Jennifer Geer

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  • Faculty
  • Professor of English

Biography

Jennifer Geer鈥檚 research and teaching interests are in children鈥檚 literature; Victorian British literature, particularly poetry; and children鈥檚 film. Her recent articles include 鈥淭he Pursuit of Pleasure in The Wind in the Willows and Disney鈥檚 The Adventures of Mr. Toad,鈥� in The Wind in the Willows: A Children鈥檚 Classic at 100, edited by Jackie C. Horne and Donna R. White (2010); 鈥淛.M. Barrie Gets the Miramax Treatment: Finding (and Marketing) Neverland,鈥� in the Children鈥檚 Literature Association Quarterly (2007); 鈥溾�橫any Worlds More鈥�: Feminine Imagination in Jean Ingelow鈥檚 Gladys and Her Island and Mopsa the Fairy,鈥� in Victorians Institute Journal (2005); and 鈥溾�橝ll Sorts of Pitfalls and Surprises鈥�: Competing Views of Idealized Girlhood in Lewis Carroll鈥檚 Alice Books,鈥� in Children鈥檚 Literature (2003). The article on Jean Ingelow was nominated for the Donald J. Gray Award for Excellence in Victorian Studies. She received an ATLAS grant in 2008-2009 from the Louisiana Board of Regents for her work on a book MS entitled 鈥淕olden Afternoons: Nostalgic Desire in Victorian Children鈥檚 Fantasy Fiction.鈥�

Education

Ph.D., 2002
University of Virginia

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Children鈥檚 literature
  • Children's film
  • Victorian literature

Publications

  • 鈥淭he Pursuit of Pleasure in The Wind in the Willows and Disney鈥檚 The Adventures of Mr. Toad,鈥� in The Wind in the Willows: A Children鈥檚 Classic at 100, edited by Jackie C. Horne and Donna R. White (2010) 
  • 鈥淛.M. Barrie Gets the Miramax Treatment: Finding (and Marketing) Neverland,鈥� in the Children鈥檚 Literature Association Quarterly (2007)
  • 鈥溾�橫any Worlds More鈥�: Feminine Imagination in Jean Ingelow鈥檚 Gladys and Her Island and Mopsa the Fairy,鈥� in Victorians Institute Journal (2005)
  • 鈥溾�橝ll Sorts of Pitfalls and Surprises鈥�: Competing Views of Idealized Girlhood in Lewis Carroll鈥檚 Alice Books,鈥� in Children鈥檚 Literature (2003).