IRA Convention, 2012:
Special Interest Group Presenters
Chicago, Illinois
Bibliotherapy and Reading-Text-to-World Connections: Focusing on Literature to Help Children and Youth Understand Their World and Others
​7 May 2012
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I want to thank everyone who took part in our 2012 academic session. I am confident that our session was one of the best offered at the 2012 IRA Convention. I would especially like to acknowledge the outstanding presentations made by doctoral and graduate students from Georgia State University, The George Washington University, and George Mason University. Members of The Bibliotheraphy and Reading Special Interest Group board of directors are so proud that our efforts to showcase work by up and coming scholars is the cornerstone for our academic session.
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Also, I want to take this opportunity to remind you about an important deadline for the 2013 conference and SIG publications. May 31st-deadline for submitting an abstract for review for the 2013
IRA conference in San Antonio (submit to rgrant4@gmu.edu or rag022@aol.com ) August 1st deadline for the Fall 2012 Newsletter- articles of 500-800 words are welcomed for review by the editors (submit to rgrant4@gmu.edu or rag022@aol.com )
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Again, thank you and I look forward to seeing everyone in San Antonio next year.
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Rachel Grant,
Chair Bibliotheraphy and Reading
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​Presenters:
Emily Platz, Program Co Chair, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
ecplatz@gmail.com
Title: Bibliotherapy as Reader's Advisory
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Sandra Vanderbilt, Program Co Chair, Washington D.C.
sandra.vanderbilt@gmail.com
Title: Comprehending through Visualization: Learning to Examine the World of Text around Us
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Heather Harder, Concordia University, Chicago, Illinois
Heather.Harder@cuchicago.edu
Title: Using Bibliotherapy to Teach emotional resilience
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Dwight Davis
dwightmd@gmail.com
Title: My Life: Visions of the World Through a 5th Grade Prism.
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Incho Lee, University of Wisconsin-Eau Clare, Wisconsin
Title: Critical examination of race and language: Understanding oral literacy
tradition of Hmong Americans in the US.
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​Hanna Juma, Loudon County Schools, Loudon, VA.
Title: Nurturing a culture of peace for those who have been abandoned by safety
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Co-Presenters
Amanda Duffy, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
amanda.duffy79@gmail.com
Title: "Helping your students to help themselves: Bibliotherapy and critical reading groups for ELLs"
Stephanie Edwards, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
edwardss@gwmail.gwu.edu
Title: "Helping your students to help themselves: Bibliotherapy and critical reading groups for ELLs"
Co-Presenters
Rachel A. Grant, George Mason University,Fairfax, Virginia
rgrant4@gmu.edu
Title: Refugee students’ psychological wellbeing and teachers’ understanding of students’ culture,
history, and language
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Incho Lee, University of Wisconsin- Eau Clare, Wisonsin
Leei@uwec.edu
Title: Refugee students’ psychological wellbeing and teachers’ understanding of students’ culture,
history, and language
Co-Presenters
Gertrude Tinker Sacks, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
gtinkersachs@gsu.edu
Title: Developing Culturally Appropriate Literature for Bahamian
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Annmarie Jackson, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
Title: Developing Culturally Appropriate Literature for Bahamian
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Tarika Sullivan-White, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
Title: Developing Culturally Appropriate Literature for Bahamian
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Kamnia Wynter-Hoyt, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
Title: Developing Culturally Appropriate Literature for Bahamian

Jacqueline C. Comas, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
jcomas@gwu.edu
Title: Text-to-World: A Question of Identity for Adolescent Readers
