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Angela Leeper

Teaching Faculty of Education
Education Studio Director
  • Profile
    Angela Leeper is the Education Studio Director in the Department of Education. In addition to curating the Education Studio's collection of children's, young adult, and pedagogical resources, she lectures on children's and young adult literature, reviews children's and young adult literature for national publications, and teaches in the First-Year Seminar program. Leeper has served on numerous state and national award committees for children's and young adult literature, including the Caldecott, Printz, and Odyssey awards.
  • Selected Publications
    Books

    Poetry in Literature for Youth, Scarecrow (2006)

    Journal Articles

    North Carolina Literary Review:

    “Getting Dirty and Working Hard to Find the Story: An Interview with Kerry Madden” (2008)

    “Spreading out All the Rocks and Treasure and Creepy Crawlies: An Interview with Frances O’Roark Dowell” (2006)

    Additional Publications

    Encyclopedia Articles

    Encyclopedia articles on Virginia children's authors:

    Encyclopedia Virginia (2009)

    Reviews

    Regular reviewer and contributor on children's and young adult literature:

    Booklist (2010-present)

    Kirkus Reviews (2000-present)

    BookLinks (2007-2023)

    BookPage (2005-2019)