In the first of our Graphic Medicine Conference podcasts, Dr. Christopher Dwyer interviews John Miers.
“It is really important to the discipline of comics studies that the kinds of insights we have that lead to theories came from the act of making comics.” – John Miers
John Miers is a cartoonist, illustrator, academic and teacher. He is lecturer in illustration at Kingston School of Art, a member of the Comics Research Hub at University of the Arts London, and co-organiser of Transitions. John’s website: https://johnmiers.com/Comics
Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press. He authors an ongoing blog for Psychology Today, Thoughts on Thinking. Follow Dr. Dwyer on Twitter, @CogitoErgoDwyer
We would like to thank the 2024 Athlone Graphic Medicine conference team for making the conference and these podcast episodes possible, especially Dr. Dwyer, podcast team chair Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin, and conference organizer Jane Burns.
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