Columns are editor-reviewed, rather than peer-reviewed. This means that the Column Editor will review your submission, offer feedback, and determine if it will be published.

Kansas English Columns

Diverse Children’s Book/Media Reviews

Column Editor: Dr. Sun Young Lee

Kansas English seeks children’s book/media reviews to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in elementary education through the use of children’s literature and mass media. We define diversity in the broadest range of human differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs. Given the changing nature of literacy in the digital world, we are looking for reviews about both children’s books and mass media (ex. documentaries, films, etc.). Each review should feature book(s) or media addressing the broadly defined diversity, equity, and inclusion and be 300-500 words in length. Review detailed submission requirements HERE.

Teaching Tips

Column Editor: Dr. Beth Gulley

Kansas English is looking for classroom-tested teaching tips, lessons, or activities to include in this column. We are open to ideas from all levels of language and literacy education from kindergarten to college. If you have tried something new, and it worked, then write about it and submit it. Or maybe you have a lesson or instructional strategy you use all the time, and other people ask you to share it with them. Now is a chance to share it with a wider audience. If you have always wanted to write for Kansas English, but you haven’t had the time to write a full-length article, then this column is for you. Compose a 250-500-word description of a teaching activity that you have tried, and submit it for publication. Review detailed submission requirements HERE.  

Young Adult (YA) Book Reviews

Column Editor: Dr. Kevin Kienholz

Kansas English seeks 300 to 500-word reviews of young adult (YA) books published within the past five years. As you read recently published YA books (fiction or nonfiction) alongside your students, consider writing a review to introduce the text to readers of Kansas English. Visit THIS LINK to view a list of YA books that have been reviewed in previous issues of Kansas English. Review detailed submission requirements HERE.