Curriculum Vitae

Name: Anne Hiebert Alton

University Address: Department of English Language and Literature Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 (989) 774-3560 or (989) 774-3171 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (English): , 1995  Specialization: Victorian Literature  Dissertation title: “Teaching Women: Teacher and Taught in the Novels of Anne Brontë and Charlotte Brontë”

Master of Arts (English): The University of Calgary, 1987  Specialization: Children's Literature  Thesis Title: “Approaches to Evil in the Adventure Story”

Bachelor of Arts (English): The University of Calgary, 1985  Honors thesis title: “Landscape and Character in George MacDonald's Children's Fiction”

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD  2005-present: Full Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Central Michigan University  2001-2005: Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Central Michigan University – Tenured awarded in August 2002  1997-2001: Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Central Michigan University  1996-1999: Honorary Research Associate, Department of English, Sydney University, Australia (relinquished in 1997 in order to begin tenure-track position at CMU)  1990-1991: Instructor, Department of English, University of Toronto  1989-1990: Instructor, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto  1985-87: Editorial Assistant, Abstracts of English Studies, The University of Calgary

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books  Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works. Ed. Anne Hiebert Alton and William C. Spruiell. North Carolina: McFarland, 2014.

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Books – continued  Peter Pan [by J.M. Barrie]. A scholarly edition. Peterborough, : Broadview Press, 2011.  Arousing Delight: Arthur Rackham, Artist and Illustrator. Mt. Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University, 2006.  Little Women [by Louisa May Alcott]. A scholarly edition. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2001.

Refereed Journal Articles & Book Chapters  “Playing the Genre Game: Generic Fusions of the Harry Potter series.” Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. Ed. Elizabeth E. Heilman. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2008. 199-223.  “Generic Fusion and the Mosaic of Harry Potter.” Harry Potter’s World: Multidisciplinary Critical Perspectives. Ed. Elizabeth Heilman. New York: Routledge, 2003. 141-62.  “The Hockey Sweater: A Canadian Cross-Cultural Icon.” Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature 12:2 (August 2002): 5-13.  “‘Bring the child in you out to play!’: Canadian Children’s Culture and the 1997 Calgary International Children’s Festival.” Canadian Children's Literature 90 (1998): 17-27.  “Changing the World: A Profile of Writer JoAnne James.” Canadian Children's Literature 85 (1997): 31-40.  “Books in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë.” Brontë Society Transactions 21:7 (1996): 265-74.  “Education in Victorian Fact and Fiction: Kay-Shuttleworth and Dickens's Hard Times.” Dickens Quarterly 9:2 (1992): 67-80.

Refereed Review Articles, Dictionary Articles, & Encyclopedia Entries  “Selective Ventures.” Review article of U. C. Knoepflmacher’s Ventures into Childland: Victorians, Fairy Tales, and Femininity. Kritikon Litterarum: International Book Review for American, English, Romance, and Slavic Studies, and for Linguistics 30 (2003): 71-75.  “Monsters in Harry Potter.” An Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Surrey: Ashgate Press, 2013. 310-17.  “Jonathan Swift. Monsters in Gulliver’s Travels.” An Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Surrey: Ashgate Press, 2013. 523-26.  “Jabberwock.” An Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Surrey: Ashgate Press, 2013. 348-49.  “Helen Lyndon Goff (1899-1996) [P. L. Travers].” Dictionary article. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.  “Diane Duane.” Encyclopedia entry. The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 424.  “Scott Corbett.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 1: 347.  “Sheila Greenwald.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 2:174.  “Norma Klein.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 2: 371-72.  “Ron Koertge.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 2: 373-74.

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 “Ruth Nichols.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 3: 153-54.  “Keith Robertson.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 3: 349-50.  “Mary Rodgers.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 3: 358.  “Jay Williams.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 4: 188-89.

Refereed Book Reviews  “George MacDonald’s Phantastes.” Book Review of annotated edition of Phantastes edited by John Pennington and Roderick McGillis. North Wind: A Journal of the George MacDonald Society 36 (2017): 125-27.  “Selina Returns.” Book Review of Barbara Smucker and Janet Wilson’s Selina and the Shoo- Fly Pie. Canadian Children's Literature. 25:4 (1999): 87-88.  “The Letters of Charlotte Brontë, 1832-1847. Volume One.” Book Review of Margaret Smith’s new edition of Brontë’s letters. Victorian Studies Association of Ontario Newsletter 12:3 (1998).  “A Nativity Thief.” Book Review of Donn Kushner’s A Thief Among Statues. Canadian Children's Literature 77 (1995): 66.  “Mere Illustration. A New Rumpelstiltskin.” Book Review of Dorothy Joan Harris and Regolo Ricci’s Rumpelstiltskin. Canadian Children's Literature 65 (1992): 99-100.

