Debbie Reese
Dr. Debbie Reese is known for her studies of depictions of Native content in children's and young adult texts. Dr. Reese is tribally enrolled at Nambé Owingeh, a sovereign Native Nation in the southwest. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She is a former school teacher and assistant professor. Her work is used in Education, Library Science, and English courses in the U.S. and Canada. In 2018, Debbie delivered the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture for the American Library Association. In 2019, Dr. Reese co-authored An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People with Jean Mendoza. The book was named a 2019 Best Young Adult Nonfiction book by Kirkus Reviews, a 2019 Best Nonfiction book by School Library Journal, and was named a 2020 American Library Association American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book. In 2006 she launched the organization American Indians in Children's Literature to provide open access to her research.
You can find Dr. Reese online at http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net and on Twitter @debreese.
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2022, Mar 1). A conversation with Debbie Reese. (Season 2, No. 21) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/0E66-3213-A208-25CC-D257-K