Current Conversations About Young Adult Literature in the Classroom: ALAN Sponsored Roundtable Session
2026 NCTE Annual Convention · 20 November 2026 · 12:30–13:45 · 126-A (100 Level)
Current Conversations About Young Adult Literature in the Classroom: ALAN Sponsored Roundtable Session was a session at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 20 November 2026 in Philadelphia, with 42 speakers on record.
Speakers
- Michael J. Young — Speaker Illinois State University
- Andrea Glaws — Chair Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Literacy and Curricular Pathways, Colorado State University
- Alexandria Smith — Speaker University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Zander Nowell — Speaker Graduate Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado Boulder
- Génesis Aguilar Chávez — Speaker Graduate Teaching Assistant | Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Kansas State University
- Leilya Pitre — Speaker Associate Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University
- Allyssa Graham — Speaker Newfield Sr. High School
- Lee Ann Spillane — Speaker Cypress Creek High School
- Paige Watts — Speaker Louisiana State University
- Mercedes Allen — Speaker Brigham Young University
- Michele McConnell — Speaker Fresno State
- Abby Kindelsperger — Speaker University of Illinois Chicago
- Coley Lehman — Speaker Western Oregon University
- Sybil Durand — Chair University of Arizona
- Mandy Luszeck — Speaker Utah Valley University
- Amy Garrett Dikkers — Speaker University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Tracy Daughtry — Speaker Heroes Elementary School
- Jennifer Woods — Speaker Appalachian State University
- Ashley Cartun — Speaker University of Colorado, Boulder
- Rene M. Rodriguez-Astacio — Speaker California State University Fresno
- Michelle Glerum — Speaker Chandler Gilbert Community College
- Ruth Caillouet — Speaker Louisiana Educator
- Stephanie Branson — Speaker Lewisville Independent School District/Lewisville High School
- Amanda Rigell — Speaker The University of Tennessee Knoxville
- Sidra Zaheer — Chair Oklahoma State University
- Renee Stites Kruep — Speaker McKendree University
- Kaylee Smedley — Speaker University of Arkansas
- Erika Bass — Speaker University of Northern Iowa (Student Affiliate)
- Margaret Frey — Chair
- Sandra Saco — Speaker Colorado State University
- Rachael Cox — Speaker
- Kevin Cordi — Speaker Ohio University Lancaster
- Liz Thackeray Nelson — Speaker Utah Valley University
- Maggie Bryant — Speaker University at Albany (SUNY)
- David E. Low — Speaker California State University, Fresno
- Leah Day — Speaker University of Utah
- Gretchen Schroeder — Speaker Millersport High School/The Ohio State University
- Arianna Banack — Speaker University of South Florida
- Cheryl Cooper — Speaker Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools
- Mark Letcher — Chair Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN)
- Richetta Coelho-Tooley — Speaker Prince George's County Public School ISSC
- Jewel Davis — Speaker Appalachian State University