Hi Everyone, today, my special guest is Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen. She is an associate professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research addresses transracially adopted Koreans in children’s literature, Frank Carpenter and Frances Carpenter and their writings for children, and diversity in children’s literature and library education. 

To learn more about her work:

https://sarahpark.com/

Here is a link to the APALA Rubric to Evaluate Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Literature:

https://www.apalaweb.org/talkstorytogether/resources/apala-youth-literature-evaluation-rubric/

Thank you for listening!