curriculum vitae
education
Ph.D., Library and Information Science, Cultural Studies certificate
UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004
Dissertation Title: "Everywhere, Or a Reflection? Describing The 'Sweet Valley High' Experience"
M.L.S., Library Science,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1999
B.A., Film Production,
UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 1996
honors
Margaret Ellen Kalp Fellowship for Doctoral Study, 2001-2004
UNC-Chapel Hill Teaching Fellowship, 2002-2004
H. Gilbert Kelley Scholarship, 1998-1999
teaching experience
Sept. 2010--present:
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Courses: Children's Literature and Media Collections, Young Adult Literature, Library Programs and Services for Children, Information Sources for Children, Evaluation of Library and Information Services
Sept. 2004--Sept. 2010:
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Courses: Children's Literature and Media Collections, Young Adult Literature, Library Programs and Services for Children
Sept. 2008--present
Co-coordinator, MA/MS Dual Degree Program in Children's Literature and Library Services to Children, Simmons College, Boston, MA
July, 2001--May, 2004
Teaching Fellow, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Courses: Children's Literature, Young Adult Literature
professional experience
January, 2000--August, 2001
Children's and Young Adult Librarian, Manchester Branch of the Ocean County Public Library, Manchester, NJ
August, 1999--January, 2000
Branch Librarian, Browns Mills Branch of the Burlington County Public Library, Browns Mills, NJ
January, 1998--August, 1999
Librarian-in-training, Main Branch of the Burlington County Public Library, Westampton, NJ
publications
academic monograph:
Pattee, A. S. (2011). Reading the Adolescent Romance: Sweet Valley High and the Popular Young Adult Romance Novel. NY: Routledge.
professional monograph:
Pattee, A. S. Developing Library Collections for Today's Young Adults. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow. [forthcoming, summer, 2013]
academic journal publications:
Moeller, R., Pattee, A., and Leeper, A. (2011). The Young Adult Voice in Research About Young Adults. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 2 (1). Retrieved from: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/category/vol2jrlya/2n1november2011/
Pattee, A. S. (2009). When in Doubt, Choose 'B': Encoding Teenage Girls' Magazine Quizzes. Feminist Media Studies, 9 (2), 193-207.
Pattee, A. S. (2008). What do you Know? Applying the K-W-L Model to the Reference Transaction with Children. Children and Libraries, 6 (1), 30-39.
Pattee, A. S. (2008). Sexual Fantasy: The Queer Utopia of David Levithan's Boy Meets Boy. Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 33 (2), 156-171.
Pattee, A. S. (2008). Considering Popular Fiction and Library Practices of Recommendation: The Literary Status of 'The Clique' and its Historical Progenitors. Library Quarterly, 78 (1), 71-98.
Pattee, A. S. (2006). Commodities in Literature, Literature as Commodity: A Close Look at the 'Gossip Girl' Series. Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 31 (2), 154-175.
Pattee, A. S. (2006). The Secret Source: Sexually Explicit Young Adult Literature as an Information Source. Young Adult Library Services, 4 (2), 30-38.
Pattee, A. S. (2004). Disturbing the Peace: The Function of Young Adult Literature and the Case of Catherine Atkins' When Jeff Comes Home. Children's Literature in Education, 35 (3), 241-255.
Pattee, A. S. (2004). Mass Market Mortification: The Developmental Appropriateness of Teen Magazines and the Embarrassing Story Standard. Library Quarterly 74 (1), 1-20.
Pattee, A. S. (2003). Liberating Literacy: Uncovering the Ideology and Expanding the Practice. LIBRI, 53 (3), 210-220.
With Gary Marchionini and Xiangming Mu:
"The Interactive Shared Educational Environment: User Interface, System Architecture and Field Study" , JCDL'03 conference proceedings
professional publications:
Pattee, A. S. (2009). Expedient, But at What Cost? School Library Journal, 55 (1), 20-21.
