Children's Literature

Children's Literature provides specialized education for graduate students in the study of children’s and young adult literature and media using a multi-disciplinary approach. This approach exposes students to many schools of literary criticism, educational theory, and professional and creative practice.

Name Research Interests
Dobson, Teresa Media and communications; Literary Education; Digital Literacy; Digital Humanities; Text Visualization
Gladwin, Derek Inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary learning and education; Communication and media studies; Environmental philosophy; environmental and ecological literacy; energy literacy and transition; systems literacy and complexity education; transdisciplinary and collaborative education; philosophy and theory of education (ontology, environmental, Asian, phenomenology); textual literacies (through media, literary, and visual culture); narrative inquiry and storytelling; Arts-based research
Kendrick, Maureen literacy, digital literacy, Children and youth, ESL, international perspectives
Meyers, Eric youth online behavior, information seeking, web search, libraries, public libraries, school libraries, academic libraries, learning, virtual worlds, collaboration, social networks, new media, digital literacy, information literacy
Pohl-Weary, Emily Fiction; Writing for Youth