Jenkins publishes guide on LGBTQ resources for teens

Christine Jenkins
Christine Jenkins, Associate Professor Emerita

Associate Professor Christine Jenkins and coauthor Michael Cart have written a book they hope will serve as a guide for young adults and for those who support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teenagers, including parents, educators, and librarians. Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community is now available from Huron Street Press.

Book%20corner%20-%20Jenkins.png?itok=fz6 ​For decades, LGBTQ issues and perspectives have been underrepresented in literature for young adults, but publication of books for teens containing LGBTQ content is steadily increasing. Jenkins and Cart read and reviewed more than six hundred books to create a selective bibliography of the “Top 250” with descriptive evaluations for each of the recommended titles—including novels, short stories, poetry, graphic novels, and nonfiction—which are geared to a wide range of middle and high school age reading levels and interests. Resources for developing relevant library programs, services, and collections are also included.

Jenkins joined the GSLIS faculty in 1994 and became an associate professor in 2001. She has taught courses on literature for young adults and children, gendered perspectives in LIS, reading and readers, and the history of children’s books. Currently, Jenkins serves on the editorial board of Children’s Literature in Education and is a regular participant and advisor at The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books reviewer meetings. Top 250 is Jenkins’s fourth book and her second with Cart.

Tags:
Updated on
Backto the news archive

Related News

New book explores how AI is reshaping cultural heritage

Glen Layne-Worthey, associate director for research support services for the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), and J. Stephen Downie, professor and HTRC co-director, have edited a new book, Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations, which was recently released by UCL Press. 

Jung to join the faculty

The iSchool is pleased to announce that Yonghan Jung will join the faculty as an assistant professor in August 2025, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. 

Yonghan Jung

Aubin Le Quéré to join the faculty

The iSchool is pleased to announce that Marianne Aubin Le Quéré will join the faculty as an assistant professor in August 2026, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Aubin Le Quéré is a PhD candidate in the Department of Information Science at Cornell University. For the 2025-2026 academic year, she will be a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy.

Marianne Aubin Le Quere