Faculty Credentials

Jana Wright Bethel (P) - Vita

Rosemarie M Brock (F) - Vita

Elizabeth A Gross (F) - Vita

• Three years' experience in teaching the theory of learning design and technology.
• State of Michigan Professional Teaching certification
• Thirteen years' experience as a school librarian kindergarten through grade 12.

Kimberly Campbell Kinnaird (P) - Vita

• Service and membership in American Library Association, American Association of School Librarians, Texas Library Association, Texas Association of School Librarians, and Young Adult Round Table
• Texas certified Self-Contained Classroom Teacher (1-8) Social Studies (1-8) Reading (1-6) Mathematics (1-6) Learning Resources Endorsement (PK-12) ESL (1-8)
• School librarian (7 years) Classroom teacher (6 years) GTA for undergraduate children's literature course (2 years)

Teresa Stewart Lesesne (F) - Vita

• I taught middle school English Language Arts and Reading for 13 years. I taught YA literature at the University of Houston Clear Lake as an adjunct before coming to SHSU.I have been elected chair of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English and am the 2007 recipient of the ALAN Award for distinguished contribution to the field of YA literature.I have been elected to and served as a member of the Margaret Edwards Committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association. I am also serving on the Odyssey Committee for 2008, a joint appointment from YALSA and the Association for Library Services to Children of ALA.I have been elcted to and served as chair of the Special Interest Group Network on Adolescent Literature of the International Reading Association.I have coordinated the Children's Choices and Teachers' Choices programs for the International Reading Association.
• I have published two books in the field of literature for children and young adults. These books are being used as textbooks for courses in literature for children and young adults at many universities. I wrote the Books for Adolescent column for THE JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT AND ADULT LTIERACY for 5 years. I wrote the Book Review column for VOICES FROM THE MIDDLE for 7 years. I write the Portrait column (interviews with authors for children and young adults) for TEACHER LIBRARIAN for 10 years. I am the current AudioTalk columnist for VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, specializing in audio for YA readers. I have presented at the following conferences: American Library Association, International Association of Scholl Librarians, National Council of Teachers of English, International Reading Assoication, and their state and local counterparts.

Robin Lynn Moore (F) - Vita

• Texas School Counseling Certification -all level Learning Resources Endorsement -all level Secondary Health Education -grades 8-12 Elementary Education -grades 1-8

Karin Marie Perry (F) - Vita

• National Board Certification - Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood

Janie Alice Pickett (P) - Vita

• Texas Library Association (TLA) Tall Texans (2011) TLA District 10 Chair (2011-2012) ALA, AASL member, Committees participation Missouri Association of School Librarians
• Missouri certified English, Spanish, school library
• K-12 School Administration (5 yr)
• K-12 School Libraries (11 yr)
• K-12 Classroom teacher (24 yr)
• Texas certified bilingual teacher
• University professor English, Spanish, Library Science (6 yr)
• Texas certified English, Spanish, school library

Laura Ellen Causey Sheneman (P) - Vita

• School Librarian (6 years)
• Elementary Self-Contained Grades (PK-6) and Elementary Early Childhood Education Grades (PK-6)
• Service and membership in the American Library Association (ALA), American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Texas Library Association (TLA), and Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL)
• Classroom teacher (12 years)
• Texas Certification School Librarian (K-12)

Holly Ann Kizer Weimar (F) - Vita

• Service and membership in the American Library Association (ALA), American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Texas Library Association (TLA), and Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL)
• Learning Resources Endorsement Certification (2002)
• K-12 School Librarian (4 years)
• English as a Second Language teacher (2 years)
• Kindergarten teacher (2 years)