Kansas State University

Contact Info
Philip Nel – Program Director

(785) 532-2165

philnel@ksu.edu

Director of Graduate Studies Department of English 108 E/CS Bldg. Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-6501

TEL: (785) 532-6716

FAX: (785) 532-2192

Email: gradeng@ksu.edu

Website

Program Info
Offers MA in Children's Literature

Regular Faculty
Greg Eiselein - eiselei@ksu.edu

Carol Franko - franko@ksu.edu

Anuja Madan - amadan@ksu.edu

Philip Nel - philnel@ksu.edu

Anne Phillips - annek@ksu.edu

Joe Sutliff Sanders - joess@ksu.edu

Karin Westman - westmank@ksu.edu

Naomi Wood - njwood@ksu.edu

Course Info
A selection of courses available on the department website includes the following:
 * ENGL 670. Harry Potter in Context (Karin Westman, Fall 2014)
 * ENGL 680. Radical Children's Literature (Philip Nel, Fall 2008)
 * ENGL 690.  Topics: Classics in Children's Literature (Naomi Wood, Spring 2010)
 * ENGL 690.  Topics: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mildred Taylor, and the Shaping of American History (Anne Phillips, Spring 2006)
 * ENGL 695.  Topics: Children's Nonfiction (Joe Sutliff Sanders, Fall 2014)
 * ENGL 695. Illustration in Children's Literature (Anne Phillips, Fall 2009)
 * ENGL 703. Critical Approaches to Children's Literature (various instructors, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015)
 * ENGL 710. Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy (Carol Franko, Summer 2009)
 * ENGL 710. The Golden Age of Children's Literature (Naomi Wood, Fall 2006)
 * ENGL 710. Topics: International Children's Literature (Naomi Wood, Spring 2011)
 * ENGL 710. Shakespeare & Children's Literature (Erica Hateley, Spring 2009)
 * ENGL 720.  Studies in a Major Author: Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain (Greg Eiselein, Spring 2005)
 * ENGL 725. African American Children's Literature (Philip Nel, Spring 2014)
 * ENGL 825. Seminar: Alcott and Twain (Greg Eiselein, Spring 2010)
 * ENGL 830.  Seminar: Golden Age of Children's Literature (Naomi Wood, Spring 2015)
 * ENGL 825. Seminar: Film Adaptations of Children's Classics (Anne Phillips, Fall 2007, Spring 2013)
 * ENGL 830.  Seminar: Comics and Graphic Novels (Philip Nel, Fall 2009)
 * ENGL 830.  Seminar: Image, Text, Ideology: Picturebooks and Illustrated Works (Philip Nel, Fall 2003)
 * ENGL 830.  Seminar: The Invention of Childhood (Naomi Wood, Fall 2008)