Meet Our Staff
The National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature (NCSCL) emerged from one of the oldest and largest children’s literature programs in North America.
Lashon Daley
Director, National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature
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Since 2022, Lashon Daley has served as director of the National Center for the Study of Children's Literature (NCSCL) at San Diego State University. Under her leadership, the center has expanded its scholarly and community programming, launched a graduate fellowship, and developed Critical Conversations in Children's Literature, a web series bringing together authors and scholars to discuss critical issues in the field. Daley is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature whose research focuses on Black girlhood and children's literature.
Meet Our Affiliate Faculty
Authors of a number of books, countless essays, and creative works, our affiliate faculty members have national and international reputations in their corresponding fields.
Tishna Asim
Lecturer, English and Comparative Literature
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Areas: Crime & Detective fiction, Victorian England, Children's Literature, Gothic
& Horror
Dani Bedau
Associate Professor, School of Theatre, Television, and Film
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Areas: Shakespeare, classroom theatre pedagogy, playwriting, novel to film adaptation
Lashon Daley
Director, National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature
Assistant Professor
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Areas: Black Girlhood Studies, Children's and Adolescent Literature, Performance and
New Media, Folklore
Pamella Lach
Digital Humanities Librarian and DH Center Director
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Areas: Data visualization, folksonomy, user experience design, project management,
digital pedagogy, surveillance, critical librarianship, anti-racist digital humanities
Virginia Loh-Hagan
Director, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Resource Center
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Areas: cultural authenticity of Asian American children's literature, elementary education,
literacy, APIDA inclusion, multicultural children and young adult literature
Linda Salem
Librarian, Love Library
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Areas: Children's literature illustration; Rare books and special collections; Comparative
Literature/children's literature; Edward Gorey Personal Library; Equity, diversity,
and inclusion in children's and young adult book collections; World children's literature
Phillip Serrato
Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature
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Areas: Gothic and Horror Studies, Chicanx Literature, Film, and Performance, Children's
and Young Adult Literature
Sequoia Serrato
Lecturer, English and Comparative Literature
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Areas: Children’s & Young Adult Literature, Queer Studies, Dystopian Literature &
Media, Fantasy, Fan Studies
Joseph T. Thomas, Jr.
Professor, English and Comparative Literature
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Areas: American Poetry, Children’s Literature