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Neil Cohn
neilcohn@emaki.net
www.emaki.net
Tufts University
Department of Psychology
The
Psychology Building
490 Boston Ave.
Medford, MA 02155
Research
Interests:
Visual language, multimodality, syntax and grammar, cognitive/conceptual
semantics, event structure, Peircean semiotics, linguistic relativity,
application of visual language in education
Education:
Grad Student. Tufts
University. Psychology
Department. (Advisors: Ray
Jackendoff, Gina
Kuperberg, Phil
Holcomb)
M.A. 2005. University
of Chicago.
Social Sciences (multidisciplinary)
B.A. with Honors. 2002. University
of California, Berkeley. Asian Studies: Japan and Buddhism
• Spring 2001. Tsuru
Bunka Daigaku (Tsuru
University). Tsuru, Japan. (Exchange Student)
Publications:
Books (Author/Illustrator):
Meditations: 1999-2002.
BookSurge Publishing. 2006.
We the
People: A Call to Take Back America.
with Thom Hartmann (author). Oregon: Coreway
Media. 2004.
Early Writings on Visual Language.
Carlsbad CA: Emaki Productions. 2003.
Books (Illustrations and/or Graphics Consultant):
Meaning and the Lexicon. by Ray Jackendoff. London: Oxford. 2010.
Elementary
Japanese: Volume One. by Yoko Hasegawa. Rutland, VT: Tuttle
Publishing. 2005.
Essays/articles:
"Extra! Extra! Semantics in Comics!" Journal of Pragmatics. In press.
"The Limits of Time and Transitions." Studies in Comics 1 (1):127-147. 2010.
"Japanese Visual Language." In Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives. Ed.
Toni Johnson-Woods. Continuum Books. pp. 187-203. 2010.
"Razbijanje definicije 'stripa'" [Un-Defining “Comics”]. Translated into Croatian by Monika Bregovic. Zarez. 247 (8). 2009.
"A Visual Lexicon." Public
Journal of Semiotics. Vol. 1 (1). pp. 53-84. 2007.
"Un-Defining 'Comics.'"
International Journal of Comic Art, Vol. 7 (2). pp. 236-248. 2005.
Periodic columnist for www.comixpedia.com:
• "Comic
Theory 101: Loopy framing." March 2007.
• "Comic
Theory 101: Visual Poetry." November 2006.
• "Comic
Theory 101: Seeing Rhymes." June 2006.
• "Comic
Theory 101: Too Many Twos." March 2006.
• "Comic
Theory 101: Passing Judgment." January 2006.
•
"Comic Theory 101: In place of another." October 2005.
• "Reframing
'Comics.'" July 2005.
•
"Interactive Comics?" February 2005.
• "Fight
the Comic Aristocracy." Part
1. Part 2. October
2004.
• "Art
versus Language." July 2004.
• "Comics’
Identity Crisis." April 2004.
• "Dissolving
Comics’ Boundaries." January 2004.
"Methods of the Enlightened." Aya-Com-Text, Vol.
1. Tsuru-shi, Japan. March 2004. Pp. i-vii.
"A Time Frame of Mind." Berkeley
Undergraduate Journal, No. 31. Berkeley, CA. Spring 2003. Pp.
1-34 (Chosen “Best Essay”)
Speaking
and Teaching:
Invited
Speaking:
"Foundations for a Visual Language Grammar." Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. MIT. October 9, 2009.
"What is 'Visual Language'?" Psychology Department Brown Bag Lunch. Dartmouth University. October 22, 2009.
"What is 'Visual Language'?" Visual
Thinking Lecture Series. University of Toronto. May 14, 2009.
"Visual Language." Graphic Novel Writing Class. Emerson University.
February 10, 2009. (Guest Lecture)
"Visual Language." Comics and Social Commentary Class, Benjamin
Franklin Instutite of Technology. October 1, 2008. (Guest Lecture)
"Japanese Visual Language" [In Japanese].Showa Boston. Tufts
University. September 3, 2008.
"What is 'Visual Language'?" Visual
and Iconic Languages Conference. San Diego, CA. July 22, 2008 (Keynote)
"Visual Language: What 'Comics' Can Tell Us about the Mind."
