Unflattening has been released into the wild! Copies have surfaced – and I’m itching to see mine! Last week, it got its first review from Publishers Weekly and a Starred Review at that! A little excerpt: “Sousanis has made a profound contribution to the field of comics studies and to semiotics, epistemology, and the burgeoning study of visible thinking. Essential…
DetailsWelcome to my new site. While I’ve had this domain all along, it’s been bouncing to a blog for the past six years and it was finally time for an upgrade. This new home (courtesy of the good folks at Loudbaby.com – the architects behind the Detroit arts-mag I used to run) brings along my…
DetailsAbout a month to go to the release of Unflattening! While I’ve yet to see all of it bound in one piece, I was pleased to get my hands on the proof of the cover and test prints for the interior pages! More info on Harvard UP’s site here. (Preorder available at places like Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Powells, or…
DetailsWith less than two months to go, I’m eagerly counting down to March 9 and the release of my comics dissertation-turned book Unflattening – see more details on Harvard University Press’s site here! (And if you can’t wait, I see it’s up for preorder at places like Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Powells!) In the meantime, an essay I…
DetailsAs we continue to get settled in Calgary, I ended up drawing one final page for my book Unflattening (formerly-known-as-my-dissertation) due out from Harvard University Press in March of 2015. While with the exception of the cover, some additional title images, and cleanup, the drawing has been done since i defended in the spring, circumstances…
DetailsUPDATED with more info about my presentation at Genres of Scholarly Knowledge Production in Umeå, Sweden (below). This week my wife, our nearly 8 month old daughter, and I packed up and said goodbye to New York City. From the educational community at Teachers College and the springboard it offered in making colleagues from all…
DetailsThis Friday, November 7, I’m pleased to be giving a keynote session at the International Visual Literacy Association’s annual conference, held at the Toledo Museum of Art. As the organization puts it – “visual thinking is a form of critical thinking,” “the ability to derive meaning from images of everything that we see –…
DetailsI’m pleased to announce that my comics dissertation will be published by Harvard University Press in March of 2015! Check out HUP’s catalog here to see all the specifics about Unflattening. This has been in the works for over a year now and I’m thrilled to be able to officially share the news! I’ve been…
DetailsLast week (10/10/14), I participated in the #remixthediss event on New Dissertation Models at the CUNY Graduate Center here in NYC. It was a terrific gathering, invigorated live audience, and it was live-streamed to audiences around the country and the globe – and in many sites they hosted their own parallel discussions. Primary organizer, Professor…
DetailsThis site has been quiet for a little bit. But that’s not to say I haven’t been busy. I’m looking forward to sharing a few announcement as to what I’ve been up to in just a few weeks. But in the meantime, I wanted to share an upcoming event I’m participating in and a non-comics/education…
DetailsThis Friday, July 12 at 5pm EST, I’ll be doing an online presentation of my work and the educational promise of comics as a keynote for the Reform Symposium Free Online Conference (RSCON5). This annual virtual gathering is put on by an organization of educators called “The Future of Education,” and I offer my thanks…
DetailsSo the dissertation is defended, finished, and I graduated. But as I prepare to move on to next steps, I thought it was important to pause here and publicly acknowledge all those whose support has helped make this possible. I’ve not only had a good team backing me on the home front, but also, as…
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