Sheila Cordner is a literature scholar and writer. Her publications include a scholarly book exploring nineteenth-century authors\u2019 innovative ideas about education, a children\u2019s book introducing young readers to a diverse range of classic authors, and many academic essays. She has been invited to share her research with local audiences\u2014including Boston\u2019s Huntington Theatre, the Massachusetts chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America, and the Victorian Literature and Culture seminar at Harvard\u2014as well as presenting at international conferences in Italy, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. In the classroom, her students have collaborated with numerous organizations through community-engaged learning projects, most recently with We Need Diverse Books, Hale House, and WBUR\u2019s children\u2019s podcast festival.<\/p>\n
Community-Engaged Learning; Children\u2019s Literature; Writing; Theater; Victorian Literature; Modern British and Irish Literature; Film<\/p>\n
Victorian Literature; History of Education; Children\u2019s Literature; Modern British and Irish Literature; Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/p>\n
Website:\u00a0<\/strong>www.sheilacordner.com<\/a><\/p>\n Read <\/strong>her letter in The New York Times<\/em><\/a> about the long tradition of self-taught writers.<\/p>\n Read<\/strong> BU Today\u2019s<\/em> profile on her children\u2019s book<\/a> and her point of view on children\u2019s book authors Roald Dahl<\/a> and Dr. Seuss<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more<\/strong>\u00a0on Sheila Cordner\u2019s teaching:\u00a0\u201cDeepening Students\u2019 Connection to the Humanities through Service Learning<\/a>\u201d and \u201cGreat Books, Good Works\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Books<\/strong><\/p>\n Education in Nineteenth-Century British Literature: Exclusion as Innovation<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>(Routledge, 2016).<\/p>\n Who\u2019s Hiding in This Book? Meet Ten Famous Authors<\/em>. (Pierce Press, 2019).<\/p>\n Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n Women\u2019s Education. <\/em>In Oxford Bibliographies in Victorian Literature. Edited by Lisa Rodensky. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cPOV: Revising Roald Dahl\u2019s Classic Children\u2019s Books is a \u2018Dangerous Portent of Future Censorship,\u201d BU Today <\/em>(March 2022).<\/p>\n \u201cPOV: Why Halting Publication of Six Dr. Seuss Books is the Right Call,\u201d BU Today <\/em>(March 2021).<\/p>\n \u201cLike Little Women<\/em>, Books by Zitka\u0301la-S\u030ca\u0301 and Taha Hussein Are Classics,\u201d The Conversation <\/em>(December 2019).<\/p>\n Guest Editor, Special Issue of Impact <\/em>on Community-Engaged Learning (July 2019).<\/p>\n \u201cLearning the Liberal Arts Through Service,\u201d Impact <\/em>(July 2019).<\/p>\nSelected Publications<\/h3>\n