My research considers the intersection between children's literature and journalism. I'm a published journalist and academic with an forthcoming article in Children's Literature Association Quarterly, and I've has articles in Children's Literature and Bookbird. I currently teach media and literature at Fort Lewis College and advise the student publication. Before coming to Fort Lewis, I taught literature and writing at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
What's behind America's insistence on instilling grit in kids?
Sep 26, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Life
In the same way that actual grit accumulates in the cracks and crevices of the landscape, our cultural insistence on possessing grit has gradually come to the forefront of child-rearing and education reform. In 2012,...
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