Tuesday, November 26, 2013
8:00-8:15 AM Membership Chair & TAR Editors
Karin Perry, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Steve Bickmore, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Jacqueline Bach, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Melanie Hundley, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
8:15-8:35 AM Laurie Halse Anderson (Penguin)
Introduced by Gary Salvner, ALAN Executive Director 2000-2010, Youngstown State University, OH
8:35-9:10 AM Celebrating Science Fiction
Escaping to the Beyond: Outer Worlds, New Dimensions, and Fantastic Visions
Alexander Gordon Smith, Escape from Furnace series (Macmillan)
Michael Grant, BZRK, BZRK Reloaded (Egmont)
Anna Jarzab, Tandem (Random House)
Tom Leveen, Sick (Abrams)
Chaired by Mark Letcher, ALAN Board Member, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN
Remembering Norma Mazer
Teri Lesesne, ALAN Executive Director, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
9:10-9:35 AM Celebrating Nonfiction
A World of Truth: Digging Deeper, Looking Harder, Feeling Smarter
Tanya Lee Stone, Courage Had No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers (Candlewick Press)
Blaine Harden, Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West (Penguin)
Marc Silver, My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks (Sourcebooks)
Chaired by Jennifer Buehler, ALAN Board Member 2009-2012, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
9:35 - 9:50 AM Break
9:50 - 10:25 AM Celebrating LGBTQ
Becoming Present: Demanding Acceptance, Coming Out, and Living Free
Nancy Garden, Annie On My Mind (Macmillan)
Sara Farizan, If You Could Be Mine (Algonguin)
Jessica Verdi, The Summer I Wasn't Me (Sourcebooks)
Ken Setterington, Branded by the Pink Triangle? (Second Story Press)
Chaired by Melanie Hundley, ALAN Review Co-Editor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Remembering William Sleator
Gary Salvner, ALAN Executive Director 2000-2010, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
10:25 - 11:00 AM Celebrating Horror and Supernatural
Scared to Death: The Shadows on the Wall and Other Creepy Thoughts
Zoraida Cordova, Savage Blue (Sourcebooks)
Deborah Noyes, Plague in the Mirror (Candlewick)
Kendare Blake, Antigoddess (Tor)
Colleen Gleason, The Clockword Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel (Chronicle)
Chaired by Barb Dean, ALAN Board Member, Prince George, Columbia, CA
11:00 - 11:50 Educator Breakouts
2.1 Celebrating Great YAL for (Future) English Teachers: Top Recommendations for Inclusion in English Methods Courses
Katherine Mason, Witchita State, Wichita, KS
Jill Adams, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
April Brannon, California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Jennifer Dail, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Toby Emert, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Joellen Maples, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
Emily Meixner, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
Elle Yarborough, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
2.2 "This Book Has Sex in It!" Making a Case for Teaching Young Adult Literature That Contains Sexual Content
Bryan Gillis, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Joanna Simpson, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
2.3 Novelty or Literature: e-Books, Apps, and Non-Traditional Young Adult Novels
Melanie Hundley, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Teri Holbrook, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2.4 The Changing Landscape: LGBTQ Characters and Identities
Laura Renzi, PhD, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Mark Letcher, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN
2.5 Reading Should be a Lifetime Sport
Georgia Parker, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL
Linell Ela, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL
2.6 Celebrating Relationships with Reluctant Readers: Cultivating Teen, Librarian and Teacher Connections
Kelli Venier, Monroe County Library System, Monroe, MI
Daria Plumb, Riverside Academy, Duncee, MI
2.7 Revolutions in YA Literature: From the Classic Johnny Tremain (1943) to the Daring
Octavian Nothing (2006, 2008)
Sara L. Schwebel, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Carey Hagan, Fairfax (VA) County Public Library, Fairfax, VA
2.8. Using YA Fiction to Teach Close Reading
Tiffany Smith, E. O. Smith High School, Storrs-Mansfield, CT
Kathleen Butler, Parrish Middle/High School, Chaplin, CT
Katrina Bafumi, Berlin High School, Berlin, CT
Delia Regan, East Hampton Middle, East Hampton, CT
2.9 Celebrating Forty Years (And More!) of Novels in Verse
Lois Stover, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Arlington, VA
Connie Zitlow, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
2.10 YA Genre Fiction Featuring Teens of Color
Deborah Taylor, Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD
2.11 ALAN Research Grants
Victor Malo-Juvera, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Amy Bright, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Terri Suico, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
Hannah Gerber, Sam Houston State College, Huntsville, Texas
Kelly Byrne Bull, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland
Joellen Maples, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York
Kevin Cordi, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio
Jodi Scales, Wapahani High School, Selma, Indiana
11:50 - 12:50 PM - LUNCH
12:50 - 1:15 PM Celebrating Freedom of Expression
Speak Loudly: Blurring Lines and Bold Labels in the Fight against Censorship
Wendy Glenn, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
ReLeah Lent, Consultant/Author, Morganton, GA
Joan Kaywell, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1:15-1:35 PM Robert Lipsyte, From The Contender to the Present, Me and YA Lit (Houghton Mifflin)
Introduced by Don Gallo, Author/Editor, Solon, OH
1:35 - 2:10 PM Celebrating Sports
With the Wind at Their Backs: Jocks, Winning, and Shattered Dreams
David Klass, Second Impact (Macmillan)
Robyn Schneider, Severed Heads and Broken Hearts (HarperCollins)
Carl Deuker, Swagger (Houghton Mifflin)
Andrew Smith, Winger (Simon and Schuster)
Chaired by Jeff Harr, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Kent OH
2:10 - 2:50 PM International Voices
World Stories from Across the Globe: Fact, Fiction, and the Painful Truth
Tara Sullivan, Golden Boy (Putnam/Penguin)
Sharon E. McKay, Enemy Territory (Annick Press)
Eliot Schrefer, Threatened (Scholastic)
Ann E. Burg, Serafina's Promise (Scholastic)
Beth E. Kephart, Going Over (Chronicle)
Chaired by Karin Perry, ALAN Membership Secretary, Sam Houston University, Huntsville, TX
2:50 - 3:10 PM Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster)
Introduced by Jim Blasingame, ALAN President (2009-2010), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
3:10 - 3:45 PM Celebrating Strong Female Characters
Young Women Take Center Stage: The Fight to Be Heard in a Testosterone World
Paul Rudnick, Gorgeous (Scholastic)
Tupelo Hassman, Girlchild (Macmillan)
Adele Griffin, Loud Awake and Lost (Random House)
Mariah Fredericks, Season of the Witch (Random House)
Chaired by Kellee Moye, AEWA Committee, Hunter's Creek Middle School, Orlando, FL
3:45 - 4:20 PM Celebrating Romance Novels
Falling Head Over Heels: The Chemistry of Love, Lust, and Heartfelt Desire
Brendan Halpin, A Really Awesome Mess (Egmont)
Katie Cotugno, How To Love (Harper Collins)
Hollis Seamon, Somebody Up There Hates You (Algonquin)
Susan Colasanti, All I Need (Penguin)
Chaired by Jon Ostenson
4:20 - 4:30 PM The Handing Over
Jeff Kaplan, ALAN President 2013
Walter Mayes, ALAN President 2014