Literacy Symposium 2011

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

8 A.M. - 3 P.M.

MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Professor of Literacy Education, Kent State University

TIMOTHY RASINSKI

The keynote address will be presented by Dr. Timothy Rasinski, professor of literacy education at Kent State University. Dr. Rasinski is a former elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher. He also taught literacy education at the University of Georgia prior to his tenure at Kent State.

Dr. Rasinski recently served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association, and from 1992 to 1999 he was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. He was elected to the International Reading Hall of Fame in 2010. Dr. Rasinski has written more than 200 articles and has authored, co-authored, or edited more than 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. Dr. Rasinski is the author of the best-selling books on reading fluency, The Fluent Readerand The Fluent Reader in Action, published by Scholastic, now in its second edition.

FEATURED AUTHOR

Josephine Nobisso

Kill Off the Old Girl: An Illustrated Book Talk

JOSEPHINE NOBISSO

Josephine Nobisso is a native of New York and received her teaching certification from SUNY New Paltz, then completed her studies of languages at the Universita’ di Urbino in Italy. In her lively PowerPoint presentation, Kill Off the Old Girl, Ms. Nobisso, an award-winning author who has written more than 50 books, takes her audience behind the scenes to demonstrate the unlikely and unexpected evolutions some books take to publication.

Using humor and inspirational anecdotes, Miss Nobisso draws from two of her own titles, Grandpa Lovedand Grandma’s Scrapbook—picture books that have been in continuous print for more than 20 years. She not only illuminates the little-known detours that these two beloved modern classics took on their way to publication, but also references a career of 40 years in the writing life, explains influences that have shaped her work from the time she was a child, and shares glimpses into her professional and home lives. All in all, an engrossing and heart-warming presentation.