10th Biennial ChALC Conference: "Imagined Futures in Children's and Young Adult Literature" - Kansas State University Events

10th Biennial ChALC Conference: "Imagined Futures in Children's and Young Adult Literature"

Saturday, April 25, 2026 9:00am to 12:00pm CDT

918 N Martin Luther King Jr. Dr Manhattan KS

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10th Biennial ChALC Conference on Children's Literature on "Imagined Futures" featuring: 
 
 Schedule of Events
9:00 am -- Perspectives from English
Presentations by Caitlyn Crane (MA '27), A.J. Ellis (MA '27), Ruth Okon (MA '27), Hannah Stubenhofer-May (MA ’27), and Kori Travis (MA ’27) 

10:00 am -- Perspectives from Education
Presentations by Rachael Cox, Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at Kansas State, and Jordan Dombrowski, Language Arts Teacher at Shawnee Mission East High School

11:00 am -- Keynote Speaker 
Cherie Dimaline, an award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves (2017) and other novels, will appear by live-stream. More information at www.cheriedimaline.com.

 

Register for free by Friday April 24 at 5pm CT at https://tinyurl.com/kstatechalc2026

 (Confirmed registrants selecting the online option will receive by email a Zoom link for secure access to the conference.)
 
 Attendance fulfills "Service to the Profession: Professional Growth" requirements for Education majors.

Co-sponsored by the Children's & Adolescent Literature Community (ChALC) and the Department of English.


Register for free by Friday April 24 at 5pm CT at https://tinyurl.com/kstatechalc2026