Michael Norton Dando
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Michael Norton Dando
@mbdando.bsky.social
Comics.
Hip hop.
Education.
Associate Prof of English Education @ St. Cloud State University (skeets = me).
“Get outta my chair!” - ZM
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
(thinking)
Piggy: what a fella!
Mamdani: you’re in my chair.
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Well?! Answer the question!
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media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’ll just hold my breath while I wait for Dems to figure out messaging.
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media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
And also #literacies
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The discursive, compositional, critical practices in comic book fandom is next level. My research (which stems from my own passions) looks at comics and hip hop culture as #literacies and explores the social and literate practices of these communities esp with youth.
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media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Critical, interdisciplinary, multimodal #literacies that foreground culturally sustaining pedagogies & civic engagement for sure!! @karismjones.bsky.social @nicole-mirra.bsky.social @srtoliver.bsky.social @anterobot.bsky.social @snowdaylearninglab.org @haenyyoon.bsky.social
Just to name a few.
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Great piece. Kripke and co really elevated the source material.
The original comics are…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
How else are we supposed to sell professional development seminars and new textbooks?!?!
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November 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM