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Critical Conversations in Children’s Literature is a web series developed to bring children’s literary writers in conversation with scholars to discuss critical topics brewing within the field. <\/span><\/span>This web series is funded by CAL IRA funds. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n The series was developed by Dr. Lashon Daley an assistant professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. This series is funded by the College of Arts & Letters Instructional Activities Grant and is hosted in collaboration with the National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature.<\/span> Without further ado, here’s episode 3 of CCICL:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>Episode 3 features a conversation between Dr. Daley and Dr. Libby Gruner, centered on the topic of collaboration within the academic field of children\u2019s literature.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Libby Gruner is the 2021-2022 President of ChLA, which is the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA). Libby is a scholar of both YA and Victorian literature. She has taught at the University of Richmond since 1993, where she is a Professor of English and Coordinator of Faculty Development in Teaching.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n