Schedule
Schedule at a Glance
**All programs will be held in the Kent State University Library
Sunday, August 5
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5:15 p.m. |
REGISTRATION 3rd Floor of the Kent State University Library |
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6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Dinner and opening keynote: P. Craig Russell |
Monday, August 6
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7:45 - 8:30 a.m. |
REGISTRATION / Breakfast 3rd Floor of the Kent State University Library |
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8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome/Announcements |
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9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Keynote: Rafael Rosado |
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10:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
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PAPER SESSION 1 |
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10:15 - 10:55 a.m. |
Using TOON Comic Books to Increase Elementary Students’ Fluency Skills: A Multi-Case Study with Six Pre-service Teachers — Gina Doepker Pace yourself: How studying comics and graphic novels impacted time in a middle school — Ashley Dallacqua |
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PAPER SESSION 2 |
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11:00 - 11:40 a.m. |
Creating a Mythology of Change: The Future of Storytelling in Science Fiction and New Media Comics—Natalia Lopes Robot cats, supernatural cats: Japanese comics marketed to a Taiwanese audience—Emily Seitz |
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11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch & Discussion #Marantz2018 Sponsored by Manga Classics |
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12:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Exhibits and Poster session |
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1:10 - 2:10 p.m. |
Panel Presentation Developing Students’ Writing Skills through Comics and the Graphic Narrative Karen Gavigan, Ashley Dallacqua, Sandi Sumerfield |
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PAPER SESSION 3 |
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2:20 - 3:00 p.m. |
Girls in Graphic Novels: A Content Analysis of Selected Texts from YALSA's 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens List—Tiffany Mumm Webcomics and the Library: The Challenges of an Emerging Medium—Ted Anderson |
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PAPER SESSION 4 |
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3:05 - 3:45 p.m. |
Teaching Ethics through the Auto-Graphic Novel—Karen van Meenan Superheroes, Psychiatry, and Public Health: Fredric Wertham’s Graphic Medicine—Valentino Zullo |
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3:45 - 4:00 p.m. |
Break |
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4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Roundtable discussion: Comics and the Graphic Novel: The Relationship between Text and Image. P. Craig Russell, Rafael Rosado, John Shableski, Vera Camden, Valentino Zullo. Moderator: Carol Tilley |
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5:15 - 6:15 p.m. |
Dinner |
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7:00 - 9:00 p.m. |
Comics and Graphic Novel Extravaganza (also open to the public) 1st Floor of the Kent State University Library |
Tuesday, August 7
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7:45 - 8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast 3rd Floor of the Kent State University Library |
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8:15 - 8:25 a.m. |
Welcome / Introduction |
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8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Keynote Carol Tilley, PhD. Associate Professor, University of Illinois |
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PAPER SESSION 5 |
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9:30 - 10:10 a.m. |
A term “for BBC to quote”: Young adult readers define, struggle with and resist the “graphic novel” — Lucia Cedeira Serantes LGBTQAI+ Portrayal in Recent Graphic Novels — Christina Dorr and Liz Deskins |
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10:10 - 10:20 a.m. |
Coffee break |
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10:20 - 11:20 a.m. |
Panel Presentation Teaching Graphic Novels in the Classroom: Text, Readers, Pedagogy, and Curriculum – Laura Jiminez, Kathryn Roberts, Kristy Brugar, and Carla Myer |
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11:20 - 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 - 12:15 p.m. |
Kendra Albright and Karen Gavigan
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch Closing remarks |