Featuring
Deborah Appleman

Keynote Address
time 8:30-10:20am

Deborah Appleman is the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of educational studies and director of The Summer Writing Program at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. She has been a visiting professor at Syracuse University and at the University of California-Berkeley. She teaches literature and creative writing classes regularly at a high-security men’s prison in Minnesota. 

Keynote Information

Ms. Appleman will focus her keynote entitled “Finding Community in Critical Conversations about Literature” on her recent work around community and the value of a reasoned approach to determine what literature we value, teach, and discuss at all levels of education. Deborah will offer a breakout session on teaching literature to adolescents and another session, guaranteed to be interesting to teachers of all levels, about her experiences teaching literature in prison and the many lessons that she has learned in the process.