MFA THESIS!

[Jay Peteranetz]

My name is Jay and I am an MFA student studying comics at the Savannah
College of Art and Design in Atlanta. I am working on my thesis right
now, for which the current working title is "Comics for Literacy: From
Birth to Adulthood." I am glad to meet you all, and would love to
discuss any ideas on this front with anyone. I have a website with some
of my recent work up at jnoblepeteranetz.com if you want to take a look!
Thank you all!

[Kelly Farrow]

Hi!! Your art work looks awesome. :) So, are there specific things you'd like to know? Like specific comics we use in the classroom, or ways we integrate comics into our curriculum and booktalks, etc.?

[Jay Peteranetz]

Hello, and thank you.
I am currently looking into literacy in general. I am more interested, at the moment, about what constitutes a literate kindergarten, 3rd grade, 6th grade, 9th grade, and graduating student. When is just reading the words not enough to be considered literate? or is there a difference between reading comprehension and literacy? I have been reading books about integrating comics into classrooms, but 95% of the ideas come from reading teachers, and not comics professionals. I have an idea of how I believe comics should be used (which is why I am doing this as my thesis), but I don't know what a literate 6th grader should be able to read, and interpret from a book, for example. If you can give me insight into that, or where to find that information, it would be a HUGE help.