Jessica De Young Kander

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Lecturer

English Language and Literature

617H Pray-Harrold

734.487.1099

[email protected]

Education

B.A., Education, The University of Michigan, 2007

M.A., Children’s Literature, Eastern Michigan University, 2011

Master’s Certificate, Teaching of Writing, Eastern Michigan University, 2011

 

Interests and Expertise

  • Gender and sexuality in children’s and adolescent literature
  • LGBTQIA+ experiences in children’s and adolescent literature
  • Graphic novels
  • Social justice literature
  • Global literature
  • Jewish children’s and adolescent literature
  • Death and dying in literature

Courses

WRTG 120         Composition I: Writing the College Experience
WRTG 121       Composition II: Researching the Public Experience
CHL 137           Harry Potter: Literary Allusion, Children’s Literature and Popular Culture
CHL 207           Introduction to Children’s Literature
CHL 208           Multicultural Children’s Literature
CHL 209           Global Children’s Literature
CHL 279           Death & Dying in Children’s and Adolescent Literature 
CHL 351           World Mythology
CHL 455           Adolescent Literature
CHL 456           Jewish Children’s and Adolescent Literature

Publications and Presentations

Publications

Kander, J. (2015). “Letting Students See Behind the Curtain: Becoming more transparent about my role as a teacher learner” In Heather Lattimer and Stacey Caillier [Eds] Surviving and Thriving with Teacher Action Research: Reflections and Advice from the Field. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers

Kander, J. (2012). Handbook of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature Review. Children’s Literature in Education, 43:2 (June).

Presentations

Anderson, T., E. Daniels, L. Eddy, C. Fleischer, K. Gedeon, K. Hoffman, J. Kander, D. Kangas, P. McCombs, S. Primeau. “The Port in Our Storm: Why Teacher Research? Why Now?” National Council for Teachers of English, Washington D.C. (November 2014) 

Briggs, S., C. Guillean, J. Kander, P. McCombs, S. Primeau. “Analyzing From the Inside Out: Strategies for Analytical Writing.” Reading and Writing in a Decade of Standards: Implementing the Common Core State Standards in K-14 Classrooms, Eastern Michigan Writing Project, Ypsilanti, MI (November 2012)

Daniels, E., L. Eddy, C. Fleischer, K. Gedeon, J. Kander, D. Kangas. “Raising Our Voices: A Teacher Research Group Goes Public.” National Council for Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NV (November 2012)

Briggs, S., C. Guillean, J. Kander, S. Primeau. “Bridging High School and University: Analytical Reading and Writing.” Reading and Writing in a Decade of Standards: Implementing the Common Core State Standards in K-14 Classrooms, Eastern Michigan Writing Project, Ypsilanti, MI (January 2012)

Kander, J. “A Divine Call to Action: Evolving Concepts of Jewish Environmentalism and Social Justice in Stories.” Children’s Literature Association Conference, Bellevue, WA (Postponed due to Covid-19 Pandemic)

Kander, J. “Where Are All The Poor Jews?: Classism in Jewish Children’s Literature.” Children’s Literature Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN (June 2019)

Kander, J. “Children’s Literature as Social Justice” Limud Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (March 2017)

Kander, J. “Bringing High School English Out of the Closet: LGBT Literature in the High School English Curriculum.” National Council for Teachers of English, Chicago, IL (November 2011)

Kander, J. “Writing in the Cloud: Using Google Docs to Support Asynchronous Collaborative Writing and Thinking” Eastern Michigan Writing Project, Ypsilanti, MI (July 2011)

Kander, J. “Defying Gravity or Maintaining Status Quo: Glee’s complicated relationship with (homo)sexuality.” Children’s Literature Association Conference, Roanoke, VA (June 2011)

Kander, J. “Abominable Body: Abjection of the Female Reproductive Body in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight.” The Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL (November 2010)

Kander, J. “Slashing & Mashing: Queer Appropriations of Popular Culture.” Children’s Literature Association, Ann Arbor, MI (June 2010)

Kander, J. “Curious Critters: Queer Subtexts in Three Picture Books.” Children’s Literature Association, Charlotte, NC (June 2009)

De Young, J. “Developmentally-Appropriate Process-Oriented Art in an Early Childhood Classroom.” Community Sharing For Healthy Caring, Howell, MI (November 2005)