Teaching & Service
Academic Positions / Courses Taught
Capilano University
Sessional Instructor (Summer 2022): ENGL 109 – Literature and Contemporary Culture
Simon Fraser University
Sessional Instructor (Spring 2021): GSWS 318 – Young Adult Cultures
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Sessional Instructor (Winter Term 2: 2020): LIBR 539M – LGBTQ Materials for Children and Teens
Sessional Instructor (Winter Term 2: 2019): LIBR 526 – Literature and Other Materials for Young Adults
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Sessional Instructor (Winter Term 2: 2018): GWST 110 – Gender, Race, Sexuality and Power II: Everyday Life
Sessional Instructor (Winter Term 2: 2018): GWST 215 – Women in Popular Culture
Okanagan College
College Professor, Limited Term (Spring 2018): GSWS 100 – Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
College Professor, Limited Term (Fall 2017): GSWS 215 – Women in Popular Culture
Simon Fraser University
Course Supervisor (Summer 2016, Spring 2017): GSWS 101 – Introduction to Gender Studies (Online)
Course Supervisor (Fall 2016): GSWS 312 – Immigrants, Women and Transnational Migration
Course Supervisor (Fall 2016): GSWS 102 – Feminist Action (Online)
Tutor Marker (Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017): EDUC 465 – Introduction to Children’s Literature (Online)
Sessional Instructor (Fall 2015): GSWS 100 – Introduction to Sexuality Studies
Teaching Assistant (Fall 2012, Fall 2014): GSWS 100 – Introduction to Sexuality Studies
Tutor Marker (Summer 2015): GSWS 398W – Feminist Currents (Online)
Sessional Instructor (Summer 2014): EDUC 465 – Introduction to Children’s Literature
Book Award / List Juries
American Library Association (GLBT Roundtable)
Rainbow Book List (2018)
Stonewall Book Awards (2012 – 2013)
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (2018, 2019, 2020)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Michael L. Printz Award (2016)
Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC)
TD Canadian Children’s Literature Prize (2014 – 2015, 2022 – 2023)
Association for Library Services to Children (ALSA)
John Newbery Medal (2014)
Children's Literature Legacy Award (2020)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, chair (2023)
BC Book Prizes
Sheila Egoff Children’s Literature Prize (2012)
Research Assistantships
Simon Fraser University
Transpacific Cultural Research Workshop (2016 – 2017) with Dr. Helen Leung
Simon Fraser University
Early Canadian Women Writers (2013 – 2014) with Dr. Carole Gerson
Simon Fraser University
Feminist Urban Studies (2013) with Dr. Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
University of British Columbia
Sustainability and Children’s Virtual Worlds (2011) with Dr. Eric Meyers
Other Voluntary Service
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (ALAN)
Board of Directors, Director-at-Large (2022 – 2023)
Consultant for ALAN Workshop (2018, 2020 – 2023)
Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC)
Incoming VP/President-Elect (2023 – 2026)
Nominations and Leadership Development Committee (2019 – 2021)
Grants Administration Committee (2015 – 2017)
Valuation and Advocacy Research Task Force, Co-Chair (2015 – 2017)
BC and Yukon Book Prizes
Board of Directors, President (2019 – 2023)
British Columbia Library Association
Young Adult and Children’s Services (YAACS) Award Committee (2017)
Encompass Support Services Society
Board of Directors, Vice President (2019 – Present)
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN/NCTE)
Bill Konigsberg Award Committee (2020)
ALAN Award Committee (2022, 2023)
Simon Fraser University
GSWS Doctoral Representative – Graduate Student Society (2013 – 2016)
Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable
Steering Committee (2011 – 2019)
Serendipity Literature Conference, Planning Chair (2015, 2017)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Selection and Awards Oversight Committee, Chair (2018 – 2022)
Selection and Award Oversight Committee, Member (2017 – 2018, 2020 – 2022)
Frances Henne / VOYA Research Grant Jury, Member (2013 – 2014, 2016 – 2017)
Mentorship Task Force, Member (2011)
Student Interest Research Group, Chair (2010 – 2011)