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Curriculum Vitae

City: San Jose, CA
Telephone:
  1-408-924-2728

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Adult Services
• Collections Development
• Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
• Public Libraries
• Reading Advisory Services
• Reading and Literacy
• School Media Centers / Libraries
• Storytelling
• Young Adult Services
• Booktalking

Research Interests

• Adult services
• Children's / YA literature
• Children's services
• Human-computer interaction
• Information / Needs of specific groups
• Information / Needs of the public
• Intellectual freedom and censorship
• Public Libraries
• Readers Advisory Services
• YA services
• Booktalking

Dr. Joni Richards Bodart

Assistant Professor

Dr. Joni Richards Bodart received her Ph.D. in library science from Texas Woman's University in 1985. She also holds an M.L.S. and a M.A. in psychology. Prior to joining the San José State University as a full-time faculty member in 2006, she taught as a part-time faculty member starting in 2003, and prior to that she taught at Emporia State University and the University of Denver.

She has published numerous books on booktalking, young adult literature and controversial fiction for teens. She has spoken on these topics at national, regional, and local conventions, and done workshops on them across the United States and Canada. Her website, thebooktalker.com, has been accessed from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and she has been nicknamed "The Guru of Booktalking."

Her research interests include the effects of booktalking, how technology impacts social and physical development in children and teens, the culture and sociology of youth and how it is changing, and various aspects of youth literature and services for youth.

Courses Taught

• > [262] Resources for Young Adults
• > [266] Collection Management
• > [267] Seminar in Services to Children and Young Adults

Education

• Ph.D. (Library Science, Psychology) Texas Woman's University, 1985
• M.A. (Psychology) Texas Woman's University, 1983
• M.L.S. Texas Woman's University, 1971
• B.A. (English) Texas Woman's University, 1969
• B.S. (Library Science) Texas Woman's University, 1969

Academic & Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2006-)
• Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2003-2006)
• Core Affiliate Faculty, Division of Library and Information Science, University of Denver (1995-2006)
• Librarian, Denver Public Library (1996-2006)
• Freelance school and library consultant on youth literature and services (1990-)
• Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University (1983-90)
• YA Coordinator, Stanislaus County Free Library (1977-79)
• YA Librarian, Alameda County Library (1973-77)
• YA Librarian, Sonoma County Library (1971-73)
• Children's Librarian, Albuquerque Public Library (1969-70)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

Books

• Bodart, Joni Richards. More Thin Books: Help for Last-Minute Book Reports. (working title) Under contract, Scarecrow Publications. Anticipated publication date: 2007.
• Bodart, Joni Richards. Radical Reads 2: Working with the Newest Edgy Novels for Teens. (working title) Under contract, Scarecrow Publications. Anticipated publication date, 2006.
• Bodart, Joni Richards. Radical Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge. Scarecrow Publications, 2002.
• Bodart, Joni Richards. "The Quartzsite Trip: The Week that Changed All Their Lives (And May Change Yours!)." Lost Masterpieces of Young Adult Literature. Scarecrow Young Adult Literature Series. Connie Zitlow, editor. Scarecrow, 2002.
• Bodart, Joni Richards. World's Best Thin Books, or What to Read when Your Book Report is Due Tomorrow! Revised edition. Scarecrow Publications, 2000.

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