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Rebecca "Claire" Hawkins
Affiliate Instructor, Comics Art
Caterpillar Global Communication Center
Education
BFA, University of Georgia (Studio art)
MFA, University of South Florida (Creative writing with a focus in fiction)
Teaching
I teach comics and comics history here at 爱豆传媒视频 in both the Art and Design and the Interactive Media departments.聽 Before moving to Peoria, I also taught a number of courses in other English departments, from Fiction 101 to Introduction to Literature. Currently, I teach ART 300: Comic Novels in the fall and IM 191: Comics Appreciation in the spring. Starting in the Fall of 2025, I will be teaching in the Comics Minor program. The minor will include:
IM 191: Comics Appreciation鈥擟ore Curr. MI
ART 233: Introduction to Comics Art鈥擳echnical Skills and Visual Storytelling
ART 343: Advanced Storytelling and Production for Comics鈥擯re req Introduction to Comics Art
Office Hours: Fridays 2:30-3:30pm
Scholarship
My work focuses on climate issues, gender performance, and equity. You can read the first chapter of my comic Human Resources, a dystopian science-fiction murder mystery set in the near-ish future, at聽. You can find links to my other work at聽.