This page lists alumni of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (iSchool) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that served as Committee Members for the Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.1 The italicized book titles represent the Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature winner(s) in the specified year. An asterisk denotes service as the chair of a Stonewall Book Award Committee in the specified year.
The Stonewall Book Awards recognize excellent works of fiction and non-fiction that honor the stories and history of LGBTQIA+ communities. In 2010, the Stonewall Book Awards expanded to include an award for children’s and young adult literature.2 To learn more about the Stonewall Book Awards and past recipients, visit this page by the ALA’s Rainbow Round Table.
Caitlyn Colman-McGaw (MS/LIS, 2014) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2016 (George; The Porcupine of Truth)
Sarah Park Dahlen (MS/LIS and PhD, 2009) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2013 (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe) and 2012 (Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy)
Mary Gen Davies (MS/LIS, 2011) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2020* (When Aiden Became a Brother; The Black Flamingo) and 2019 (Julian is a Mermaid; Hurricane Child)
Kevin Kelley (MS/LIS, 2018) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2021 (We Are Little Feminists: Families) and 2020 (When Aiden Became a Brother; The Black Flamingo)
Elizabeth Lippoldt (MS/LIS, 2014) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2021 (We Are Little Feminists: Families) and 2020 (When Aiden Became a Brother; The Black Flamingo)
David Saia (MS/LIS, 1995) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2022 (Too Bright to See; Last Night at the Telegraph Club) and 2019 (Julian is a Mermaid; Hurricane Child)
Roseann Szalkowski (MS/LIS, 2003) – Stonewall Book Award Committee Member 2011 (Almost Perfect)
1 In 2012, the award was renamed the Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award.