Jennifer Geer
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).