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Cathryn Mercier. Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature. As an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke College (BA '81) Cathie Mercier was drawn to the scientific emphasis and empiricism of experimental psychology. A psychology major, she did not take her first course in children's literature until her senior year.
The Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature is an academic program at Simmons College specializing in the critical study of children's literature. The program was founded in 1977, and was the first program in the United States to offer a master's degree in the field. The program is currently directed by Cathryn Mercier, a reviewer for the Horn Book Magazine and co-author ...
Cathie Mercier has been at Simmons College since 1985, when she began teaching at the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature; she is currently Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In her work as associate director and then as director of the Children’s Literature program, Cathie oversaw development of the MFA in ...
Gregory Maguire returns to Simmons to discuss Cress Watercress (2022), a middle grade animal adventure. Enhanced by David Litchfield’s plentiful and luminous illustrations, Maguire takes readers on a journey – perilous and delightful – where playful literary allusions peek through as unexpected friendships flourish.
5 de mar. de 2022 · The Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature is an academic program at Simmons College specializing in the critical study of children's literature. The program was founded in 1977, and was the first program in the United States to offer a master's degree in the field. Currently, the program offers an MA and an MFA.
13 de mar. de 2024 · Former Horn Book Editors Paul Heins and Ethel Heins (who each received Honorary Doctor of Children's Literature from Simmons in 1985) were instrumental in the founding of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons and taught in the Master’s program for its first decade.
Description. The Master of Arts (MA) degree in Children’s literature offers specialized study of literature for children and young adults to students who are, or who intend to be, involved in teaching, library work, editing, publishing, writing, affiliated professions, and/or further research and scholarship in the field.
