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Lucy Shelton Caswell
Professor
Contact Information
School of Communication
Curator, Cartoon Research Library
The Ohio State University
023L Wexner
27 West 17th Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel. (614) 292-0538
caswell.2@osu.edu
Qualifications
A.M.L.S., University of Michigan
Profile
My teaching specialty is the history of newspaper cartoons, both political cartoons and comic strips. What I hope students will remember about my classes is that they learned a new understanding and appreciation of a part of the mass media that they took for granted.
My research interests mirror my teaching, with my primary interest in the history of political cartooning. I see what I do as history, and the cartoons as reflecting the social and political history of the era. I do not draw or create cartoons.
I have two adult daughters. My older daughter is in graduate school at Princeton, doing a Ph.D. in comparative literature. The younger one lives in New York City and works with New York Cares, a non-profit that matches corporate volunteers with non-profits needing assistance. I like to cook. I also enjoy traveling--but not trekking or camping. My idea of a vacation is to visit a major urban center and enjoy music, theatre, and museums.
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