Please join us in congratulating Dr. Marilisa Jiménez García, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies, whose tenure was recently approved by the Board of Governors.
Dr. Marilisa Jiménez García is an Associate Professor of Childhood Studies teaching courses in Children’s and Young Adult Literary Cultures. She is a specialist in Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latinx Studies. Before Rutgers-Camden, Dr. J was at Simmons University in Boston and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Her book Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture (UPMiss, 2021) won the 2023 Book Award from the Children’s Literature Association. She is also the co-author with National Ambassador for Children’s Literature, Meg Medina of She Persisted: Pura Belpré (Philomel, 2023) for young readers. Dr. J teaches courses on US Studies, youth media and television, fantasy and science fiction, youth literature and social justice, and Latinx literatures and media.