University of Dundee

Educating through Comics: Comics & Cardiology & Comics in the Classroom

Academic History:

2011 - 2015 First Class Joint Honours in English & History

2015 - 2016 MLitt with Distinction in Comic Studies

2016 - present PhD in Comic Studies

Supervisors:

Professor Chris Murray

Professor Divya Jindal-Snape

Phillip Vaughan

Research Interests:

• Comics & Education
• Genre - The Superhero & Autobiographix
• Comics as therapy. Creative reflection & expression
• Comics as communication
• The Superhero as an icon of hope & recovery

Previous Research Projects:

• The Joker as Trickster & Monster: Changing Representations of a Supervillain
• Educating through Comics: Comics, Cardiology & 'Collective' Grief

Scholarships:

AHRC

Publications:

The ‘Mistress of Mayhem’ as a proxy for the reader: A Metafictional link between fiction & reality. (pending release)

Contact Details:

Work Tel No: 07724 714336

Email: MJSinclair@dundee.ac.uk

Website/Blogs: Madlove93.wordpress.com

First published: 14 November 2016