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Our Mission
The Mission of the Children´s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group is to promote the educational use of children's books by focusing on recently published children's literature, supportive professional books, issues relative to children's literature, and current research findings.
CL/R SIG
President - Janelle Mathis
info@clrsig.org

CL/R SIG

Current Officers
President
 Janelle Mathis
 University of North Texas
 Dept of Teacher Education & Administration
 1155 Union Circle #310740
 Denton, TX 76203-5017
    W: 940.565.2754
    Fax: 940.565.4952
    janelle.mathis@unt.edu
President-Elect
 Barbara Ward
 Washington State University
 333 Cleveland Hall
 Pullman, WA 99164-2131
    W: 509.335.6390
    Barbara_Ward@tricity.wsu.edu
Secretary/Historian to 2012
 Deanna Day
 Washington State University Vancouver
 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
 Vancouver, WA 98686-9600
    W: 360.546.9667
    Fax: 360.546.9040
    dday-wiff@vancouver.wsu.edu
Co-Historian
 Kaye West
 1507 Leisure World
 Mesa, AZ 85206
    kwest@csulb.edu
Treasurer to 2012
 Jennifer Graff
 University of Georgia
 309 Aderhold Hall
 Athens, GA 30602-7125
    W: 706.542.3811
    Fax: 706.542.3817
    jgraff@uga.edu
    jgraff36@gmail.com
Past President
 Nancy L. Hadaway
 The University of Texas at Arlington
 College of Education>
 Box 19227
 Arlington, TX 76019-0227
    W: 817.272.2240
    hadaway@uta.edu

Current Board Members
Chair & Board Member Term Expiring 2012
 Sue Parsons
 Oklahoma State University
    sue.parsons@okstate.edu
Terms Expiring 2012
 Claudia Haag
 Texas Woman’s University
    chaag@twu.edu

 Melanie Koss
 Northern Illinois University
    mkoss@niu.edu
Ways and Means Term Expiring June 2012
 Jane E. Kelley
 Washington State University
    jekelley@wsu.edu 
Board Member & Membership June 2012
 Sue Christian Parsons
 Oklahoma State University
    sue.parsons@okstate.edu
Terms Expiring 2013
 Linda T. Parsons
 The Ohio State University, Marion
    parsons.135@osu.edu

 Tadayuki Suzuki
 Western Kentucky University
    tadayuki.suzuki@wku.edu
Board Member & Website to June 2013
 Jenn Manak
 Bridgewater State University
    jennifer.manak@bridgew.edu 
Terms Expiring 2014
 Prisca Martens
 Towson University
    pmartens@towson.edu

 Lauren Aimonette Liang
 University of Utah
    lauren.liang@utah.edu
Chair & Board Member Term Expiring 2014
 Karen Hildebrand
    hildebka@gmail.com

The Dragon Lode
Co-editor
 Sandip L. Wilson
 Husson University
 School of Education
 One College Circle
 Bangor, ME 04401
    W: 207.992.4911
    Fax: 207.942.5982
    wilsonsa@husson.edu
Co-editor
 Carolyn Angus
 George G. Stone Center for Children’s Books
 Claremont Graduate University
 740 North College Avenue
 Claremont, CA 91711
    W: 909.607.3670
    carolyn.angus@cgu.edu

2012 Notable Books for a Global Society (NBGS) Committee
Books Published in 2012 (2013 Award)
Chair
  Jenn Sanders
  (term expires June 2013)
  Oklahoma State University
     jenn.sanders10@okstate.edu

  Shelley Stagg Peterson
  (term exp 2013)
  OISE/University of Toronto
     shelleystagg.peterson@utoronto.ca

  Ed Sullivan
  (term exp 2013)
    sully@sully-writer.com
Co-Chair
  Alma Flor Ada
  (term exp 2014)
      almaflor@almaflorada.com
 Kathy Short
  (term exp 2014)
  University of Arizona
     shortk@u.arizona.edu
  Susan Van Zile
  (term exp 2014)
    svanzile@gmail.com
  Prisca Martens
  (term exp 2015)
  Towson University
    pmartens@towson.edu
  Diane Sekeres
  (term exp 2015)
  University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
     dcsekeres@gmail.com
  Janet Wong
  (term exp 2015)
    janet@janetwong.com
Immediate Past Chair; Advisor
  Karen Hildebrand
     hildebka@gmail.com