Dr. Niall Nance-Carroll
Instructional Assistant Professor
English
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 413R
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday 1-2 PM or by appointment
Office Phone
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
Children's literature, young adult literature, the novel, narrative theory, and television
Research Interests & Areas
Children's and young adult literature, ethics, politics, narrative theory, popular culture, and everyday life
PhD
Illinois State University
Judith Plotz Emerging Scholar Award
Children's Literature Association
2016
Ranta Scholar in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Illinois State University Department of English
2014
Children’s Literature in Education Emerging Scholar Award
Children's Literature in Education
2013
Book, Chapter
2021 “Latecomers to the Hundred Acre Wood: The Tension between Nostalgia and Updating in Return to the Hundred Acre Wood and The Best Bear in All the World.” Positioning Pooh University Press of Mississippi
2014: “A Prosaics of the Hundred Acre Wood: Ethics in A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.” Ethics and Children’s Literature. Ed. Claudia Mills. Ashgate.
2014: “‘So, is this the part where you judge me?’ Adolescent Sexuality in Glee.” Queer in the Choir Room. Ed. Michelle Parke. McFarland.
Journal Article
2021 “Children and Young People as Activist Authors.” International Research in Children’s Literature. Vol. 14 Issue 1 pp. 6-21. Feb. 2021
2015: “Not Only, But Also: Entwined Modes and the Fantastic in A.A. Milne's Pooh Stories.” The Lion and the Unicorn. Vol.39 Issue 1, pp.63-81
2014: Nance-Carroll, Niall. "Politicized Childhood in Antonio Skármeta's La composición/The Composition. ” Children's Literature in Education December 2014