Zine Classes and Workshops

We teach with zines, working with area and visiting middle school, high school, and college students, and Girl Scout troops! Contact zine librarian Jenna Freedman or fill out this form to schedule a workshop. 

Spring 2022

Class/Instructor/Host	Format	Affiliation
Social justice in librarianship	Panel	Texas A&M

 

Fall 2021

Class/Instructor/Host	Format	Affiliation
Zine Making with the Electric Zine Maker: Sabrina Sims	Workshop	Barnard Zine Library
First Person: A Show and Tell of Redlining and Gentrification zines from the Barnard Zine Library with Alekhya Maram, Claudia Acosta, Grace Li, Jenna Freedman, Mikako Murphy, and Nayla Delgado	Conference Presentation	Barnard Digital Humanities Center
Queer Classics: Cat Lambert	Class/Workshop	Columbia Classics
Historical Approaches to Feminist Questions: Neferti Tadiar	Class/Workshop	Barnard WGSS
Zine Making with Paper & Glue: Claudia Acosta	Workshop	Barnard Zine Library
Dance Criticism: Siobhan Burke	Class/Workshop	Barnard Dance
American Hardcore Punk: Kimon Keramidas	Class	NYU Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement
Zines in Academe: Can We Bring More Joy to the Practice of Research and Scholarship?	Keynote	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Visualizing Identities: Aimée Bessire	Class	Bates College FYS
The End of Monuments: Anayvelyse Allen-Mossman	Class	Columbia Latin & Iberian
Art, AIDS, Activism: Alice Reagan	Class	Barnard FYS
Modes of Inquiry: Sayantani DasGupta	Class	Columbia CSER
The Perzine Is Political: Lo'Mas Lit Club	Workshop	Word Up Bookstore

Summer 2021

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

The Perzine Is Political: Word Up EducationClassWord Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria

Zines for the Leadership in Action: Malla Haridat and Umbreen BhattiClass/workshopAthena Center

Summer Digital Scholars: Susan Falciani MaldonadoClassMuhlenberg College

CoLab Radical Literature and Zines: Kate Drabinski BC '97WorkshopUMBC Women's Studies

Fugitive Mediums: Jerome HaferdClassBarnard Architecture

Building Biography: Caitlin M.S. Campbell (in person, no guide or slides)ClassColumbia GSAPP

Public Hellenism: Dimitrious AntoniouClassColumbia Modern Greek

Overthrow the 10-Page Paperarchy: with Ziba PerezPublic WorkshopCritical Pedagogy Symposium

Spring 2021

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Leadership in Action (slide deck isn't public)Class/WorkshopBarnard Athena Center

Natural Rhythms: Sound, Zines, and Documenting a Journey with Listening: Nicole MishaWorkshopBarnard Zine Library

Critical Pedagogies: Jennifer RosalesClass/WorkshopBarnard Education

Feminism and the Politics of Anger: Meredith BenjaminClass/WorkshopBarnard First Year Seminar

The Structure, Technology, Empathy, and Mess of Zine Making: Claudia & JennaWorkshopBarnard Zine Library

Design and Digital Humanities: Cassandra HradilClass/workshopParsons College, New School

Studies in Feminist Activism: Kate DrabinskiClassUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County

Seventh Grade Art: Ann WeberClassHealdsburg School

Zines and Flyers: Asuka Ohsawa and Jennifer SchmidtClassTufts University, SMFA

History of Architecture and Feminism: Anooradha SiddiqiClassBarnard Architecture

Climate and Society: Brian Kahn & Andrew KruczkiewiczClassColumbia GSAS

Fall 2020

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Printmaking and Zines: Traci TulliusClassStern School, Yeshiva University

I Made You a Zine: Zine Making (for BSAC)WorkshopBarnard Zine Library

I Made You a Zine: Zine MakingWorkshopBarnard Zine Library & Design Center

Global Health, Politics, and Society: Amy ZhouWorkshopBarnard Sociology

Zine Design Three WaysWorkshopBarnard Zine Library & IMATS

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020 for discussion leadersWorkshop (x2)Barnard First Year Experience

From Broadsheets to Blogs:
Magazines, Art, & Public Culture taught by Lori ColeClass/WorkshopNYU, XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement

Historical Approaches to Feminist Questions: Neferti TadiarWorkshopBarnard Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The End of Monuments:

Anavelyse Allen-Mossman

ClassColumbia, Latin American and Iberian Cultures

Global Feminisms: Taveeshi SinghClass/WorkshopHamilton College

Art, AIDS, Activism: Alice ReaganClassBarnard First Year Seminar

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020 for discussion leadersClass (x2)Barnard First Year Experience

Visualizing Identities: Aimée BessireClassBates College

Ocean Capewell's Talk Show Fantasy: Inside a 1996 Teen Zinester's Brain

Asynchronous activityBarnard: New Student Orientation Program

Summer 2020

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Zines: An Introduction to Fighting the Power with a Piece of PaperClass/WorkshopBLAIS Racial Justice Summer Camp

