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Current Program (including year of entry)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. History, Concentration in Public History (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supervisor(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. James Opp<\/a> and Dr. John C. Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

comic books and graphic novels, censorship, visual and popular culture, public history, epistemology, graphic history, archives and critical librarianship, metadata, digital humanities, the history of youth reading, K-16 education, library history, intellectual freedom, teaching of history<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Publications and Current Projects <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projects:<\/em><\/strong>
2025-Present, Executive Director, Toronto Comic Arts Festival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022-Present, Research Assistant, Carleton Centre for Public Hsitory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024-Present, Board Member, Workers History Museum<\/a> (Ottawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022-2023, Inaugral Chair, Addressing Comics Challenges Committee<\/a> \u2013 American Library Association (ALA) Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table<\/a> (GNCRT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021-2023, Research Assistant Coordinator, Gendered Design in STEAM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021-2022 Co-Chair Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium \u201c(Re)thinking History<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019-2020, Inaugral President, American Library Association (ALA) Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table<\/a> (GNCRT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications:<\/em><\/strong>
Wright, Amie with Christine Gundermann (co-editors),International Public History (2024, vol 7, issue 02: Special Issue on Graphic History<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie with Christine Gundermann, \u201cGraphic History as Public History,\u201d in International Public History (2024, vol 7, issue 02: Special Issue on Graphic History<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie, \u201cTeaching History Through Comic Books: Opportunities for Public & Visual History,\u201d in International Public History (2024, vol 7, issue 02: Special Issue on Graphic History<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie with Lindsay Gibb. Multimodal Literacies: the superpowers inherent in reading comics<\/strong><\/a>, The Teaching Librarian, vol. 30, no. 3 (2023): 24-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie with Lindsay Gibb. \u201cReframing the Narrative: Comic Books and a Still-Lingering Pedagogical Bias.\u201d Booklist\u2019s Guide to Graphic Novels in Libraries 2023<\/a>. Booklist<\/em>. July 1, 2023: 8-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie with Matthew Noe and Moni Barrette. “Answering the Call: ALA GNCRT Responds to Surging Challenges to Comics.” In Shannon M. Oltmann (ed.) The Fight against Book Bans: Perspectives from the Field.<\/em> New York: Bloomsbury Publishing (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cAlberta\u2019s Forgotten Censor: The Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications (1954-1976) and the Continued Campaign Against Comics Post 1954<\/a>,\u201d Canadian Literature<\/em>, no. 249 (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cTrade Secrets: Addressing Challenges to Comics in Libraries<\/a>\u201d Booklist<\/em>. February 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie with Lucia Cedeira Serantes and Emily Drew. \u201cInternational Comic Books and Graphic Novels.\u201d In John Ballestro (ed.) The Library\u2019s Guide to Graphic Novels<\/em>. Chicago: ALA editions (2020): 113-143.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cComics in the Classroom: Beyond Maus and Persepolis \u2013 Leveling Up at San Diego Comic-Con<\/a>.\u201d American Libraries<\/em>. July 28, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cZora Neale Hurston and the Depression-Era Federal Writers\u2019 Project.<\/a>\u201d New York Public Library: Resources for Teachers. January 8, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cTeachNYPL: The Underground Railroad to Canada<\/a>.\u201d New York Public Library: Resources for Teachers. August 19, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cLa Bebida Nacional: Pulque and Mexicanidad, 1920-1946.\u201d Canadian Journal of History\/Annales canadiennes d\u2019histoire<\/em>. Vol. 44, no.1 (2009): 1-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cGraphic Novels in the Public Library<\/a>.\u201d Faculty of Information Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright, Amie. \u201cGraphic Novels and the Memory of Trauma and Violence\u201d in Historiae<\/em>. SHAC Students of History Association of Concordia. Vol 6 (Spring 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Conference Contributions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA (Brief) History of Comics Censorship,\u201d Invited Keynote Presentation: Freedom to Read Week, Ottawa Public Library \/ Library & Archives Canada (February 27, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot \u2018Light and Frothy\u2019: The Forgotten Radical Feminist History of Canadian Librarianship,\u201d Ontario Library Association Superconference (January 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cState of the Field for Busy Teachers: Graphic History,\u201d 2025 American Historical Association Conference (January 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA new visual language for Public History: Teaching with Comic Books.