Countdown to the Inaugural CLA Online Research Conference

By Xenia Hadjioannou on behalf of the CLA Online Research Conference Organizing Committee

The organizing committee for the inaugural offering of the CLA Online Research Conference is busily putting the final touches on our plans for a day full of  vibrant research presentations on children's literature research and opportunities for invigorating professional conversations.

Have you Registered Yet?

The conference features presentations from researchers across the United States and the world, a session with journal editors who publish children's literature research, and a keynote talk from Kathy Short.

• Join our social time zoom rooms at the beginning and the end of the conference day to network with colleagues, contribute to conversations, and hear announcements.
  
• During each of our presentation-focused Concurrent Session program slots, you will have a choice among 4 sessions. Go to the zoom room that best fits your interests and enjoy learning about the work of researchers exploring topics ranging from Pedagogical Wobbles to Historical Fiction Representing Chinese History, to Intersectionalities.  
  
• Editors from 10 different journals that publish children's literature research will participate in our Journal Editor Session. Join a different zoom room for each of the two rotations to learn about the featured journals and to ask questions about publishing your work there.
  
• During the keynote presentation for the conference, Kathy Short will trace the shifting landscape of research in children's literature.
  

*Times listed are in Eastern Standard Time

Below you will find a sampler of the sessions included in the conference. For details and schedule information, visit the Conference Program. 

The conference is co-sponsored by the Children's Literature Assembly and the Mary Frances Early College of Education at the University of Georgia. It is supported by the CLA Endowment Fund, which was established:

• to support original research contributing to the field of children's literature, and
  
• to support the dissemination of CLA's yearly selections of Notable Books for the Language Arts.
  

CLA Online Research Conference Organizing Committee

Jennifer Graff, University of Georgia
Xenia Hadjioannou, Penn State University, Berks
Lauren Aimonette Liang, University of Utah
Miriam Martinez, University of Texas San Antonio
Liz Thackeray Nelson, Utah Valley University
Mary-Kate Sableski, University of Dayton
Jennifer Slagus, University of South Florida and Brock University