Education:
Ph.D., New York University - 1975 (Literature, English)
Areas of Expertise:
Children's literature and the literature of childhood, Victorian fiction, literature and the arts.
Books and Publications
The Courage to Imagine: Children's Literature and the Child Hero, Bloomsbury Publishing. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2017
"Death and the Monster: The Graveyard and the Dream," Breac: A Digital Journal of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
"Just Kids: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Androgyne in New York City." Children's Literature and New York City. Eds. Padraic Whyte and Keith O'Sullivan. Routledge. 181-91. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014
"Representing the Cultural 'Other' in Young Adult Fiction." Interjuly: Internationale Kinder-und Jugend-literaturforschung, February: 89-100. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
"Pastoral and Healing: The Image in the Imagination." Deep Into Nature: Ecology, Environment and Children's Literature. Eds. Jennifer Hardig, et al. Pied Piper. 53-63. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2009
"Reaching Across Cultural Fault Lines: Empathy in Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaqux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane." Relevant Across Cultures in Modern Fantasy for Young Readers. Eds. Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, et al. Wroclaw, Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT. 107-18. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2009
"Childhood and Difference in Contemporary Autobiographical Picture Books." To See the Wizard: Politics and the Literature of Childhood. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2-40. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007
"Pippi and Ronia, Astrid Lindgren's Light and Dark Pastoral." The Liberated Child: Childhood in the Works of Astrid Lindgren. Barnbroken: Journal of Children's Literature Research, Astrid Lindgren Centennial Conference, 92-100. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007
The Poetics of Childhood reprint. Routledge (2003). (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2005
"Harry Potter and the Extraordinariness of the Ordinary." The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon. Ed. Lana Whited. University of Missouri Press. 125-39. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2002
"Listening for Difference." Dialogue on Writing: Rethinking ESL, Basic Writing, and First-Year Composition. Eds. Geraldine DeLuca, Len Fox, Mark-Ameen Johnson and Myra Kogen. Lawrence Erlbaum. 187-98. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001
Special Issue of The Lion and the Unicorn: A Critical Journal of Children's Literature. Johns Hopkins University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2001
Natov, Roni and Wendy Fairey. "Dickens's David and Carroll's Alice: The Liminality of Victorian Childhood." Australasian Victorian Studies Journal 5: 143-55. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1999
Leon Garfield. Twayne's English Authors Series. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 1994
Creative Work
"Until the Reparations." Wreckage of Reason: An Anthology of Contemporary Experimental Prose by Women Writers. Ed. Nava Renek. Spuyten Duyvil. 2008
"Sam and Iris." Palimpsest 5.1: 18-20. (Yale literary and arts magazine). 2007
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Outstanding Undergraduate Deputy Award. (Awards and Honors) 2017
Distinguished Achievement Award, Brooklyn College Alumni Association. (Awards and Honors) 2005
International Research Society for Children's Literature Award for outstanding research for The Poetics of Childhood. (Awards and Honors) 2005
The first Claire Tow Distinguished Teaching Award. (Awards and Honors) 2004
Natov, Roni and Geraldine DeLuca. Anne Devereaux Jordan Award of the Children's Literature Association of the Modern Language Association for outstanding contribution to the field of children's literature. (Awards and Honors) 1995
Tow Professorship for outstanding teaching and scholarship. (Awards and Honors) 1993
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"The Courage to Imagine," first talk in Children's Studies 25th Anniversary Social Justice for Children Lecture Series, April 4, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Presentation on "Memory and Childhood: The Gaps We Can and Can't Fill," Children's Literature Conference, June, 2016. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Keynote: "Youth Cultures in New York in the 1970s.Conference on " ?Urban Landscapes in Literature, Media, and Culture? Humboldt University, Berlin, June 2-5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"The Dark Pastoral: David Almond and Neil Gaiman" keynote. Green Man/Wild Man and Children's Culture Conference. Trinity College. Dublin, July 20-21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Adult Memory and Re-imagining Childhood in Peter Sis's Tibet Through the Red Box." Modern Language Association. Los Angeles, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Children's Rights and Children's Literature: The Right to Know and the Right to Hope." Keynote speaker, Child and the Book Conference. Buffalo State College, Buffalo State University. May 16-18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Imagine: Empathy in Kate DiCamillo's Tale of Despereaux." Relevant Across Cultures Conference. Wroclaw, Poland, May 28-31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Pastoral and Healing, the Image in the Imagination." Keynote speaker, 15th Annual British IBBY/NCRCL Children's Literature Conference. Roehampton Unviersity. London, Nov. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Difference in American Contemporary Autobiographical Picture Books." 17th Congress of the International Society for Research in Children's Literature. Dublin. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005
"Quests for Memory and Culture." Keynote speaker, Children's Literature Conference. Monroe Community College. Rochester, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
"Childhood, Memory, and Creativity." Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood: An Interdisciplinary Approach Symposium. CUNY Graduate Center. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
"The Literature of Childhood and the Search for Wholeness." National Centre for Children's Literature Research. University of Surrey. Roehampton, United Kingdom. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003
