Contact: Annette Wannamaker |awannamak AT emich DOT edu

Fall 2008 Graduate Student Retreat:

The Fall 2008 Children’s Literature Program Retreat is scheduled for Sunday, September 21. As always, it will be a potluck lunch at the Wojcik-Andrews home and will be held from 12-2 p.m. At the Retreat, we will announce upcoming courses and events. We will also solicit graduate student input about future special topics courses and possible extracurricular activities. Current Graduate Students are expected to attend and alumni, lecturers, and friends of the Program are always welcome. Contact Ian Wojcik-Andrews if you need directions: wojcika AT emich DOT edu

Graduate Students at the Fall 2005 Retreat

Students enrolled in the M.A. in Children's Literature can complete all of their course work taking graduate courses that focus exclusively on Children's Literature.  The program has a strong base in traditional literature, mythology, folklore, and the history of children's literature, but also works to include graduate students in current dialogues about literary and cultural theories, film studies, gender studies, multicultural children's literature, and contemporary children's culture. Classes are taught by faculty specializing in the field of Children's Literature. Students in the graduate program have earned fellowships and assistantships, have published works of fiction for children and adolescents, have presented papers at national and international conferences, and have gone on to doctoral programs and to positions in area schools, libraries, and community colleges.