Pattee, A. S. (2008). Street Fight: Welcome to the World of Urban Lit. School Library Journal, 54 (7), 26-30.
Pattee, A. S. (2008). Sweet Valley High: A Second Look. Horn Book Magazine, 84 (4), 413-417.
Pattee, A. S. (2007). Rethinking 'Racy Reads.' School Library Journal, 53 (1), 30-31.
professional column:
Pattee, A. (October 2010-May 2011).Young Adult [monthly commentary in blog form]. Kirkus Reviews .Retrieved from: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/young-adult/
book reviews
1999--present
Young adult and professional literature reviewer, Voice of Youth Advocates
2005--present
Young adult and professional literature reviewer, School Library Journal
Pattee, A. (2007). [single title review] Youth Information Seeking Behavior II: Contexts, Theories, Models and Issues, edited by Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. Library and Information Science Research, 29 (4), 581-583.
-----(2007). [bibliographic essay] Viewing Girlhood in Media's Mirror. Feminist Collections, 28 (3), 11-15.
-----(2007). [single title review] Studying Children's Questions: Imposed and Self-Generated Information Seeking at School, by Melissa Gross. Library and Information Science Research, 29 (1), 149-152.
-----(2006). [single title review] Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism, 2 nd. Ed., by Robert A. Harris. Library and Information Science Research, 28(2), 344-346.
contributions
Pattee, A. (2007). "Judy Blume," "Forever . . .," "Are You there, God? It's Me, Margaret," and "Trixie Belden" (encyclopedia entries), Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia (C. Mitchell and J. Reid-Walsh, Eds.). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press.
-----(2007). "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "King Dork," and "Tangerine," (book reviews). The Ultimate Teen Book Guide (D. Hahn and L. Flynn, Eds.). NY: Walker.
professional column
Pattee, A. (2010 -- 2011). Young adult [monthly commentary in blog form]. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved from: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/young-adult
presentations
academic presentations:
November, 2011
"Faculty Research Symposium"--Panel presentation of faculty research sponsored by the Simmons College Faculty Senate and the Center for Applied and Community Research, Boson, MA.
June 2011
"Tempering Rebellion: The Development of Urban Fiction for Young People"--panel paper presented at the Children's Literature Association 2011 Annual Conference
October, 2010
"Out of the Rubble: 'Sweet Valley High's Teasing Relationship with Multiculturalism"--research presented at "Reimagining Girlhood: Communities, Identities, Self-Portrayals" 2010 Conference
January, 2010
"Inclusive Voices: Embracing Diversity in Youth Services"--research showcase presentation given at the Association for Library and Information Science Education 2010 Annual Conference
June, 2009
"Academic vs Practitioner: Interrogating our Investment in Positionality"--panel paper presented with Cathie Mercier at the Children's Literature Association 2009 Annual Conference
October, 2008
"A, B, or C: Teenage Girls' Magazine Quizzes"--presentation given at the Southern Connecticut State University Women's Studies Conference
January, 2008
"Children's Librarians as (Domestic) Artists: The Legacy of the Profession"--poster presentation given at the Association for Library and Information Science Education's 2008 Annual Conference
April, 2006
"Selling Series: From Nancy Drew to Gossip Girl"--presentation given at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2006 Annual Conference
November, 2004
"Young Adult Literature Goes Multimedia, with a Less Than Altruistic Motive: The Case of 'Gossip Girl' And Commerce"--presentation given at Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Research Colloquium
April, 2004
"Does Multi-cultural Mean Hetero-cultural? Examining Homosexuality in Picture Books for Children"--presentation given at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2004 Annual Conference
November, 2003
"Against the Grain: Jack Gantos and the Children's Author 'Function'"--presentation given at South Central Regional MLA conference
June, 2003
"Examining Young Adult Literature Through a Cultural Studies Lens"--presentation given at ALA's LRRT (American Library Association’s Library Research Round Table) New Research by New Researchers Panel
January, 2003
"Using the Interactive Shared Educational Environment in a Distance Learning Scenario: A User Study" (with Xiangming Mu), ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) poster session
April, 2002
"Liberating Literacy"--presentation given at UNC's SILS doctoral student symposium
December, 2001
"Mass Market Mortification: The Developmental Appropriateness of Teen Magazines and the Embarrassing Story Standard"--presentation given at UNC's SILS doctoral student symposium
October, 2001
"Pushing Popular Literature in the Classroom"--presentation given to the Ocean County ( New Jersey) Reading Council
professional presentations:
October, 2012
"YA Fiction: Overcoming Adversity," Panel moderator, Boston Book Festival.
