Nick Sousanis, comics artist and assistant professor of Humanities and Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University, will present his experiences writing and drawing his dissertation from Teacher’s College, Columbia University entirely in comic book form. Unflattening, which argues that visual thinking is important as a teaching tool in the classroom, was published by Harvard University Press in 2015 and received the 2016 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Humanities and the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year, among other awards. Join us as we continue to rethink graduate education in the liberal arts and explore alternative forms of the dissertation.

Check out his work: http://spinweaveandcut.com/