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Welcome!
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I am currently an Associate Professor in Kent State University's School of Information.
My interdisciplinary research, grounded in Library & Information Science and Media Studies, converges at the intersection of books and technology in new literary formats, from picture book apps to multi-platform books, and includes:
My interdisciplinary research, grounded in Library & Information Science and Media Studies, converges at the intersection of books and technology in new literary formats, from picture book apps to multi-platform books, and includes:
- Fandom and participatory literary experiences;
- Affective and immaterial labor;
- User-generated content and "remix" books;
- Multi-literacies required to interpret non-linear, multimodal, digital-age books;
- Publishing for young readers, genre construction and the commodification of books, international children’s literature, and transnational publishing;
- Youth services librarianship, reviews, awards, the literary canon and arbiters of taste;
- Children's information seeking behavior in everyday settings;
- History of children's publishing and librarianship, and the gendered professions within
