ReggieCon will host the panel The Magic Fish from 7-8:30 p.m., October 19 via Zoom. There is no cost to attend. Those interested can join the Zoom webinar at the ReggieCon website.
In celebration of LGBTQ History Month, the October panel will focus on the graphic novel, The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen.
Panelists include Dr. Scott Jordan, chair of the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University; Victor Dandridge, founder of Vantage InHouse Productions; Dr. Vanessa Hintz, licensed clinical psychologist and diversity, equity and inclusion professional; and Dr. Eric Wesselmann, associate professor of psychology at Illinois State.
Guest panelists for October will be Illinois State graduate students Farhia Osman and Ian Cooper. Osman is earning a Ph.D. in school psychology while Cooper is earning an MFA in art.
Sponsored by the Office of Enrollment Management and Academic Services, ReggieCon is in its third year as a series of virtual panels which will be held throughout the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters. Each panel consists of a panel of experts in comic and popular media and focuses on issues of race and diversity. Panel topics align with national recognition months such as Latinx Heritage Month, LGBTQ History Month, Black History Month, and Asian Pacific Heritage Month.
Upcoming panels include:
Echo
November 16
Native American Heritage Month
Uncanny X-Men 161: Gold Rush
December 7
Universal Human Rights Month
After the Rain
February 16
Black History Month
Jessica Jones: Return of the Purple Man
March 15
Women’s History Month
Habibti Pada
April 12
Arab American Heritage Month
The Wind Rises
May 3
Asian Pacific Heritage Month
