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Neil
Cohn
neilcohn@emaki.net
www.emaki.net
Department of Psychology
Tufts University
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)
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, Summer 2005.
• Searched child
language data for grammatical constructions.
Publications:
Books:
Meditations: 1999-2002.
BookSurge Publishing. 2006.
We the
People: A Call to Take Back America.
with Thom Hartmann (author). Oregon: Coreway
Media. 2004. (Illustrator)
Early Writings on Visual Language.
Carlsbad CA: Emaki Productions. 2003.
Elementary
Japanese: Volume One. by Yoko Hasegawa. Rutland, VT: Tuttle
Publishing. 2005 (Illustrator and graphics consultant).
Essays/articles:
"A Visual Lexicon." Public
Journal of Semiotics. Vol. 1 (1). January 2007.
"Un-Defining 'Comics.'"
International Journal of Comic Art, Vol. 7 (2). October 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”)
"Visual Language: Beyond Definitions." The
Comics Journal #249. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics. December 2002.
(Letter to the editor)
Speaking
and Teaching:
Invited
Speaking:
"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. (Guest lecturer)
• Spring 2003
• Spring 2002
• Fall 2002
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:
• "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:
Graduate
Institute for Teachers. Tufts
University. Summer 2007.
Syntactic Theory (Phil 112/Psyc 151). Spring 2007. Tufts
University (Teacher's Assistant, including class lecture)
Introduction to Linguistics (Phil 91). Fall 2006/Fall 2007.
Tufts University (Teacher's
Assistant, including class lectures)
"Comic Book Design" Class. Longfellow Arts Middle
School: Extended Day Program. Berkeley, CA. Fall 2002-Spring 2003. (Instructor)
Other:
Martial Arts Training
1993-Present. Soo
Bahk Do, Moo Duk Kwan Federation. Third Dan (Black Belt), Kyo Sa
candidate. Instructor: Sa
Bom Nim Ted Mason, Oceanside, CA. (Experience as assistant instructor).
• 2007-present:
teaching at the Tufts
Soo Bahk Do Club and training at Boston
Classical Soo Bahk Do.
1999-2003. Tai Chi. Instructor: Master
Jarl Forsman, Berkeley, CA. (Experience as assistant instructor);
2004-5 Tai Chi Tao Club at University of Chicago
• 2008-present:
teaching the Tufts Tai Chi mini-course
1999-2000. Aikido. Instructors: Kayla
Feder Sensei, Berkeley, CA.; Tetsutaka
Sugawara Sensei, Machida, Japan.
2001. Shorinji Kempo. Club at Tsuru University, Tsuru, Japan
2005-2006. Instructor at Rising Phoenix Martial
Arts at Quads Gym. Chicago, IL. |
