DeDe Small, Ph.D.

Professor of Education

Contact Information

Email: dede.small@drake.edu
Phone: 515.271.3059
Address: 2702 Forest Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311

Office: Collier-Scripps Hall 129

Education

B.S., Creighton University

M.S., University of Nebraska-Omaha

Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis

Honors & Professional Memberships

• International Literacy Association
• ILA Special Interest Group - Children's Literature and Reading
• National Council of Teachers of English Children's Literature Assembly
• Literacy Research Association

Areas of Expertise

• Diversity in Children's Literature
• Reader Response Choice
• Reading Motivation
• Text Complexity

Courses Taught

• Literature of Childhood and Youth
• Communicative Arts in the Elementary Classroom
• Language and Literacy
• Reading in the Content Area
• Today's Children's Literature