September, 2012
"Look Out!," Professional workshop presented at "The Horn Book at Simmons: A One-day Colloquium," Boston, MA.
October, 2011
"YA Fiction on the Edge," Panel moderator, Boston Book Festival.
October, 2011
"Heroes and Villains: When Good Characters do Bad Things," Professional workshop presented at "The Horn Book at Simmons: A One-day Colloquium," Boston, MA.
July, 2011
"The Female Body and Other Fantasies," "Professional Connections" workshop presented at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature Summer Institute, Boston, MA.
May, 2011
"Young Adult Literature: The Popular and the Literary," brown-bag workshop presented at the request of Brookline High School Library, Brookline, MA.
April, 2011
"Speed Dating with the Specialists," panel presentation at the Massachusetts Library Association's 2011 Annual Conference.
October, 2010
"The Popular and the Literary: What's New in YA Fiction"--Professional workshop presented at the Massachusetts School Library Association's Annual Conference
October, 2010
"Reaching, Dreaming, and Conspiring: Reading, Recommending and Talking About the BGHB Fiction Winners"--Professional workshop presented at "The Horn Book at Simmons: A One-Day Colloquium," Boston, MA.
July, 2010
"PHAT Fiction: Engaging Hip-Hop Literature in the Public Library," panel presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
July, 2009
"The Case of the Adult Author: When Adult Mystery Writers Pen Youth Novels, How Different Are the Results?"--Professional Connections workshop presented at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature Summer Institute, Boston, MA.
April, 2009
"Introducing Young Adult Literature"--workshop presented to the staff of the Danvers Public Library, Danvers, MA.
April, 2009
"Hannah Montana in the Library: Popular Cultural Materials and Library Collections"--workshop presented at the Reading Roundup of Children’s and YA Literature (statewide annual conference sponsored by the Maine Regional Library System and the Maine Library Association's Youth Services Section), Augusta, ME.
March, 2009
"Risque YA: Controversial Content in Young Adult Literature"--participant in panel discussion at The King's Rose (YA novel by Alisa Libby) book launch, Boston, MA.
November, 2008
"Young Adult Literature"--workshop presented at the Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster, MA.
October, 2008
"Hot Teen Titles: Sexuality and Teen Fiction"--professional presentation and discussion of young adult literature at the New England Roundtable of Teen and Children's Librarian sponsored presentation at the New England Library Association's annual conference
April, 2008
"Reading Wildly with Teens: Expect the Unexpected: New Young Adult Books"--continuing education workshop given at the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
January, 2007
"Let's Talk About Books! What's New in YA and Children's Lit"--continuing education workshop given at the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
October, 2006
"Booktalking!" and "New Young Adult Books"--presentations given at the Massachusetts School Library Association's 2006 Annual Conference
October, 2006
"NSEE's Next Top Model: The Use of the Logic Model in Successful Program Planning and Assessment," with Ellie Esmond, presentation given at the National Society for Experiential Education Annual Conference.
August, 2005
"A Secret Weapon in the Librarian's Arsenal: Booktalks!" presentation with Maggie Bush, Boston Public Schools Continuing education course, "It's All About Reading: Literature in the School Library"
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