English Faculty 

Susan C. Griffith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Language & Literature

Anspach Hall 209
(989) 774-3146
griff2sc@cmich.edu

Education

Ph.D., Lesley University, 2001
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978
B.S. in Ed. Central Michigan University, 1973

Teaching Expertise

Literature for Children and Young Adults 
Cultural Pluralism in Children's Literature
Social Justice Themes in Children's Literature
Writing in Elementary and Middle Schools

Research Interests

Creative Response to Literature
Social Justice Theories in Children's Literature
Role of Reflection in Teaching
Writing in the Elementary & Middle School

Selected Publications

"Bringing What is Hidden to Light:  Jane Addams and the 2006 Jane Addams Children's Book Award."  The Looking Glass: New Perspectives in Children's Literature.  Vol. 10 No. 3 September 2006  Available at: http://www.the-looking-glass.net/

“Under Construction:  A Model of Best (Next Step) Practice.”  With Jennifer A. Jones. Language Arts Journal of Michigan, Winter 2006.

 “Children and Bread in Time of War.” The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Books, vol. 9, no. 2, 2 April, 2005.  Available at:  http://www.the-looking-glass.net/

 ”Imagining Peace and Social Justice:  The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.”  With Donna Barkman.  BookLinks, vol. 14, no. 4, March 2005.

 “Imagining Peace and Social Justice in a World Community:  The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.”  WILLA (Women in Literacy and Life Assembly), vol. XIII, 2004, pp. 33-40.

"Building on Students' Experiences in Teacher Education," Academic Exchange Quarterly  7:3 (Fall 2003)

"Writing Stories:  Advice (and More) from a Writer," The Primer: The Journal of the Massachusetts Reading Association 26.2:1997

"Powerful, Positive Realistic Fiction for Young Adults." The Young Reader IX.2 (Spring 1995)

"Nicholasa Mohr." In American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present 5 supplement, ed. Carol Hurd Green and Mary Grimley Mason. New York: Continuum, 1994.

"Small Press Children's Books and Where to Find Them."  With Michele A. Seipp.  School Library Journal, February 1982.

"The Women's Suffrage Movement in Children's Books."  With Donna Barkman.  Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, Vol. 13, no. 1, 1982.

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