About This Graphic Novel
This graphic novel brings research to life through storytelling. It is part of a set of resources generated as a result of a research collaboration between Crafton Hills College and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) via funding from NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Advising Success Network. The Crafton Hills College and UCLA team generated a technical research report to detail the development and implementation of the Unit-Based Student Success Teams approach at Crafton Hills College.
To support research dissemination and knowledge mobilization, the Crafton Hills College and UCLA teams wanted to creatively translate their technical report to reach a more expansive audience via illustrative storytelling.
The graphic novel depicts:
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The people
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The practices
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The processes
in which the Unit-Based Student Success Teams approach was developed and implemented at Crafton Hills College.
About the Illustrator
The resulting graphic novel is a product generated by Angel Trazo, an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at Sacramento City College. She is the author and illustrator of the children’s book We Are Inspiring: The Stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American Women (2019).
To learn more about the research and findings behind this graphic novel, read the full report.