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Publications and Grants

Pamela Jackson

Librarian

pamela.jackson@sdsu.edu / ORCID iD

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Publication Types

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TypeCount
Journal Articles6
Books1
Book Chapters4
Conference Talks25
Conference Posters3
Other2

Publications by Year

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YearTypeCount
2005Journal Articles1
2006Journal Articles1
2007Journal Articles1
2016Journal Articles1
2018Journal Articles1
2023Journal Articles1
2011Books1
2004Book Chapters2
2016Book Chapters1
2018Book Chapters1
2022Conference Talks6
2023Conference Talks8
2024Conference Talks8
2025Conference Talks3
2013Conference Posters1
2014Conference Posters1
2015Conference Posters1
2021Other1

Grant Dollars and Counts by Year

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YearGrant DollarsGrant Count
2012$0.001
2021$149,305.001
2022$149,998.001
2023$175,000.001

Grants

Using Comics to Teach Social Justice
Pamela Jackson
National Endowment for the Humanities, 2023 - 2024, USD 175,000.00
Building A Comics And Social Justice Curriculum At SDSU
Pamela Jackson
National Endowment for the Humanities, 2022 - 2023, USD 149,998.00
Building Capacity for Research and Teaching with Comics and Graphic Art
Pamela Jackson
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2021 - 2023, USD 149,305.00
The Comic-Con Kids: Finding and Defining Fandom
Pamela Jackson
California Council for the Humanities (NEH Partner), 2012 - 2014

Publications

Journal Articles

Making the Case for Comics Studies: Program Directors Roundtable
Randy Duncan; Pamela Jackson; Katherine Kelp-Stebbins; Susan Kirtley; Elizabeth Pollard; Nick Sousanis; Daniel Worden
Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, 2023, journal article
San Diego State University’s Speculative Fiction Collections: A Growing Center for the Study of Popular Culture
Pamela Jackson
Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, 2018, journal article
Comics and the Modern Library Catalog: New Rules for Breaking the Rules
Anna Culbertson; Pamela Jackson
The Serials Librarian, 2016, journal article
Integrating Information Literacy into Blackboard: Building Campus Partnerships for Successful Student Learning
Pamela Jackson
The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007, journal article
Plagiarism Instruction Online: Assessing Undergraduate Students’ Ability to Avoid Plagiarism
Pamela Jackson
College & Research Libraries, 2006, journal article

Incoming international students and the library: a survey
Pamela Jackson
Reference Services Review, 2005, journal article

Books

International Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Success
Pamela Jackson; Patrick Sullivan
Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011, book

Book Chapters

The Final Word
Pamela Jackson
More Than Money, 2018, book chapter
Agents of C.H.A.N.G.E.”: Breaking Ground in Collaborative Pop Culture Curation
Pamela Jackson
Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships, 2016, book chapter
Evaluating and including government publications in your research
Pamela Jackson
Empowering Students II: Teaching Information Literacy Concepts with Hands-on and Minds-on Activities, 2004, book chapter
The scientific research process
Pamela Jackson
Empowering Students II: Teaching Information Literacy Concepts with Hands-on and Minds-on Activities, 2004, book chapter

Conference Talks

Banned In The U.S.A?! Freedom, Comics, And Education
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con International, 2025, conference paper
Unholy Trinity: Vampires, Witches and Ghosts in Comics
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con International, 2025, conference paper
Comics and Social Justice at SDSU: Collections, Curriculum, and Community
Pamela Jackson
International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF), 2025, conference paper
Creatures of the Night: Witches and Vampires in Comic Books
Pamela Jackson
San Diego Comic Fest, 2024, conference paper
Comics in Academic Archives, Exhibits and Education
Pamela Jackson
National Cartoonists Society Annual Conference, 2024, conference paper

One for the [Comic] Books: A Curriculum Transformed
Pamela Jackson
Comic Arts Conference at Comic-Con, International, 2024, conference paper
Just Wrapped: K-12 Institute on ‘Using Comics to Teach Social Justice.’
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2024, conference paper
Comics Catalog: A History of Comics in Libraries
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2024, conference paper
Social Justice Warriors Assemble
Pamela Jackson
Comics Studies Society, 2024, conference paper
Comics in Higher Education: From Collections to Scholarship
Pamela Jackson
LibraryPass Webinar, 2024, conference paper
Adapting Literary Works to Comics: From Classics Illustrated to Will Eisner to Today
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con Museum Eisner Week, 2024, conference paper
The Comics Memoir: From the Beginning
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2023, conference paper
Comics, Social Justice and Libraries: An Assessment of Need/Wants Nationwide
Pamela Jackson
Comics Studies Society, 2023, conference paper
Comics Pedagogy: Teaching Outside the Panel
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2023, conference paper
Centers and Certificates: Comics go to College
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2023, conference paper
Comics Change the World: Comics Activism Then to Now
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2023, conference paper
Building Connected Community through Comics
Pamela Jackson
Better Living Through Comics: The 2023 Joint Conference of the International Graphic Novel & Comics and the International Bande Dessinée Society, 2023, conference paper
Building a Comics Curriculum that Inspires Change
Pamela Jackson
International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF), 2023, conference paper
Comics Collecting for Social Justice in Academic Libraries
Pamela Jackson
UC Riverside Webinar, 2023, conference paper
The Transformational Power of a Comics and Social Justice Curriculum
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International, 2022, conference paper
Express Yourself: Activism Through the Comic Arts
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International , 2022, conference paper
Raising the Dead: Horror Comics and the Comics Code
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con, International , 2022, conference paper
The Future of Days Past: Eisner Awards as Comics Historiography
Pamela Jackson
WonderCon, 2022, conference paper
Comics@SDSU: Transforming Campus Collaboration
Pamela Jackson
Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association Annual Conference, 2022, conference paper
And Now for Something Completely Different: Expanding the Comics Medium
Pamela Jackson
Comic-Con Museum Eisner Week, 2022, conference paper

Conference Posters

But I found it on Google: Teaching college students Critical Digital Literacy
Pamela Jackson; Jarocki, Z.,; Jenny Wong-Welch
American Library Association Annual, San Francisco, CA., 2015, conference poster
It's Alive!: Comics and the Arts Visibility Initiative at SDSU.
Pamela Jackson; Anna Culbertson; Michael Lapins; Katie Stapko; Markel Tumlin; Wil Weston
Comic Arts Conference, Comic-Con, 2014, conference poster
I Like My Books With Pictures: Comics in Academic Libraries, the SDSU Way.
Pamela Jackson; Markel Tumlin; Wil Weston; Anna Culbertson
San Diego Comic Fest, 2013, conference poster

Other

Collaborating to Build a Digital Timeline of Social Justice in Comics at SDSU
Pamella Lach; Elizabeth A. Pollard; Pamela Jackson
Presentation at the Digital Pedagogy Institute (virtual), 2021, other
Selected Presentations
Pamela Jackson
other