Roberta Seelinger Trites (born 1962)Trites, Roberta Seelinger 1962-

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, retrieved 2017-09-05 is a

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of English Literature at

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, specializing in

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. Trites graduated from

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in 1983, and earned a master's degree from the

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in 1985. She received her Ph.D. in 1991 from

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with a dissertation entitled ''Twain's innocence, Clemens' experience : narrative inconsistencies in The Innocents Abroad'' under the direction of James R. LeMaster. She joined the Illinois State faculty as an assistant professor in 1991,Curriculum vitae
2006, accessed 2017-09-05 and became Distinguished Professor in 2013. She has written the following books: * ''Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children's Novels'' (University of Iowa Press, 1997). * ''Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature'' (University of Iowa Press, 1998). This book was awarded the Children's Literature Association book award in 2002. * ''Twain, Alcott and the Birth of the Adolescent Reform Novel'' (University of Iowa Press, 2007). * ''A Narrative Compass: Stories that Guide Women’s Lives'' (edited with Betsy Hearne, University of Iowa Press, 2009). * ''Literary Conceptualizations of Growth: Metaphors and Cognition in Adolescent Literature'' (John Benjamins Publishing Co., 2014). Trites is the winner of the 16th International Brothers Grimm Award of the International Institute for Children's Literature in

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, Japan, becoming the third American and the first American woman to win the award.Trites named winner of the International Brothers Grimm AwardPrestigious international award highlights the importance of professor’s research
Illinois State University News, 2017, accessed 2017-09-05

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