Educational research

Okay, doing what? Dr.

Kristen Monroe, an educational research associate at the Center for Innovation and Teaching and Learning at the University of Illinois, points out that students can put in a lot of time without necessarily using strategies that help them learn.

Admittedly, my go-to is having them be able to do at least one draft or revision.

I think it lowers anxiety and can help with that.

Julian also volunteers with We Stand for the Animals in the UK, advocating for a kinder world for all animals, human and non-human.

His upcoming book, titled Making Comics: Collaborative Practice and Critical Pedagogy: Comics-Based Educational Research in the 21st Century, will be published in 2027, which is the 200th anniversary of educational comics.

Julian's favorite vegan meal is chana masala with rice, salad, naan, and a fresh mango.

Here's our conversation.

Congrats.

Thank you.

Called Comics-Based Educational Research in the 21st Century.

Yes.

Push back too hard and you've shut a student out of something that they were entitled to.

Dr. Kristen Monroe, an educational research associate at the University of Illinois' Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, has sat with instructors on both sides of that mistake.

I think a lot of people are talking about mental health and appropriate self-advocacy for students.

And I would say that most instructors, myself included, were not... trained in both how to understand accommodations, but also when and how to push back on unreasonable accommodations.