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| PRESENTATIONS |
| "We Are a Family of Books": How to Create a Community of Readers in Your Classroom Michigan Council of Teachers of English Autumn Assembly: Many Voices, Many Literacies Lansing, MI October 30, 2009 |
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| Rehabbing Reluctant Readers Monroe County Library System Dundee Branch Staff In-Service Dundee, MI August 8, 2008 |
| "Last Night I Was Reading in My Tree Stand": Creating Students Who Will Read for Pleasure Dundee Middle School Staff Meeting Dundee, MI November 12, 2008 |
| Don't Wanna: Books to Let Reluctant Readers Discover Who They Want to Be (with Teri Lesesne, Bonnie Kunzel, and Mary Arnold) ALAN Workshop: Helping Teens Discover a Sense of "Place" and "Self" Through Young Adult Literature New York, NY November 19, 2007 |
| Connecting At-Risk Kids to the Classics, "Commando Style": New Rules for Old Lit ALAN Workshop: Young Adult Literature: Key to Open Minds Nashville, TN November 20, 2006 |
| Teaching a Love of Reading: How to Rehabilitate Reluctant Readers ALAN Workshop: Bearers of Light Pittsburgh, PA November 2005 |
| ALAN Workshop |
| In-Services & Staff Meetings |
| NCTE Presentations |
| Using Book Awards to Navigate the Field of Young Adult Literature (With Jennifer Buehler and Jennifer Walsh) National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention Once and Future Classics: Reading Between the Lines Philadelphia, PA November 20, 2009 |
| Celebrating the Newest Award Winners in YA Literature (With Jennifer Buehler & Jennifer Walsh) National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention Orlando, FL November 20, 2010 |
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| Genres on the Margin: Comics, Movies, and Graphic Novels (with Ian Wojcik-Andrews, Annette Wannamaker, and Matt Weideman) EMU's Extending Conversations K-16 Conference Ypsilanti, MI March 2005 |
| Picture This: Illustrated Books in the Classroom (with Annette Wannamaker, Gina Boldman, and Jean Orlowski) EMU's Extending Conversations Conference: Multimedia in the K-16 Classroom Ypsilanti, MI March 10, 2006 |
| OTHER PRESENTATIONS |
| A YA Canon: Why We Need One, Where it Should Come From, and How to Keep it from "Misfiring" (with Joy Dockham) 31st Annual International Children's Literature Association Conference Fresno, CA June 2004 |
| Honoring the Newest Award Winners in Young Adult Literature (With Jennifer Buehler & Jenniter Walsh) National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention Chicago, IL November 20, 2011 |