Amy Pattee
| Title: | Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Dual Degree Program in LIS/Children's Literature |
| Phone: | 617-521-2853 |
| Office: | P-204B |
| Email: | amy.pattee@simmons.edu |
| Web: | http://web.simmons.edu/~patteea/ |
After completing her MLS at Rutgers University, Professor Pattee worked as a children's librarian at public libraries in Ocean County and Burlington County, New Jersey. She received her doctorate in library information science from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. A recent publication of hers in Library Quarterly reflects her current research interests: "Mass Market Mortification: The Developmental Appropriateness of Teen Magazines and the Embarrassing Story Standard." Her book, Reading the Adolescent Romance: Sweet Valley High and the Young Adult Romance Revolution, was published by Routledge in 2011. She teaches children's and young adult literature; you can read her blog at http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/yaorstfu/.
Courses Taught
LIS 481: Children's Literature and Media
LIS 482: Library Programs and Services for Children
LIS 483: Young Adult Literature
LIS 531Q: Special Topics in Children's Literature and Library Science
Full-Time Faculty
- Naresh Agarwal
- Jeannette Allis Bastian
- Gerald Benoit
- Joel Blanco-Rivera
- Linda Braun
- Michèle V. Cloonan
- Ross Harvey
- Peter Hernon
- Lisa Hussey
- Mary Wilkins Jordan
- Daniel N. Joudrey
- Melanie Kimball
- Martha Mahard
- James M. Matarazzo
- Rebecca Morris
- Amy Pattee
- Robin Peek
- Laura Saunders
- Candy Schwartz
- Rong Tang
- Donna Webber
- Andrew Whitmore
- Katherine Wisser
- Fran Zilonis