\u201d Presentation at the 7th Public History Summer School at University of Wroc\u0142aw, Poland (June 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Invention of Normal: Analyzing moral panics of the past to illuminate the present,\u201d Keynote Presentation: History in the Making Conference, Concordia University (April  2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAsk A (Comics) Librarian: A History of Comics in Archives & Libraries,\u201d New York Comic Con (October 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe particular problem of comics: Examining past censorship and comics\u2019 current present,\u201d 2023 Canadian Society for the Study of Comics (CSSC) Conference (May 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAddressing Comics Challenges.\u201d American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference & Exhibition (June 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Graphic History: Teaching with Comic Books and Graphic Novels.” 5th Public History Summer School at University of University of Wroc\u0142aw (Poland) 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeaching History with Comics: The Pros, the Cons, and the Canon.\u201d Challenges of Teaching and Learning History: Issues of Pedagogy and Content. 4th Biennial Teaching History Conference (May 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCreating Graphic Histories: Workshop and Collaboratorium.\u201d 134th Annual American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting (January 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe New \u2018Blue Age\u2019 of Comics – In Conversation with Marvel VP Sana Amanat.\u201d New York Comic Con (October 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComics State of the Union: The Blue Age of Comics, the Rise of Kamala Khan, and Comics Librarianship.\u201d Keynote Presentation: San Diego Comic-Con Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians (July 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Panel that \u2018Punched\u2019 Hitler: Public History and Politicized Panels from Captain America to Ms. Marvel.\u201d 2nd Annual Comics Studies Society (CSS) Conference (July 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVisual Engagement: How graphic novels are growing parts of developing literacy and pleasure reading for today’s children.\u201d Keynote Presentation: Educational Books & Media Association (EBMA) Annual Meeting (January 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnderstanding Canadian Comics.\u201d Keynote Presentation: Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) Libraries & Education Day (May 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComics for Civic Engagement and Social Studies.\u201d NYC Department of Education Professional Development Conference (November 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Experience <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructor:<\/em><\/strong>
History Through Comic Books HIST 3909B, Fall 2023 – Carleton, Department of History
History Through Comic Books HIST 3909B, Fall 2024 – Carleton, Department of History
Information Behaviour & Resources INFS 619, Fall 2024 \u2013 McGill, Graduate School of Information Studies
Information Behaviour & Resources INFS 619, Fall 2023 \u2013 McGill, Graduate School of Information Studies
<\/em>Information Retrieval INFS 616, Fall 2020 \u2013 McGill, Graduate School of Information Studies
Legal Information for Libraries INFS 672, Fall 2019 \u2013 McGill, Graduate School of Information Studies
Information Retrieval INFS 616, Fall 2019 \u2013 McGill, Graduate School of Information Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Assistant:<\/em><\/strong>
History of the United States from 1865 HIST 2402A (H. Goldman), Summer 2024 – Carleton University, Department of History\u00a0
Comics in History HIST 3741 (S. Eady), Fall 2024 – Trent University
Europe in War; Cold War HIST 1004A (S. Eady), Summer 2024 – Carleton University, Department of History\u00a0
<\/em>Rethinking Modern Canadian History HIST 1302B (J. St. Germain), Winter 2022 – Carleton University, Department of History\u00a0
Explorations in Historical Theory HIST 3820A (E. Fraser), Fall 2021 – Carleton University, Department of History\u00a0
History of Canada: Post-Confederation HIST 205 (L. Pattison), Winter 2021 \u2013 Concordia University, Department of History\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Description of Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amie\u2019s current SSHRC-funded doctoral research explores the under-studied legacy of comic book censorship in postwar Canada and its impact on vocational practice in schools and libraries around ideas of \u2018good reading\u2019 and child health. This work also seeks to illuminate the present through the past \u2013 looking critically at how the current surge in book bans and challenges builds on past censorship campaigns bolstered by community and educational organizations. Finally, Amie\u2019s research also explores the classroom as a public history space and looks at the potential for graphic history<\/a> – teaching with and through comic books and graphic novels – to offer new opportunities for historical engagement and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amie\u2019s research on comics reading and censorship<\/a> is heavily influenced by the 10+ years she spent working as a public librarian<\/a> in the US and Canada in educational and community outreach with K-12 teachers and school librarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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