VizThink 08.San Francisco, CA.
January 26-29, 2008 (Facilitator)
"Foundations for a Natural Visual Language Grammar." Visual
and Iconic Languages Conference. University of New Mexico. August
2, 2007 (Keynote)
"The Visual Language of Comics." CAST
Inc. Wakefield, MA. March 14, 2007
"Visual Language." Center
for Cartoon Studies. White River Junction, VT. October 26, 2006
"Visual Language." Museum
of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles, CA. September 5, 2004
Art 98: "The Craft of Comics." UC
Berkeley. Fall 2002, Spring 2002, 2003 (Guest lecturer).
Conferences:
"The Grammar of 'Comics.'" PCA/ACA
National Conference. Boston, MA. April 5, 2007 ("Theories on
Comics" Panel chair)
• Winner of the M.
Thomas Inge Award for Comics Scholarship
"Towards a Visual Language Grammar." 5th
Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature. Krakov, Poland.
March 17-19, 2005
"Bimodality of Language." Scottish
Word and Image Group. University of Dundee. Dundee, Scotland. May
8, 2004
Frequent speaker at the
Comic Arts Conference. San Diego, CA:
• "Action Starring Narrative and Events ." July 23, 2009
• "Japanese Visual
Language ." July 25, 2008
• "Navigating Comics." July 27, 2007
• "Comics and Education." July 26, 2007
• "The Secret
of Sequence." July 21, 2006
• "The Visual Language of Comics." July
15, 2005
• "A Force
of Change." July 14, 2005
• "The Union
of Text and Image." July 24, 2004
• "Defining
Comics, Again!?" Group panel. July 22, 2004
• "Beyond Panel
Transitions: A New Look at Sequentiality." July 18, 2003
• "Introduction
to Visual Language." August 1, 2002
Teaching (Class Instructor):
How Language Works. Summer
2010. Tufts University: Osher Lifetime Learning Center (Instructor)
Comics and the Mind. Fall
2009. Tufts University: Osher Lifetime Learning Center (Instructor)
Visual Linguistics of Comics (Psyc 196-02). Spring
2009. Tufts University
(Instructor)
"Comic Book Design" Class. Fall 2002-Spring 2003. Longfellow Arts Middle
School: Extended Day Program. Berkeley, CA.
Teaching (Teacher's Assistant, including lectures):
Biological Foundations of Language. Spring 2008, 2010 (unofficial). Tufts
University
Syntactic Theory (Phil 112/Psyc 151). Spring 2007, 2010. Tufts
University
Introduction to Linguistics (Phil 91). Fall 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
Tufts University
Graduate Institute for Teachers. Tufts
University. Summer 2007.
Research and Consulting:
CAST, Universal
Design for Learning. 2005
• National Advisory
Board Member for "Composition Initiative."
• Created graphic
works on photosynthesis for "Multimedia" project.
Research assistant for Christopher
Johnson, University of Chicago, Summer 2005.
• Searched child
language data for grammatical constructions.
Other:
Martial Arts Training
Soo
Bahk Do, Moo Duk Kwan Federation
1993-Present. Fourth Dan (Black Belt), Sa Bom (Certified Master Instructor). Instructor: Ted Mason Sa
Bom Nim, Oceanside, CA.
• 2007-present:
Instructing the Tufts
Soo Bahk Do Club.
Tai Chi
1999-2003. Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi. Instructor: Sifu
Jarl Forsman, Berkeley, CA
2004-2005. Tai Chi Tao Club at University of Chicago
• 2008-present: Instructing the Tufts Tai Chi mini-course
Other
1999-2000. Aikido. Instructors: Kayla
Feder Sensei, Berkeley, CA.; Tetsutaka
Sugawara Sensei, Machida, Japan.
2001. Shorinji Kempo. Club at Tsuru University, Tsuru, Japan
2002-2003. Instructor at Longfellow Arts Middle
School: Extended Day Program. Berkeley, CA.
2005-2006. Instructor at Rising Phoenix Martial
Arts at Quads Gym. Chicago, IL. |
