I am an associate professor of library and information science, specializing in children's and young adult literature and library services to children and young adults. I also co-coordinate the dual degree program (MA/MS) with Simmons College's Center for the Study of Children's Literature. Address: GSLIS
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Based on my dissertation and continuing research, this book examines Francine Pascal's popular "S... more Based on my dissertation and continuing research, this book examines Francine Pascal's popular "Sweet Valley High" series, its readership, and its influence on young adult literary publishing.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Jan 1, 2006
Young adult novels, written by adults for young people, are anthropological statements that refle... more Young adult novels, written by adults for young people, are anthropological statements that reflect not only the conditions of their making but also authorial and social views of adolescence and the adolescent experience. The fictionalizations may be derived in part from authorial ...
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Jan 1, 2008
... New York: Syracuse UP, 1990. Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.... more ... New York: Syracuse UP, 1990. Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. ... [Project MUSE]. Walkerdine, Valerie. "Some Day My Prince Will Come: Young Girls and the Preparation for Adolescent Sexuality." Gender and Generation. Ed. ...
The Clique, a contemporary popular series for girls, has been criticized in the popular and profe... more The Clique, a contemporary popular series for girls, has been criticized in the popular and professional media but includes thematic content similar to some of the more lauded mid-nineteenth-century domestic fiction for girls. By making a formal comparison of this popular series with ...
The interactive personality quiz regularly featured in teenage girls' magazines is a uni... more The interactive personality quiz regularly featured in teenage girls' magazines is a unique feature of the monthly publications. Using Hall's model of communication, I examine the ways in which the magazines encode information within the texts of the quizzes, paying special attention ...
Street lit is controversial stuff. Even though street lit is a huge hit with today's tee... more Street lit is controversial stuff. Even though street lit is a huge hit with today's teens, one will not find the semiautobiographical novels of Vickie Stringer and Nikki Turner, the grandes dames of urban fiction, on many (if any) high school reading lists or, for that matter, on some ...
Francine Pascal's 'Sweet Valley High' series of romance novels for old... more Francine Pascal's 'Sweet Valley High' series of romance novels for older girls and young adults was one of the most protracted and successful of the twentieth century. In spite of its cool reception by teachers and librarians, the series developed a large fan base of young readers ...
Based on my dissertation and continuing research, this book examines Francine Pascal's popular "S... more Based on my dissertation and continuing research, this book examines Francine Pascal's popular "Sweet Valley High" series, its readership, and its influence on young adult literary publishing.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Jan 1, 2006
Young adult novels, written by adults for young people, are anthropological statements that refle... more Young adult novels, written by adults for young people, are anthropological statements that reflect not only the conditions of their making but also authorial and social views of adolescence and the adolescent experience. The fictionalizations may be derived in part from authorial ...
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Jan 1, 2008
... New York: Syracuse UP, 1990. Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.... more ... New York: Syracuse UP, 1990. Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. ... [Project MUSE]. Walkerdine, Valerie. "Some Day My Prince Will Come: Young Girls and the Preparation for Adolescent Sexuality." Gender and Generation. Ed. ...
The Clique, a contemporary popular series for girls, has been criticized in the popular and profe... more The Clique, a contemporary popular series for girls, has been criticized in the popular and professional media but includes thematic content similar to some of the more lauded mid-nineteenth-century domestic fiction for girls. By making a formal comparison of this popular series with ...
The interactive personality quiz regularly featured in teenage girls' magazines is a uni... more The interactive personality quiz regularly featured in teenage girls' magazines is a unique feature of the monthly publications. Using Hall's model of communication, I examine the ways in which the magazines encode information within the texts of the quizzes, paying special attention ...
Street lit is controversial stuff. Even though street lit is a huge hit with today's tee... more Street lit is controversial stuff. Even though street lit is a huge hit with today's teens, one will not find the semiautobiographical novels of Vickie Stringer and Nikki Turner, the grandes dames of urban fiction, on many (if any) high school reading lists or, for that matter, on some ...
Francine Pascal's 'Sweet Valley High' series of romance novels for old... more Francine Pascal's 'Sweet Valley High' series of romance novels for older girls and young adults was one of the most protracted and successful of the twentieth century. In spite of its cool reception by teachers and librarians, the series developed a large fan base of young readers ...
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