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Megan Isaac publishes journal article on responses to surveillance in young adult literature

misaac2 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:25:00 +0000

Megan Isaac, associate professor of English, has published an article in the journal Children's Literature in Education.

In the article entitled, “Surveillance as a Topic of Study in the Work of E. Lockhart and Cory Doctorow," Isaac analyzes the strategies presented in young adult literature for investigating, questioning and responding to the growing forms of surveillance typical in the lives of young adults in the United States. She argues that unlike the authors of many dystopian novels, the contemporary realism of Lockhart and Doctorow showcases models that invite readers to interact with and manage surveillance in order to present the possibility of sustaining agency even in a world where being the object of surveillance is inescapable.

The article is available in Children's Literature and Education . DOI 10.1007/s10583-018-9367-5, 1-17.

Megan Isaac publishes journal article on representations of young women as writers

misaac2 — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:10:00 +0000

Megan Isaac, associate professor of English, has published and article in the journal Children’s Literature.

Entitled, “A Character of One’s Own: The Perils of Female Authorship in the Young Adult
Novel from Alcott to Birdsall,” Isaac analyzes the representation of young women as writers over a period of 150 years. Isaac begins with the well-known novelists Louisa May Alcott and Dodie Smith who create a model of the young woman as aspiring writer that features deep reading and domestication. Recent novels by young adult authors Rainbow Rowell, Anna Breslaw, and Scott Westerfeld showcase a new model of the young female writer featuring modern publishing opportunities, including fanfiction, and corresponding pitfalls.

The article is available in Children’s Literature 46, 2018, 133-168.

Poem by English major wins recognition

misaac2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:26:00 +0000

Senior English major Rob Shapiro’s poem, “What the Living Do,” has been awarded the Eleanor B. North Award for the best poem in The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle.

The Rectangle is a highly selective journal that receives more than 1000 submissions from Honors English students across the nation every year and publishes only 2-3% of those submitted pieces. The award comes with a monetary prize and an invitation to read his piece at a special session during the Sigma Tau Delta conference this spring.

Shapiro’s poetry has also been recognized in Colonnades, the art and literary journal of �þ�� and through his selection to participate in the 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program (SURE) where he was mentored by Professor (and poet) Kevin Boyle.

Megan Isaac presents paper at ChLA

misaac2 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:32:00 +0000

Megan Isaac Publishes Book

misaac2 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:37:00 +0000

Isaac’s book, titled Suzanne Fisher Staples: The Setting is the Story, analyzes the work of a prominent young adult author recognized for her fiction about coming of age in modern Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and the United States. Staples’ award winning and elegant prose draws readers into lives and cultures that are outside the spectrum of ideas typically explored in young adult literature. Her work opens up questions about gender, religion, culture, and identity at the same time as it raises complicated problems about the benefits and limitations any writer faces in writing cross-culturally.

As the newest volume in Scarecrow Press’s acclaimed series in Young Adult Literature, Isaac’s book is central in helping shift scholarship in the field from a focus on genre and local concerns to wider issues about global problems and international awareness. Her work on this text included research into different varieties of Muslim practices, rural Afghan life, classic Indian dance training, and interviews over several years with Suzanne Fisher Staples.