Research

In the 2010s, new youth services faculty reflected larger shifts in motion, both in the profession and at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Literary scholar Elizabeth Hoiem (PhD, English, University of Illinois), whose research focuses on both the history of children’s literature and material culture and digital humanities pedagogy, joined the faculty in 2014, and social scientists Rachel M. Magee (PhD, Information Studies, Drexel) and Kyungwon Koh (PhD, Library and Information Studies, Florida State University), joined the faculty in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Together, the appointments expanded the School of Information Sciences’ (iSchool’s) traditional youth services’ focus on print media and storytelling to encompass digital youth, the maker movement, social computing, and human information behavior. Faculty were increasingly contributing to the high-profile interdisciplinary research work of the iSchool during a time of explosive interest in all forms of information, sustaining Illinois’ ranking as the #1 graduate program in youth services librarianship by U.S. News and World Report. 

iSchool Youth Services Faculty Research Profiles

Selected Scholarship by CCB Affiliates and iSchool Youth Services Faculty

Hearne, B. & Stevenson, D. (1999). Choosing books for children: A commonsense guide (3rd ed.). University of Illinois Press.
Hearne, B. & Stevenson, D. (1999). Choosing books for children: A commonsense guide (3rd ed.). University of Illinois Press.
Agosto, D. E., Magee, R. M., Dickard, M., & Forte, A. (2016). Teens, technology, and libraries: An uncertain relationship. Library Quarterly, 86(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1086/686673
Agosto, D. E., Magee, R. M., Dickard, M., & Forte, A. (2016). Teens, technology, and libraries: An uncertain relationship. Library Quarterly, 86(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1086/686673
Hearne, B. and Seelinger Trites, R. (Eds.). (2009). A narrative compass: Stories that guide women's lives. University of Illinois Press.
Hearne, B. and Seelinger Trites, R. (Eds.). (2009). A narrative compass: Stories that guide women's lives. University of Illinois Press.
Tilley, C. L. (2017). Superheroes and identity: The role of nostalgia in comic book culture. In E. Wesseling (Ed.), Reinventing childhood nostalgia: Books, toys, and contemporary media culture (pp. 51-65). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315604626
Tilley, C. L. (2017). Superheroes and identity: The role of nostalgia in comic book culture. In E. Wesseling (Ed.), Reinventing childhood nostalgia: Books, toys, and contemporary media culture (pp. 51-65). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315604626
Del Negro, J. M. & Kimball, M. A. (Eds.) (2017). Engaging teens with story: How to inspire and educate youth with storytelling. ABC - CLIO.
Del Negro, J. M. & Kimball, M. A. (Eds.) (2017). Engaging teens with story: How to inspire and educate youth with storytelling. ABC - CLIO.
Sutton, R. (1994). Hearing us out: Voices from the gay and lesbian community. Little, Brown, and Company.
Sutton, R. (1994). Hearing us out: Voices from the gay and lesbian community. Little, Brown, and Company.
Cart, M. and Jenkins, C. A. (2006). The heart has its reasons: Young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content, 1969-2004. Scarecrow Press.
Cart, M. and Jenkins, C. A. (2006). The heart has its reasons: Young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content, 1969-2004. Scarecrow Press.
Schwebel, S. L. (2011). Child-sized history: Fictions of the past in U.S. classrooms. Vanderbilt University Press.
Schwebel, S. L. (2011). Child-sized history: Fictions of the past in U.S. classrooms. Vanderbilt University Press.
Koh, K., Ge., X., Lee, L., Lewis, K., Simmons, S., & Nelson, L. (2020). Peace prescription: Inclusive making in school libraries. In M. Melo & J. Nichols (Eds.), Re-making the library makerspace: Critical theories, reflections, and practices. Litwin Books & Library Juice Press.
Koh, K., Ge., X., Lee, L., Lewis, K., Simmons, S., & Nelson, L. (2020). Peace prescription: Inclusive making in school libraries. In M. Melo & J. Nichols (Eds.), Re-making the library makerspace: Critical theories, reflections, and practices. Litwin Books & Library Juice Press.
McDowell, K. (Winter 2014). Open wide the doors: The children’s room as place in public libraries, 1876-1925. Library Trends, 62(3), 519-529. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2014.0008
McDowell, K. (Winter 2014). Open wide the doors: The children’s room as place in public libraries, 1876-1925. Library Trends, 62(3), 519-529. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2014.0008
Hoiem, E. M. (January 2017). Radical cross-writing for working children: Toward a bottom-up history of children’s literature. The Lion and the Unicorn, 41(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.2017.0001
Hoiem, E. M. (January 2017). Radical cross-writing for working children: Toward a bottom-up history of children’s literature. The Lion and the Unicorn, 41(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1353/uni.2017.0001
O'Dell, S. (2016). Island of the blue dolphins: The complete reader's edition (S. L. Schwebel, Ed.). University of California Press. (Original work published 1960)
O'Dell, S. (2016). Island of the blue dolphins: The complete reader's edition (S. L. Schwebel, Ed.). University of California Press. (Original work published 1960)
Jenkins, C. A., & Cart, M. (2018). Representing the rainbow in young adult literature: LGBTQ+ content since 1969. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Jenkins, C. A., & Cart, M. (2018). Representing the rainbow in young adult literature: LGBTQ+ content since 1969. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Schwebel, S. L., & Van Tuyl, J. (Eds.). (2022). Dust off the gold medal: Rediscovering children’s literature at the Newbery centennial. Routledge.
Schwebel, S. L., & Van Tuyl, J. (Eds.). (2022). Dust off the gold medal: Rediscovering children’s literature at the Newbery centennial. Routledge.
McDowell, K. (2019). Storytelling, young adults, and three paradoxes. In A. Bernier (ed.), Transforming young adult services (2nd ed.) (pp. 93-110). ALA Neal - Schuman.
McDowell, K. (2019). Storytelling, young adults, and three paradoxes. In A. Bernier (ed.), Transforming young adult services (2nd ed.) (pp. 93-110). ALA Neal - Schuman.
Tilley, C. L. (2013). Children’s print culture: Traditions and innovation. In D. Lemish (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media (pp. 87-94). Routledge.
Tilley, C. L. (2013). Children’s print culture: Traditions and innovation. In D. Lemish (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media (pp. 87-94). Routledge.
Hoiem, E. M. (2021). The progress of sugar: Consumption as complicity in children’s books about slavery and manufacturing, 1790–2015." Children's Literature in Education 52(2), 162–182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-020-09411-y
Hoiem, E. M. (2021). The progress of sugar: Consumption as complicity in children’s books about slavery and manufacturing, 1790–2015." Children's Literature in Education 52(2), 162–182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-020-09411-y
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