{"id":50783,"date":"2023-05-29T06:51:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=50783"},"modified":"2023-08-11T08:05:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:05:17","slug":"graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dr.

Dr. Lynette Carlson uses a graphic novel to spark conversation in class. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

For students of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more.<\/p>\n

Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.<\/p>\n

One comic shows a female, wheelchair-bound basketball player who moves from the basketball court to a school hallway. Another student assumes she needs \u201chelp\u201d and insists on pushing her chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet go of my chair!\u201d the disabled athlete yells. The wannabe good Samaritan says: \u201cChill, I was just trying to help. Geez.\u201d The woman responds: \u201cIf I wanted your help I would have asked! And you can\u2019t just touch people or their chairs without their consent, okay?!\u201d The good Samaritan apologizes and concedes, \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have assumed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another graphic slide shows an older woman on an airliner asking a tall, beefy stranger to retrieve her bag from the overhead bin and asking him what football position he plays. \u201cI\u2019ve never played football \u2026 but thanks,\u201d he responds.<\/p>\n

The point, Carlson said, is to make students think before acting on any preconceptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m doing a study right now, where I\u2019m having them take a pre-survey and a post-survey, and asking them about their cultural competency\u2014questions like, \u2018Do you believe that bias can impact patient care?\u2019 for example. And so I\u2019m starting to measure how well the graphics move their cultural humility forward,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso part of that survey is how much did you like this activity? So compared to reading paragraphs or being lectured on something, did you enjoy reading a comic strip and discussing it? \u2018Yes\u2019 is the answer, of course. Anything that\u2019s not traditional methods, students tend to like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bry Edwards, who graduated from UTC in 2021 with a Master of Science in athletic training, began doodling at a young age. After seeing her sketches, Carlson enlisted Edwards to help illustrate her comics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnime, Netflix and graphic novels have had a huge impact on my generation and age group,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cIt\u2019s bringing that kind of idea of teaching these harder concepts to make it easier to interpret. It\u2019s an easier gateway than reading an essay article about something you don\u2019t understand. It has a little bit of personal anecdote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edwards, who is now a high school outreach athletic trainer through Emory Sports Medicine in Atlanta, said Carlson has done a great job tailoring her lessons to the times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the comics give that same energy to people and help people to understand others better,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Dr. Lynette Carlson<\/p><\/div>\n

Carlson shares her comics with other universities, such as research partner University of California Long Beach. Also sharing her comics are Carthage College in Wisconsin, the University of South Carolina, Michigan State University, Lee University in nearby Cleveland, Tennessee, the University of Mary in North Dakota and the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n

UTC students come from all over the country and from diverse backgrounds, she said. The graphic comics are an icebreaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of us grew up looking at comic strips,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cThis is just a really fun way to talk about differences.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assistant professor grew up four miles outside the village of Woodhull, Illinois, on a pig farm. She graduated from AlWood High School and finished her undergraduate degree at Southern Illinois University. She fell in love with the forest and rolling hills and wanted to move further Southeast.<\/p>\n

\u201cUTC had one of the few accredited graduate athletic training programs at the time and I was lucky enough to get a spot,\u201d she said. Then it was a master\u2019s in athletic training from UTC and a doctorate of health science from Midwestern University near Chicago, where Carlson spent a half season as a trainer for the WNBA\u2019s Chicago Sky.<\/p>\n

Eric Smith of Marietta, Georgia, graduated from UTC on May 5 with a master\u2019s degree in athletic training. He said Carlson would display the graphic comics and have one student read as one character while another read the other role.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would give our own unique perspectives on what we were talking about,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s interesting. The No. 1 way you can have these conversations is by talking with a person who has these circumstances. The next best way is to visualize it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have such unique backgrounds. We assume certain things about behavior or how people perceive things. There are so many different scenarios and situations where you really don\u2019t know,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWhen you bring us these graphic novels, you go, \u2018OK, this is how I would have perceived it.\u2019 It opens up the discussion a lot easier.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":51083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12806,123864,56,3,7712,52,661],"tags":[99123,122766,122767,122058,123081],"class_list":{"0":"post-50783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advancement-and-alumni","8":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","9":"category-community","10":"category-faculty-and-staff","11":"category-graduate-school","12":"category-health-and-human-performance","13":"category-students","14":"tag-athletic-training","15":"tag-bry-edwards","16":"tag-eric-smith","17":"tag-lynette-carlson","18":"tag-todd-foster","19":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nGraphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-29T10:51:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-11T12:05:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1908\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1596\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chuck Wasserstrom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"J. Todd Foster\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba12ddef664be78c31809fda10eae4e5\"},\"headline\":\"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-29T10:51:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-11T12:05:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":848,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"athletic training\",\"Bry Edwards\",\"Eric Smith\",\"Lynette Carlson\",\"Todd Foster\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Advancement and Alumni\",\"College of Health, Education and Professional Studies\",\"Community\",\"Faculty and Staff\",\"Graduate School\",\"Health and Human Performance\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/\",\"name\":\"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-29T10:51:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-11T12:05:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba12ddef664be78c31809fda10eae4e5\"},\"description\":\"For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1071,\"caption\":\"Lynette Carlson talks Monday, Apr. 10, 2023 about comics that she uses to spark conversation in class.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba12ddef664be78c31809fda10eae4e5\",\"name\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom\"},\"description\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom is the director of communications in the UTC Division of Communications and Marketing.\",\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2023-05-29T10:51:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-11T12:05:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1908,"height":1596,"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chuck Wasserstrom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"J. Todd Foster","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/"},"author":{"name":"Chuck Wasserstrom","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ba12ddef664be78c31809fda10eae4e5"},"headline":"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students","datePublished":"2023-05-29T10:51:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-11T12:05:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/"},"wordCount":848,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","keywords":["athletic training","Bry Edwards","Eric Smith","Lynette Carlson","Todd Foster"],"articleSection":["Advancement and Alumni","College of Health, Education and Professional Studies","Community","Faculty and Staff","Graduate School","Health and Human Performance","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/","name":"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-29T10:51:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-11T12:05:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ba12ddef664be78c31809fda10eae4e5"},"description":"For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels\u2014four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student\u2014to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","width":1280,"height":1071,"caption":"Lynette Carlson talks Monday, Apr. 10, 2023 about comics that she uses to spark conversation in class."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/graphic-novels-small-comics-worth-thousands-of-words-to-athletic-training-students\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Graphic novels: Small comics worth thousands of words to athletic training students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ba12ddef664be78c31809fda10eae4e5","name":"Chuck Wasserstrom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chuck Wasserstrom"},"description":"Chuck Wasserstrom is the director of communications in the UTC Division of Communications and Marketing.","url":""}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"J. Todd Foster","author_link":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/05\/Lynette-Carlson-and-Comics-23-2782-1-e1685705931234.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50783"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50999,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783\/revisions\/50999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}