Reprints  “Coloring in Octarine: Visual Semiotics and Discworld.” Reprinted in Children’s Literature Review 225 (2018): 58-85.

Presentations & Conference Papers  “Transformation: From Influence to Inspiration.” Keynote address for Phoenix Rising, an academic conference focusing on the Harry Potter books in New Orleans, . May 2007. 90 minutes.  “Desiring Dragons: Fantasy for the 21st Century.” Keynote address for the Michigan Library Association Annual Conference in Lansing, Michigan. September 2006. 60 minutes.  “Awfully Big Adventures: Peter Pan, Hook, and Story.” Presented at the Children’s Literature Association Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in June 2010.  “Mere Entertainment or Art for the Ages?: The Genius of Harry Potter.” Paper for panel entitled The Ethos of Harry Potter: Art, Influence, Delight at the Midwestern Modern Language Association Annual Conference. November 2006.  “Life in London and Other Pastimes: Cultural Representation(s) in 19th Century Table Games.” Invited paper. Presented at the Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London international conference being held at the Tate Britain Gallery, London, England, in June 2004.  “Here’s …. Harry!: The Popular Genres of Harry Potter.” Presented at the Popular Culture Association of America Conference, Toronto, , in March 2002.

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 “The Hockey Sweater: A Canadian Cross-Cultural Icon.” Presented at an International Symposium on Children’s Literature entitled “Reading Pictures: Art, Narrative, and Childhood,” Cambridge University, England in September 2000.  “Finding themselves ‘more truly and more strange’: Unlikely Heroes in the fantasies of Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald, and J.R.R. Tolkien.” Presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual conference (NCTE), Denver, Colorado in November 1999.  “Portrayals of War in Children's Fiction: New Historicist Approaches to L.M. Montgomery’s Rilla of Ingleside and Kate Seredy's The Singing Tree.” Presented at the International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) Biannual Conference, York, England in August 1997.

OTHER SCHOLARSHIP

Academic Advisor (credited in print) for the Children’s Literature Review entry on Terry Pratchett: “Terry Pratchett.” Written by James Overholtzer and Dennis Poupard. Academic advisor: Anne Hiebert Alton. Children’s Literature Review 225 (2018): 1-120.

Academic Advisor for the Children’s Literature Review (CLR) entry on J. K. Rowling (forthcoming 2020)

HONORS  The Chip Off the Old Block award for excellence in teaching, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, Spring 2018  Finalist for CMU’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013 and 2014  Included by invitation in the Who’s Who in Humanities Higher Education published by AcademicKeys, 2005  ‘Chip off the ol’ block’ award for excellence in teaching from Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society, Spring 2002  Finalist for the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Endeavors, 2001-02

SERVICE

Committee Leadership  Faculty Association Grievance Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-present  English Department Children’s Literature Interest Group Coordinator, 1999-2001; 2014-15  CMU Academic Senate Library Committee Chair, 2008-2009  English Dept Children’s Literature Hiring Committee Chair/Personnel Liaison, 2006-2007  English Dept British Literature Hiring Committee Chair/Personnel Liaison, 2005-2006  English Dept English Education Hiring Committee Chair/Personnel Liaison, 2004-2005  CMU Degrees, Awards, Standards, and Honors (DASH) Committee Chair, 2000-2002  English Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Chair, 1999-2001

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University Service  Faculty Association Grievance Committee, 2011-present  Faculty Advisor, WordHammer (CMU’s Poetry Slam Registered Student Organization), 2014- present  Academic Senate Formal Hearing Committee, 2010.  Academic Senate Library Committee, 2007-2010.  Board of Directors for CMU’s “Mischief Managed: A Scholarly and Performative Conference on Harry Potter”, 2007-2008  Reader for CMU Study Abroad Program Student Essays, International Office, CMU, March 2006  Guest curator for Arthur Rackham: Artist and Illustrator exhibition in Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, 2005-06  Academic Senate International Committee, 1999-2002  Degrees, Awards, Standards, and Honors Committee, 1999-2002  Mentor Centre Advisory Council, CMU, 1999-2001  Reader for McNair Program Student Essays, Graduate Studies, CMU, January 2000

College Service  CHSBS Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2008-2010.  CHSBS Team Member, American Association for Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles & Rewards in Phoenix, Arizona. 24-28 January 2002.

