 

Kapow!

Kapow!

My new chapter on arts-based research has come out– and the fancy hard copy text arrived at my door this morning. I’m delighted that my chapter, which is a comics-based how-to and discussion of CBR methods in educational research in particular, is included in Jason 

Join me (virtually) in New Zealand to learn how to use comics to analyze qualitative data.

Join me (virtually) in New Zealand to learn how to use comics to analyze qualitative data.

You don’t have to actually be in New Zealand for this one! 🙂 Should be a hoot. Join us for qual love, Kiwi style. Via zoom. All the details are below.

https://www.researchaccelerator.nz/bundles/ra2023

I will be talking about how to draw your qualitative dissertation/book/thesis/next paper.

(Also points to me for being the only person who did not submit a gorgeous photograph but rather a weird square drawing of myself starring my nose).

Comics Fest and Related Comics and Fests

Comics Fest and Related Comics and Fests

It has been a very big month or two for comics and comics-based research. I mean, to be honest, when isn’t it big month? A few things past and future going on: