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Professional Activities

City: Seba Beach, CN
Telephone:
  1-780-797-3949

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Children's / YA Literatures
• Storytelling, Graphic novels

Research Interests

• Storytelling
• Children's/ YA Literatures, Graphic Novels

Gail Arlene de Vos

Lecturer

Storyteller, librarian and former teacher, Gail de Vos teaches courses on storytelling as well as courses on Canadian children's literature, young adult literature, comic books and graphic novels at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Library and Information Studies.

Courses Taught

• > [271A] Genres and Topics in Youth Literature

Education

• MLIS, University of Alberta (1988)
• B.Ed (History), University of Alberta (1971)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton (1988-).

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications/presentations, see Professional Activities PDF above.

• de Vos, G. (2009). Stories from Songs: Ballads as Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Selected Articles

• de Vos, G. (2010) Various entries for Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels. Edited by M. Keith Booker, Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
• de Vos, G. (2007 ). Storytelling and Folktales: A Graphic Exploration.” In The Influence of Imagination: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy as Agents of Social Change.

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