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Professor
Literacy and Language
Department of Curriculum and Instruction |
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Education |
| M.S.L.S. |
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966 Library Science with an emphasis in children's literature |
| B.A. |
Wisconsin State University, 1965, English | |
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Courses Taught |
| EDCI 311 |
Media for Children |
| EDCI 611 |
Advanced Children's Literature |
| EDCI 504 |
Children's Literature |
| EDCI 503 |
Children's Book Artists | |
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Professional Experience |
| 1991-present |
Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1982-1991 |
Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1980-1982 |
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1975-1980 |
Assistant Professor (half-time), Curriculum & Instruction, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1970-1975 |
Visiting Assistant Professor (half-time), Curriculum & Instruction, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | |
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Research |
Culturally diverse children's literature; Howard Pyle School of Art; women artists (1870-1920). |
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Selected Publications |
Monographs and Edited Books:
- Henderson*, Darwin L. and Jill P. May*, ed. (2006) Exploring Culturally Diverse Literature for Children and Adolescents: Learning to Listen in New Ways. Allyn & Bacon.
- May, Jill P. (1995) Children's Literature and Critical Theory: Reading and Writing for Understanding. Oxford University Press.
Book Chapters
- May, Jill P. James Barrie's Pirates: Peter Pan's Place in Pirate history and Lore. (2006) James Barrie's Peter Pan In and Out of Time. Ed. Donna R. White and C. Anita Tarr. 69-78.
- May, J. P. (2005). Feminism and Children's Literature: Fitting Little Women into the American Literary Canon. Feminism in Literature, Vol. 1. Gale Publishing.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Sernak, K. S.*, & May, J. P. (2003). Conversation and Voice: Feminist Mentoring for Social and Political Change. Advancing Women in Leadership: The First Professional On Line Journal for Women.http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/spring2003/sernak~1.html (18 pages).
- May, J. P. (1998). A Tale of Two Cities: Criticism and Children's Literature. Journal of Children's Literature, 24 (2), 8 21
- May, Jill P. (1997) Theory and Textual Interpretation: Children?s Literature and Literary Criticism. The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 81-96.
- Bigham, S., *Henderson, D., Martin, J., *May, J. (1994). It's All the Same But It's Really Different. The Journal of Children's Literature, 20 (1), 28 39.
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