CHRISTINA L. BLANCH
EDUCATION
Ed.D. in Educational Studies, Ball State University, anticipated graduation date, December 2013
Dissertation
Title:
“Contains Graphic Content: An Autoethnographic Study of the Experiences of
Educators with the use of Comic Books in the Higher Education Classroom”
Dissertation
Advisor: Dr. Thalia Mulvihill, Ph.D.
M.A. in
Anthropology, Ball State University, 2006
Master’s Thesis: “Because of Her Victorian Upbringing:
Gender Archaeology at the Moore-Youse House”
B.S. Anthropology,
Ball State University, summa
cum laude in Anthropology, 2003
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Comic Studies; Gender Studies; Popular Culture; Pedagogical Methods; Qualitative Inquiry; Online Teaching; Race and Ethnicity; Disability
Comic Studies; Gender Studies; Popular Culture; Pedagogical Methods; Qualitative Inquiry; Online Teaching; Race and Ethnicity; Disability
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2011-present Doctoral
Assistantship, Educational Studies, Ball State University
2013 Lyle
Bussell Foundation Travel Grant, Ball State University
2013 Access
Award, Disabled Student Development, Ball State University
2012 Lyle
Bussell Foundation Travel Grant, Ball State University
2009-2010 Outstanding Educator Award, Ball State University Correctional Education Program
2009-2010 Outstanding Educator Award, Ball State University Correctional Education Program
2008-2009 Outstanding
Educator Award, Ball State University Correctional Education Program
2007-2008 Excellence in Education Award, Ball State University Correctional Education Program
2005 Troyer Grant, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Travel Grant to present at the Midwest Archaeological Conference in Dayton, Ohio
2007-2008 Excellence in Education Award, Ball State University Correctional Education Program
2005 Troyer Grant, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Travel Grant to present at the Midwest Archaeological Conference in Dayton, Ohio
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Doctoral Assistant, Educational Studies, Ball State University, 2011
Graduate Assistant for Introduction to Multicultural
Education (EDMUL 205)
Contract Instructor, 2004–2011, Department of Anthropology, Ball State
University
Contract
Instructor,
2005-2011, Extended Education, Correctional Education Program and On-Line
Courses, Ball State University
Courses Taught in
Anthropology
ANTH 101 Introduction
to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 103 Archaeology
and Culture
ANTH 105 Introduction
to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 111 Global
Cultural Diversity
ANTH 343 Historical
Archaeology
ANTH 334 Midwestern
Archaeology
ANTH 491 Independent
Reading Courses
ANTH 341 Women and
Gender
Courses Taught in Women and
Gender Studies
WGS 310 Gender through Comics
Online
Instructor,
2013-present, Institute for Online Learning, Taught Massive, Open, Online
Course (MOOC) for 7200 students, Gender through Comic Books, Ball State
University
PUBLICATIONS
2012 “The Attitudes
of Some Students on the Use of Comics in Higher Education,” Essays on Graphic Novels, Comics, and Education,
McFarland & Company, Inc. In press.
2007 “Because of Her Victorian Upbringing: Gender Archaeology at the Moore-Youse House,” Volumes in Historical Archaeology XLVI. The Conference on Historic Site Archaeology, The University of South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Columbia, South Carolina.
PRESENTATIONS
“Batman Begins (to teach Gender):
Using Comic Books to teach Gender in Higher Education”, Roundtable presentation
at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, 2013.
“Perceptions of the LGBT College Student Community of LGBT
Superheroes as Represented in Comic Books” (with Dr. Thalia Mulvihill and Dr.
Elena Polush), Paper
presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign, IL,
2013.
“The Pre-Enrollment
Considerations of Undergraduate Wheelchair Users and Their Post-Enrollment
Transitions: A Qualitative Study” (with Dr. Roger Wessel, Dr. Darolyn Jones,
and Larry Markle),
Paper presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign,
IL, 2013.
“Co-Investigating,
Co-Interviewing, and Co-Coding: An Insider and an Outsider Team up to Research
Students Who Use Wheelchairs”
(with Dr. Darolyn Jones), Paper presented at the International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign, IL, 2013.
AERA
“Pre-enrollment Considerations of Undergraduate Wheelchair
Users and their Post-enrollment Transitions” (with
Larry Markle, Dr. Darolyn Jones, and Dr.
Roger Wessel), Paper presented at the Ethnographic
and Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC), Cedarville University at
Cedarville, Ohio, 2013
“Pre-enrollment Considerations of Undergraduate Wheelchair
Users and their Post-enrollment Transitions” (with Larry Markle, Dr. Darolyn Jones, and Dr.
Roger Wessel), Paper presented at the
ACPA Standing Commission on Disability, Las Vegas, 2013.
“Pre-enrollment Considerations of Undergraduate Wheelchair
Users and their Post-enrollment Transitions” (with Larry Markle, Dr. Darolyn Jones, and Dr.
