[Comicsstudiessociety] [EXTERNAL] Re: Introduction

Wed Nov 18 09:45:23 EST 2020

Hi all,

   I’ve been thoroughly enjoying these introductions! What a fantastic opportunity to hear about all the amazing work that you are all doing! Thank you so much for taking the time to share with all of us!

   My name is Zachary J.A. Rondinelli (he/him) and I am a Ph.D. student in Educational Studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, ON Canada. My primary areas of research interests are on multimodality, comics theory, reading and literacy studies. My future dissertation hopes to bring all of these interests together through participatory action research and comics-specific visual methods to examine the nature of reading comics in the classroom, as well as extend current research on how the medium sponsors multimodal literacy development for students. I am also proud to be serving as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Graduate Student Caucus of the Comics Studies Society<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://gradcaucus.comicssociety.org/2020/08/10/meet-the-board-zachary-j-a-rondinelli-secretary-treasurer/__;!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzopZEDp5$ > this term!

   I am also the Principal Investigator of an on-going social media research project<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://gradcaucus.comicssociety.org/2020/09/09/an-interview-with-welcometoslumberland-twitter-project-principal-investigator-zachary-j-a-rondinelli/__;!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzihvNqGs$ >, called #WelcomeToSlumberland<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://zrondinelli.wixsite.com/welcometoslumberland__;!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzjiohZMc$ >. #WTS, which is being hosted on Twitter, is a transactional reading project designed to explore online collaborative meaning making across digital divides, focusing on ways that we both construct/co-construct and negotiate/renegotiate meaning. Some of my fabulous participants and I recently completed a special week-long look at the famous Walking Bed strip (#WalkingBedWeek), which can be found either on Twitter (see Digital Table of Contents below) or as a Roundtable over at The Vault of Culture<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vaultofculture.com/slumberland__;!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2Yzgbndq5N$ >!

   If you’re interested in joining as a participant in the project, I’d invite you follow @LittleNemo1905<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.twitter.com/LittleNemo1905__;!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzsYb3Rtf$ > and join in! If you want a bit more information about what we do, please feel free to check out my Digital Table of Contents<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://zrondinelli.wixsite.com/welcometoslumberland/post/quick-links-to-all-welcome-to-summerland-project-twitter-threads__;!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzraO6vp3$ >, which will direct you to any completed thread that we’ve explored! I would love to have you!

   Thanks again for the opportunity to get to know some of our members better!

Best,

Zach Rondinelli

From: ComicsStudiesSociety <comicsstudiessociety-bounces+z.rondinelli=outlook.com at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of "Comics Studies Society (CSS)" <comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu>
Reply-To: "Patrick D. Holt" <Patrick.D.Holt at gmail.com>, "Comics Studies Society (CSS)" <comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 8:54 AM
To: "Comics Studies Society (CSS)" <comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Comicsstudiessociety] [EXTERNAL] Re: Introduction

Hi everyone!  My name is Patrick Holt (he/him), and I'm a public librarian in Durham, North Carolina, where I'm lucky enough to be the lead organizer of our annual Durham Comics Fest<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__https*3A*2F*2Fdurhamcomicsfest.org*2F__*3B!!KGKeukY!iA0UmqfJQoFpGjnZFv2Ba5EoHCkgDT3TzkSMXXh6lfUJjaO6l53wjpqqyU1-4vo7Si3VlgDf2aBH*24&data=04*7C01*7C*7C8d8ad2a92f7d49ff84f808d88bc98134*7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa*7C1*7C0*7C637413044851013521*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=3r2NZpmWnUD8nOmLKSKkXEkSk0glAcdkr79gnYvemTY*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzkJiPiyj$ > and a lively local cartoonist support network<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__https*3A*2F*2Fdurhamcomicsfest.org*2Ftccn*2F__*3B!!KGKeukY!iA0UmqfJQoFpGjnZFv2Ba5EoHCkgDT3TzkSMXXh6lfUJjaO6l53wjpqqyU1-4vo7Si3VllK6ELaB*24&data=04*7C01*7C*7C8d8ad2a92f7d49ff84f808d88bc98134*7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa*7C1*7C0*7C637413044851023518*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=mw05FtrtWey2sbbfQPfTETTpt0UGeonqc0mzWb7QLqo*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2YzmFlVYdN$ >.  That all probably makes me the most out-of-place here in the CSS ranks, but I've been made to feel very welcome all the same :)

For all the amazing work that public libraries have done advocating for comics readers, I've sometimes felt a bit let down by the discourse in that chunk of the profession.  Engaging with comics scholarship -- history, theory, criticism -- has been a big part of my trying to amend that in my little corner of the world, and it informs my support of readers and creators on a daily basis.  I also do occasional writing about comics scholarship for librarians at 741.5 And Then Some<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.com*2Fv3*2F__https*3A*2F*2Fwww.7415andthensome.com*2F__*3B!!KGKeukY!iA0UmqfJQoFpGjnZFv2Ba5EoHCkgDT3TzkSMXXh6lfUJjaO6l53wjpqqyU1-4vo7Si3VliRloczf*24&data=04*7C01*7C*7C8d8ad2a92f7d49ff84f808d88bc98134*7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa*7C1*7C0*7C637413044851033510*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=JV6Ft31g9TrINYdwPTPSaMGrIXtHRwEKReinpABh2R8*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!KGKeukY!isIUK2_f0w96x9UPzrwQKKnAtfplC16M8BJLWq1U2sL-DAB9G4FhdRU6eq8RAAAh_-2Yzh2v798I$ > in an effort to bring the two worlds together a bit.  So thank you, scholars, and keep up the good work!

Patrick
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