32.051 - Novel Approaches to Arts-Based Educational Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session considers “novel” approaches to ABER, including chick-lit, speculative fiction, novels for multicultural education, and graphic novels. Each panelist has expertise using the format they will be reviewing (each has successfully published one or more “novels” in that format). While fiction as a research practice has received more attention in the field of ABER in recent years, there is a gap in reviewing different forms of fiction, and in particular “the novel” in its different forms. This session considers different genres from purely textual based to mixing text and images, and how these different genres are suited toward different research objectives, and ultimately varied audiences both inside and outside of the academy.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts-Based Educational Research

Chair

• Nick Sousanis, San Francisco State University

Papers

• Chick-Lit as Arts-Based Educational Research - Patricia Leavy, Self-employed

• Speculative Fiction as Arts-Based Research - Jessica Smartt Gullion, Texas Woman's University

• Writing Fiction to Awaken Historical Memory - Christine E. Sleeter, California State University - Monterey Bay

• Unanticipated Journeys: Comics as Arts-Based Research - Nick Sousanis, San Francisco State University