Roger Wessel), Paper presented at the 25th
Annual Postsecondary Disability Training Institute, Boston, MA, 2013.
“Making Comics Work in the Classroom”
(with Josh Elder and Dr. David Rapp), Presentation at C2E2, Chicago, IL, 2013.
“Student’s Attitudes on Using Comic Books in the Higher
Education Classroom.” Paper presented at the International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign, IL, 2012.
“Lois Lane’s Editor Mort Weisinger: The Life Story of One
Man Who Edited Superman’s Biography.” Paper presented at the International
Society for Educational Biography. St. Louis, MO, 2012.
“Mort Weisinger and the Witch of Metropolis.” Paper
presented at the Comic Studies Conference. Chicago, IL, 2012.
“Bio-Graphic Symbols of Womanhood: Comics as Teaching
Tools.” Presented at Ball State University Women’s Week. Muncie, IN, 2012.
“Comics in the Classroom.” Panel at San Diego Comic Con. San Diego, CA, 2011.
“Bio-Graphic Symbols of Womanhood: Comics as Teaching Tools.” Paper presented at The International Society for Educational Biography. San Antonio, TX, 2011.
“Student Perceptions on Comics in Anthropology” (with a panel of three students). Paper presented at St. Louis Area Comics Friendly Faculty Conference. St. Louis, MO, 2011.
“Comics in the Classroom.” Paper presented at the Comic
Studies Conference. Chicago, IL, 2011.
“Comics in the Classroom.” Panel at San Diego Comic Con. San Diego, CA, 2010.
“Foodways at the Moore-Youse House.” Paper presented at the
27th Annual Symposium on Ohio Valley Urban and Historic Archaeology.
Muncie, IN, 2009.
“Before Middletown: Historical Archaeology at the
Moore-Youse House.” Paper presented at the request of Middletown Studies and
Friends of the Ball State Library. Muncie, IN, 2007.
“Midwest Victorian Households: Gender Archaeology at the
Moore-Youse House.” Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference.
Notre Dame, IN, 2007.
“Victorian Meanings and Motivations in the Midwest.” Paper
presented at Midwest Archaeological Conference. Dayton, OH, 2005.
“Recent Historic Archaeology in the Midwest.” Organizer and
Chair of panel at the Midwest Archaeological Conference. Dayton, OH, 2005.
“Victorian Meanings and Motivations in the Midwest.” Paper
presented at the Indiana Academy of Science. Anderson, IN, 2005.
“The Historical Archaeology of the Indiana Miami.” Paper
presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference/Midwest Archaeological
Conference. St. Louis, MO, 2004.
“Exploring Material Continuity and Change at the Moore-Youse
House.” Poster (with Dr. Mark Groover and David Pletcher) presented at the
Midwest Archaeological Conference. St. Louis, MO, 2004.
Early Middle Woodland Settlement Patterns in East Central
Indiana White River Valley: Testing a Proposed Model.” Paper presented at the
Indiana Academy of Science. Anderson, IN, 2003.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012-2013 Primary Investigator
“Perceptions of the LGBT College Student Community of LGBT
Superheroes as Represented in Comic Books” (with Dr. Thalia Mulvihill and Dr.
Elena Polush)
Ball State
University, Muncie, IN
2011-present Research Assistant
“Pre-enrollment Considerations of Undergraduate Wheelchair Users and their Post-enrollment Transitions” (with Dr. Roger Wessel, Dr. Lyn Jones, and Larry Markle, Office of Student Disabilities)
“Pre-enrollment Considerations of Undergraduate Wheelchair Users and their Post-enrollment Transitions” (with Dr. Roger Wessel, Dr. Lyn Jones, and Larry Markle, Office of Student Disabilities)
Ball
State University,
Muncie, IN
2004-2006 Research Assistant
“Victorian Meanings and Motivations in the Midwest” (with Dr. Mark Groover)
Ball
State University,
Muncie, IN
Researched
Victorian Muncie, Indiana including maps, probate inventories, census information, and government records.
2001-2004 Crew Chief
Archeological Research Management Service, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Researched,
investigated, and wrote final reports on archaeological sites in Indiana including nominations for the
National Registry.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Golden Key International Honour Society
Lambda Alpha – National Anthropology Honor Society
International Society for Educational Biography (ISEB)
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)
American Educational Research
Association (AERA)
RELATED SERVICE
Dissertation Review Committee, Educational Studies, Ball
State University, 2012
Graduate Student Director for Ball State Anthropology
Museum, 2004-2005
Graduate Student Organizer for the Department of
Anthropology’s Student Research Conference, 2005
REFERENCES
·
Dr.
Abel Alves
Department of History
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-8729
·
Dr.
Thalia Mulvihill
Educational Studies
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-5463
·
Dr.
Cailin Murray
Department of Anthropology
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-3568
·
Dr. Roger Wessel
Educational Studies
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-5486
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