Just focusing on recovering physically and mentally 🤒

#CFP: 10th European Network of Picturebook Research Conference Understanding the world: Multiculturality, interculturality and global citizenship in picturebooks Lisbon, Portugal Date: 17-19 September 2025 Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2024 picturebookresearch2025.fcsh.unl.pt

Don’t let the rainy weather stop you from going to Edcel J Cintron Gonzalez’s (Edcel Cintron 🇵🇷) talk today! Conversando Entre Nosotros: Mi Mama, Mis Amistades, Mi Comunidad: The Representation of Mental Health Support in Latinx/e Youth Literature & Culture

Online Talk: “Getting Personal: Unlearning Objectivity, Anti-Racism, and Stories We Love" by Philip Nel University of Wrocław 18 October 2024 6 p.m. Warsaw time To participate in this talk, please register using this link: forms.office.com/e/niyBXRsJek or scan the QR code on the poster

My latest academic publication out in the world! It is always a joy writing about how my pedagogy has changed and sharing this knowledge back home in Puerto Rico. Please check out my latest article “Co-Creating a Rubric: Student Agency as Classroom Community”

#CFP: ChLA 2025 - Shortcuts and Tesseracts: Time/Space in Children's Literature and Culture Virtual Conference, June 9-14, 2025 Submission deadline for proposals: December 2, 2024 Website: childlitassn.org/2025-virtual-c… Children's Lit Assoc

This week, I'm sharing OA chapters of my new book! Ever wondered how queer YA culture is shaped by the struggles of the past? The Politics of Critique and Repair, explores how negative emotions and outcomes shaped #queer lit and the imagination. taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-mo…

Pablo Cartaya’s creative writing workshop was a dream and a joy to attend! It really made me rethink more about expanding my own writing and really thinking deep on writing on my own memories. Thank you Pablo Cartaya Milner Library for this event!

I’m still thinking of yesterday’s creative writing workshop with Pablo Cartaya thank you again to the Milner Library for hosting the event 🥳❤️

We're over the moon about our opportunity to chat with Adam Vian, creative director at SFB Games, about Crow Country. Read on to hear precisely what makes a game scary from someone who is truly in the know, just in time for scary season: gamerswithglasses.com/interviews/int…

Don’t forget! We have three amazing events this week! On Wednesday, October 23 at 6pm at the English Commons, the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee will host the Storyshare event. No RSVP required and light refreshments will be served.

Don’t forget! Today at 6pm we have the EDI committee ISU Storyshare event! It is located in the English Commons, which is at the 4th floor of Stevenson, the room across from the Department of English. See you all there!

#CFP: Storied Citizenship: Reimagining Civic Encounters Among Children and Youth in the Post-Digital Age (edited book, provisional title) Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2025 Email: Elizabeth Nelson [email protected]

My gaming article is out! #publicfacingscholarship

I am going thru the exact same thing 😱

Any Spanish speakers in our community? Our very own Edcel J Cintron Gonzalez is offering a talk tomorrow as part of the amazing events hosted by The Spanish Club at ISU.

Opening reception for Illinois State Graduate School's Sheilla (Aisha) Nelson’s “A Girl and Her Long Legs: A Woman Alone, Looking for A Room of Her Own,” an autobiographical photo exhibition at the Rachel Cooper Art Gallery, will be held Jan. 30. ISU Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies ISUEnglish events.illinoisstate.edu/event/artist-r…

We are looking for three peer reviewers for a manuscript titled "Third places and community environments in gaming"😊 Please check the attached image for the abstract! (1/2)