Zine MakingWorkshopNewark Zine Fest

Young Women's Leadership InstituteClass/WorkshopBarnard Pre-College Program

Summer Pedagogy SymposiumClass/WorkshopCenter for Engaged Pedagogy

Spring 2020

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Zine unit - Sara Yukimoto-Saltman's 9th & 10th graders (unpublished slideshow)Zoom Class (3x)Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy

Zine unit - Sara Yukimoto-Saltman's 9th & 10th graders (unpublished slideshow)Zoom Workshop (3x)Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy

Zines for Fun, Fighting the Power, and Self-Documentation with Vanessa Thill BC '13Zoom WorkshopBarnard Library

Writing as Activism: Melissa TombroClassFIT

Zine Culture: Anya KurennayaClassParsons, the New School

Climate and Society: Brian Kahn & Andrew KruczkiewiczClass/workshopColumbia Earth Institute

Carrie Klein & Michelle George's 5th gradesClass/workshopBlue School

Barbara Mann (no guide)Zoom ClassJewish Theological Seminary

Ginn NorrisClass/workshopTrinity School

Feminism and the Politics of Anger: Meredith BenjaminZoom Class/workshopFirst Year Seminar

Race, Science, and Reproductive Justice: Cecelia Lie-SpahnZoom Class/workshopFirst Year Seminar

Hannah GivertzClass/workshopYoung Women's Leadership School of East Harlem

Activism and Affect: Manijeh Moradian (unpublished slideshow)Class with the ArchivesBarnard WGSS

Fall 2019

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Alternative Media and Literature: Kelley KreitzClassPace University, English

Photography I: Rola KhayyatClass/workshopColumbia

Witches: Wendy Schor-HaimClass/workshopFirst Year Seminar

Integrative Studio I: Fake: Sophia MokClassParsons School of Design

Zine Elective with 7th & 8th Graders: Hannah GivertzClass/workshopYoung Women's Leadership School of East Harlem

Women and Leadership (two sections): Sylvie HonigWorkshopAthena Center

Design Futures: Fred TangClassBarnard (Architecture)

Design Futures: Virginia BlackClassBarnard (Architecture)

Modes of Inquiry: Sayantani DasGuptaClassColumbia

Summer 2019

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Critical Reading: Erika LukertClass/WorkshopColumbia University Summer Immersion

Graphic Novels: Van Ahn Tran (taught by Jade Levine)Class/WorkshopTeachers College, Social Studies

Spring 2019

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Social Justice theme: Misra WalkerClass/WorkshopGirls Inc. in the Young Women's Leadership School

Social Justice Project Time: Kyle LukoffClass/WorkshopCorlears School

Social Justice and Inclusion: Lauren PercyClassSulzberger & Reid Halls

Witches: Wendy Schor-HaimClass/WorkshopFirst Year Seminar

Race, Science, and Reproductive Justice: Cecelia Lie-SpahnClass/WorkshopFirst Year Seminar

Feminism and the Politics of Anger: Meredith BenjaminClassFirst Year Seminar

Inventing Childhood: Donna PaparellaClass/WorkshopFirst Year Seminar

Writing as Activism: Melissa TombroClassFIT

Feminist Cultural Studies: Kate EichhornClassEugene Lang College

Graphic Novel: Barbara MannClass/WorkshopJewish Theological Seminary

Library Ambassadors: Laura WinnickClass/WorkshopBlue School

Honors English: Toni PrestiClass/WorkshopMarvelwood School

Affect and Activism: Manijeh MoradianClassWGSS

Book Arts: Mylo MendezClassParsons

People, Power, Protest: Marnie BradyClassFirst Year Seminar

Photo Seminar: Katherine HubbardClassColumbia School of the Arts

Fall 2018

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Sociology of Gender: Marnie BradyWorkshopBarnard Sociology

Back at BarnardWorkshopBarnard Residence Life

Modes of Inquiry: Sayantani DasGuptaClassColumbia CSER

Summer 2018

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Zine Overview & History: Laura Winnick's classWorkshopBooklyn

Zine-Making as Feminist PracticeWorkshopYWLI, Barnard PCP

Human Rights ZinesWorkshopOhio State University

Zine Matters: Erica Cardwell's classWorkshopBarnard PCP 

Spring 2018

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Seizing the Means of PublicationWorkshopSyracuse University

Feminist Futures: Alex Pittman's classFirst Year SeminarBarnard College

People, Power, and Protest: Marnie Brady's classFirst Year SeminarBarnard College

Artist as WriterFine ArtsParsons

Fall 2017

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Art/ZinesCooke SchoolHigh School

Zine MakingGirl Scout Troop 3484Middle School

NYC Zine CultureNew SchoolCollege

Zine MakingSociology of GenderBarnard College

Summer 2017

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

Manifesto ZinesBarnard YWLIHigh school

Human Rights ZinesColumbia UniversityCollege

Summoning the ArchiveNYU ConferenceScholars

Feminist Art and Space in New YorkBarnard PCPHigh School

Spring 2017

Class/InstructorFormatAffiliation

PhotobookSVACollege

PhotographyColumbia UniversityCollege

Women and ArtSt. Joseph's College