Registration is Open! Check out the 2020 UNLV Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Adult Literature

2/13/2020

Yes. Registration is open for the 2020 UNLV Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Literature.

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You can find out more about the summit here.

We are in our third year of a partnership with the Clark County School District and with scholars across the country. Many of those scholars will be coming for their third year in a row. Others attended the first year and have submitted proposals for this year. We are reviewing them now. The list of presenters will be revealed in two weeks. Stay tuned.

Past Summits

You can check out who presented in 2018 at this link. (Some of them will be presenting again.) We did a slightly different format in 2019 that focused less on researching and more on teaching. You can check out that format at this link.

Previous Keynotes

The Summit has been fortunate to have a series of great Keynote authors. If you haven’t read the authors in the images below, click on the picture and pick a book right away.

The Keynotes from 2018

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Kekla Magoon

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Chris Crutcher

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Bill Konigsberg

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The Keynotes from 2019

Phil Bildner

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Meg Medina

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Padma Venkatraman

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Here are the Keynotes for 2020!

Each year we grow and add new dimensions. Each year we have had a number of elementary teachers attended the summit. This year, in order to meet their needs and interests more directly, we are adding shadow events on Thursday, the research day, that highlights Children's literature. Teacher's can attend this day as a single event (see the registration options), but in reality don't you want to hear all of the authors?

Check out the 2020 Keynotes below:

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Keynote Speaker for the Children's Literature Day (Thursday).

Matt de la Peña

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Keynote Speakers for the Young Adult Literature Days (Friday and Saturday).

Ashley Hope Pérez

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Chris Crowe

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Steve Sheinkin

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A Special Presentation

Gilly Segal & Kimberly Johnson

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Other Authors Who Will be Speaking and Presenting

Samantha Vitale

Josh Allen

Sarah Donovan

Candace Fleming Photo Credit: Michael Lionstar

Jennifer Nails

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This year for the first time there is a special price for current UNLV undergraduate and graduate students!
Email Dr. Bickmore (Steven.Bickmore@unlv.edu) for the special code.

For more information, bookmark and visit the 2020 UNLV Summit page often. In addition, you can always revisit this page!

Until next time!

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Dr. Steve Bickmore
Creator and Curator

Dr. Bickmore is a Professor of English Education at UNLV. He is a scholar of Young Adult Literature and past editor of The ALAN Review and a past president of ALAN. He is a available for speaking engagements at schools, conferences, book festivals, and parent organizations. More information can be found on the Contact page and the About page.

Co-Edited Books

Meet
Evangile Dufitumukiza!

Evangile is a native of Kigali, Rwanda. He is a college student that Steve meet while working in Rwanda as a missionary. In fact, Evangile was one of the first people who translated his English into Kinyarwanda.

Steve recruited him to help promote Dr. Bickmore's YA Wednesday on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media while Steve is doing his mission work.

He helps Dr. Bickmore promote his academic books and sometimes send out emails in his behalf.

You will notice that while he speaks fluent English, it often does look like an "American" version of English. That is because it isn't. His English is heavily influence by British English and different versions of Eastern and Central African English that is prominent in his home country of Rwanda.

Welcome Evangile into the YA Wednesday community as he learns about Young Adult Literature and all of the wild slang of American English vs the slang and language of the English he has mastered in his beautiful country of Rwanda.

While in Rwanda, Steve has learned that it is a poor English speaker who can only master one dialect and/or set of idioms in this complicated language.

Blogs to Follow

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