Kathleen G Short, Ph.D.

Service & Outreach

International/National
Notable Books for a Global Society, Award Committee, International Reading Association, 2011-2014
Board Member, Children's Literature Assembly, 2010-2013
President, USBBY (U.S. Board of Books for Young People), 2009-2010.
Notables Children’s Books in the Language Arts award committee,    Children’s Literature
      Assembly, NCTE, 2007-2010.
Editorial Review Board, Reading Research Quarterly, 2008-Present
Editor, Language Arts (NCTE), 2000-2006.
Reviewer, Language Arts, Research in the Teaching of English, The Reading Teacher, Journal
      of Literacy Research
Editorial Advisory Board, National Reading Conference Yearbook
Program Committee, proposal review, National Reading Conference
Editor, The New Advocate, 1995-2000.
Elementary Section Steering Committee, Member and Chair, NCTE, 1994-1997.
Executive Council, NCTE, 1994-1996.

Local/State/University
Chair, Children/Young Adult Authors and Illustrators, Tucson Festival of Books, 2007-Present
Advisory Board, Arts for “Border” Children, Arizona.
International Education Steering Committee, Arizona Department of Education
LRC Curriculum Committee Chair
UA Conference on Literature and Literacy for Children and Adolescents, Chair
COE Academic Program Committee, Chair             
COE Professional Preparation Board
UA Advisory Committee, Honorary Degrees