Joan DelFattore has a B.A. (Caldwell College), M.A. (St. Bonaventure University), and Ph.D.(Pennsylvania State University) in English and an M.S. (Pennsylvania State University) in psychology. Her first book, What Johnny Shouldn't Read:Textbook Censorship in America (Yale, 1992), has won awards from the American Library Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America.
She has written numerous articles dealing with First Amendment issues in public education (e.g., free speech, religious expression, free association) and is presently working on two more books that are under contract with Yale: The Politics of Religion in American Public Schools and The Battle Over Free Speech in American Schools and Universities. Her name appears on the Thirtieth Anniversary Roll of Honor of the American Library Association's Office on Intellectual Freedom, and she has received the Delaware Library Association/Social Issues Resources Series Intellectual Freedom Award and the Delaware Department of Public Instruction Order of Excellence. She helps to coordinate the English Education program and teaches courses in pedagogy, American literature, and First Amendment issues in public education. |
