Thomas Crisp, Ph.D.

Queer Theory, Gender Theory, childrens literature, adolescent literature, queer pedagogy, children's media and culture, representations of diversity in children's and adolescent literature, pedophilia and child-loving in media and culture, masculinities, masculinities, child loving, pedophilia, diversity, children culture, children media, queer pedagogy, young adult literature, adolescent literature, gender theory, queer theory, literary theory, textual analysis, children literature, education, content analysis, cultural diversity, masculinity, text analysis, gender studies

Assistant Professor
College of Education
Phone: 941-359-4531
Fax: 941-359-4778
Office: USFSM B322

Thomas Crisp is an Assistant Professor of Reading in the Department of Childhood Education and Literacy Studies at the University of South Florida -- Sarasota/Manatee. In 2008, he received his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy from the College of Education at Michigan State University where he worked in children's and adolescent literature and literacy instruction.
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Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University
B.S.    Western Michigan University

Research Interests

Dr. Crisp's research is primarily focused on children's and adolescent literature, reading, and literacy instruction and centers on the intersection between theory and practice. His scholarship reflects a transdisciplinary approach to the study of reading: including balanced approaches to comprehensive literacy instruction, literary analysis, critical examination of texts, pedagogical and curricular uses of books, and the cultural construction of literature, childhood, and child culture across time.
 

Selected Publications and Research

Crisp, T. (2010). Interview. Setting the record "straight": An interview with Jane Severance. Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 35 (1), 87-96.

 

Crisp, T., & Knezek, S. (2010). "I just don’t see myself here": Challenging conversations about LGBTQ adolescent literature. English Journal, 99 (3), 76-79.

 

Crisp, T. (2009). From romance to magical realism: Limits and possibilities in gay adolescent fiction. Children's Literature in Education, 40 (4), 333-348.

 

Crisp, T. (2008). The trouble with Rainbow boys. Children's Literature in Education, 39(4), 237-261.

 

Teaching

Dr. Crisp teaches courses in children's and adolescent literature, media, and culture; literacy studies; and literary theory at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level.

 

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