
Dr. Carol Barnett
Assistant Professor
D.Litt., Liberal Studies, Casperson School, Drew University Dissertation with Distinction: “Paradigm Shift in Public Education: Ridge and Valley Charter School 2000 – 2014”; M.A. cum laude, Interdisciplinary Studies / International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York; B.A. cum laude, Program of Liberal Studies / Great Books, University of Notre Dame
Children’s Literature Association Conference papers – The Sideshow Foreshadows the Main Event: The Carnival of Oddities in Elijah of Buxton; Picture Books Speak for the Trees, But What Do They Say?; Anthropomorphism in Picture Books and the Cultivation of Environmental Empathy: Was the Tree Really Happy?; Sensory Paths, Loose Parts, Nooks, and Nests: Creating Magical Outdoor Spaces With and For Children; Is Nature Unnatural for Picture Book Characters with Disabilities? Western Literature Association Conference paper – Unwilling and Unsung: Heroines of the Westward Migration
D.Litt., Liberal Studies, Casperson School, Drew University Dissertation with Distinction: “Paradigm Shift in Public Education: Ridge and Valley Charter School 2000 – 2014”; M.A. cum laude, Interdisciplinary Studies / International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York; B.A. cum laude, Program of Liberal Studies / Great Books, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Barnett joined the Centenary faculty in 1997, following ten years of teaching and administration of international educational exchange programs in Fukuoka, Japan, New York, and London. Interdisciplinary studies at the undergraduate and graduate level highlight her interests in classical and multicultural literature, intercultural experiences, and education; current research interests include representation of nature and of disability in children’s literature. She teaches composition and rhetoric, children’s literature, and humanities and partners with Abilities of Northwest Jersey in interactive service-learning projects. Dr. Barnett is also a founder and trustee of Ridge and Valley Charter School, an innovative K-8 public school in Blairstown, NJ, with a mission of ecological literacy and sustainability.
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Dr. Carol Barnett
Carol.barnett@centenaryuniversity.edu
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