Department Service  English Department Personnel Committee, 2004-2010, 2012-2017, 2018-present  English Department Library Committee, 2001-2017  English Department Policy Committee, 2009-2013  British Literature Hiring Committee, 2008-2009  Met with incoming CMU freshmen during Freshmen Orientation on 14 May 2008 to discuss their planned English majors  English Department Ad-Hoc Blue Ribbon Curricular Reform Committee, 2007-08  English Department Policy Committee, 2000-2005  English Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1999-2001  English Department Graduate Committee, 1998-2000  English Department British Literature Interest Group, 1997-present  English Department Children’s Literature Interest Group, 1997-present  Children’s Literature Sub-Committee for Hiring, Department of English, CMU, Sept 1997- April 1998; Sept 1999-April 2000; Sept 2000-April 2001; Sept 2002-April 2003; Sept 2004- April 2005; September 2006-April 2007 (Chair/Personnel Liaison)  English Education Sub-Committee for Hiring, Department of English, CMU, Sept 2000-April 2001; September 2004-April 2005 (Chair/Personnel Liaison)  British Literature Sub-Committee for Hiring, Department of English, CMU, Sept 1999-April 2000; September 2000-April 2001; September 2005-April 2006 (Chair/Personnel Liaison); September 2008-present

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Scholarly Service  Member of Children’s Literature Association International Book Award Committee (2015-2018)  Reviewed a book manuscript entitled Terry Pratchett’s Narrative Worlds for Palgrave MacMillan, one of the leading academic publishing houses in Britain. 2017  Reviewed a journal article manuscript entitled “Boarding School Setting in the Novels of Thomas Hughes and J.K. Rowling” (2010) and “Childhood and Greek Love: Dorian Gray and Peter Pan” for Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, one of the leading academic journals in Children’s Literature, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. 2010.  Reviewed a journal article manuscript entitled “Reminders of Rugby in the Halls of Hogwarts: The Role of the Boarding School Setting in the Novels of Thomas Hughes and J.K. Rowling” for Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, one of the leading academic journals in Children’s Literature, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. 2010.  Reviewed a manuscript entitled “Pandering or Pedagogy: On Teaching Harry Potter” for Pedagogy, an academic journal published by Duke University Press. 2012.  Visual Media and Victorian Poetry for Pedagogy, an academic journal published by Duke University Press. August 2005.  Served as a member of the Phoenix Rising Review Board for vetting papers for the Phoenix Rising conference on Harry Potter. May-December 2006  Reviewed a manuscript on Visual Media and Victorian Poetry for Pedagogy, an academic journal published by Duke University Press. August 2005.  Reviewed and responded to an enquiry regarding a proposed scholarly edition of Charles Dickens’ The Perils of Certain English Prisoners being considered for publication by Broadview Press. August 2004.  Reviewed and wrote an evaluation of an article entitled “Sentimental Histories: The Our Canadian Girl Series and the Re-Visioning of Canadian History” being considered for publication in Canadian Children’s Literature. October 2003.  Reviewed and wrote a formal recommendation regarding a proposed scholarly edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Little Lord Fauntleroy for Broadview Press. October 2001.  Reviewer for Kritikon Litterarum: International Book Review for American, English, Romance, and Slavic Studies, and for Linguistics, 2001-present  Reviewer for Canadian Children’s Literature, 1992-present

External Grant Writing  Michigan Department of Education: April 2006 – collaborative project with CMU’s Pat Benson, entitled “Strategies in Action” ($29,999) – successful  Michigan Department of Education for Strategies in Action Grant: February 2006 – collaborative project with CMU’s Amy Voege (Michigan Schools in the Middle), entitled “Reading Across the Curriculum and Writing to Learn” ($200,000.00) – unsuccessful  Michigan Department of Education: June 2004 – collaborative project with CMU’s Pat Benson, entitled “Reading across the Curriculum and Writing to Learn” ($186,500.00) – successful

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