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English Faculty 

 

Janice Hartwick-Dressel, Ph.D.

Professor


Language & Literature

Anspach Hall 210
(989) 774-3189
Janice.Joyce.Hartwick-Dressel@cmich.edu

 

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1986
M.A., University of Nebraska, 1967
B.S. in Ed., Valparaiso University, 1964

 

Teaching Expertise

Literature for Children and Young Adults 
        (including multicultural and international literature, 
         picture books, and poetry)
Writing for Children and Young Adults

 

Research Interests

Response to Literature
Multicultural Literature
Writing in the Elementary/Middle School


Publications

"Personal Response and Social Responsibility: Responses of Middle-School Students to Multicultural Literature." The Reading Teacher 58 (2005): 750-764.

"About Writing: A Letter to Stacie." Language Arts 82 (2003): 17-21.

Teaching and Learning About Multicultural Literature: Students Reading Outside Their Culture in a Middle School Classroom. International Reading Association, 2003.

"Octagon Magic: Andre Norton and Revitalizing the Girls' Book." Children's Literature in Education 27 (1996): 209 - 218. [co-author Francis Molson]

"Literature or Life: Shabanu and the Reading of Cultural Literature." Journal of Children's Literature 21 (1995): 37 - 50.

"Literacy Bibliography -- An Eclectic Selection." Literacy Networks: A Journal of Literacy Providers 1.2 (1995): 37 - 50.

"I See Me: Readings of Cultural Literature by Elementary Education Students." Journal of Children's Literature 20 (1994): 94 - 96.

"The Formal Oral Group Exam: Challenges and Possibilities." ERIC/RCS. June, 1992.

"The Effects of Listening to and Discussing Different Qualities of Children's Literature Read Aloud on the Narrative Writing of Fifth-Graders." Research in the Teaching of English 24 (1990): 397-414.

"Critical Thinking and the Perception of Aesthetic Form." Language Arts 15 (1988): 103-112.

"Black Literature for the Middle School: The Legacy of Ralph Ellison in Virginia Hamilton's Justice Trilogy." English Journal (1984): 42-48.

"Abstraction in Illustration: Is it Appropriate for Children?" Children's Literature in Education 15 (1984): 103-112.

 

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