Jade Dillon
About
I am an Associate Professor of Children's Literature and Young Learners within the department of Teacher Education at NTNU. My research focuses on the visual iconography of the ‘Alice’ figure created in Lewis Carroll’s Alice books and explores the progression of Alice’s characterisation through multimodal platforms including illustration and fine art photography. I am also very interested in the construction of childhood in picturebooks and other visual texts.
I am the author of From How to Catch a Star to Now: Theorising Oliver Jeffers’ Picturebooks (under contract with Routledge) and the co-editor of Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature (Routledge, 2023). I have published book chapters in volumes with Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Peter Lang, and McFarland. My most recent article publication features in Barnboken: Journal of Children's Literature Research.
Alyssa Lowery and I are co-founders of the Children's Literature Education and Research (CLEAR) group at NTNU. The research group works within the broad discipline of literature for children and young adults both in and out of educational contexts by researching children’s multimedia texts, their uses in classrooms for a variety of purposes, and their places in the daily lived realities of children and adults across the globe. Alyssa and I co-supervise Wafa Pathan who is a PhD student working on the project Affect, Identity, and Trauma in Contemporary Family Film. The project is associated with CLEAR.
Alyssa Lowery and I are primary investigators in the eBLINK project (Maren S. Rasmussen is an active member of this research project). This is a fully funded project that explores the guided use of expert-curated digital English children’s book libraries into Norwegian classrooms where students are learning English.
Teaching (Fall 2023/Spring 2024)
LVUT8006 - English 1 (1-7) Module 1
MGLU1105 - English 1 (1-7) Module 1
Research Interests:
Children's Literature; Alice Studies; Visual Methodologies and Aesthetics; Literary Theory; Girlhood Studies; Gender Studies; Picturebooks; Cinematography
Recent Publications:
Books
Dillon Craig, J. (under contract). From How to Catch a Star to Now: Theorising Oliver Jeffers’ Picturebooks. Routledge.
Spencer, E. and Dillon Craig, J. (eds). (2023). Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature. Routledge.
Book Chapters
Dillon Craig, J. and Kerchy, A. (forthcoming). 'The Embodied Cognition of Becoming-Girl in Lewis Carroll's Alice books' in F. Arnavas (ed), Victorian Fantastic Bodies. Wayne State University Press.
Dillon Craig, J. (2024). 'Abject Bodies in Classic and Contemporary Fairy Tales' in C. Schwabe & C. Jones (eds), The Routledge Companion to Fairy Tales. Routledge.
Dillon Craig, J. (2024). 'Reshaping Alice's Identity through Contemporary Alice Illustrations' in A. Kerchy (ed), Intersemiotic and Interlingual Translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Dillon Craig, J. (2024). '"She Haunts Me Phantomwise": Illustrating Mirrors and Reflections in Lewis Carroll's Alice Books' in F. Kohlt & J. Houyaux (eds), Through the Looking Glass: A Companion. Peter Lang.
Dillon Craig, J. (2024). 'Teaching "Little Red Riding Hood" through a Feminist Lens' in H. Powers (ed), Fairy Tales in the Classroom. McFarland.
Dillon Craig, J. & Fine, A. (2024). 'Cats in Children's Adventure Literature: The Feminine and the Feline' in S. Bacon (ed), Cats: A Companion. Peter Lang.
Dillon Craig, J. (2023). 'Unhomely Domestic Spaces in Neil Gaiman's Coraline' in E. Spencer & J. Dillon Craig (eds), Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature. Routledge.
Academic Memberships:
International Research Society for Children’s Literature
The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature
Children’s Literature Association
The Lewis Carroll Society
The British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies
The European Society for the Study of English
Norwegian Society for English Studies
Research
CLEAR: Children’s Literature Education And Research
eBLINK: engelske Bildebøker for Lærere i Norske Klasserom
Publications
2023
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Dillon, Jade;
Spencer, Eleanor.
(2023)
Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Dillon, Jade.
(2023)
Unhomely Domestic Spaces in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
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Dillon, Jade.
(2022)
The Sky Beneath the Stone - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2022)
“I must have been changed several times since then” Exploring Camille Rose Garcia’s (Re)-interpretation of Alice through the Disney Lens.
Barnboken
Academic article
2021
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Escape - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
When I See Red - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
The Ravenmaster's Boy - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Climate Action - Review
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Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Examining the Bleeding Body in Wonderland .
Website (informational material)
2020
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Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
Quarantine Comfort Reads: Coraline.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
The Secret Life of Mermaids - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
Fashioning Alice: The Career of Lewis Carroll’s Icon, 1860 – 1901 - Review.
International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL)
Book review
2019
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Dillon, Jade.
(2019)
Reimagining Alice Through the Intertextual Realm of Children’s Film and Television.
Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter
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Dillon, Jade.
(2019)
Girls on Fire: Transformative Heroines in Young Adult Dystopian Literature - Review.
International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL)
Book review
2018
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Dillon, Jade.
(2018)
Curiouser and Curiouser: Deconstructing the Fantastic within Victorian Children’s Fiction.
The British Fantasy Society
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2018)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
McFarland
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2017
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Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
Cinematic Discourse: Deconstructing Modes of Gender and Time in James Bobin’s Alice Through The Looking Glass.
Fantastika Journal
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
The Politics of the Female Body in Louise O'Neill's Asking For It.
Sibéal
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
Blessed Are The Meek: Atwood’s Desire for Female Autonomy in The Handmaid’s Tale.
Fantastika Journal
Academic article
Journal publications
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Dillon, Jade.
(2022)
The Sky Beneath the Stone - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2022)
“I must have been changed several times since then” Exploring Camille Rose Garcia’s (Re)-interpretation of Alice through the Disney Lens.
Barnboken
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Escape - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
When I See Red - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
The Ravenmaster's Boy - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Climate Action - Review
.
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
Quarantine Comfort Reads: Coraline.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
The Secret Life of Mermaids - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
Fashioning Alice: The Career of Lewis Carroll’s Icon, 1860 – 1901 - Review.
International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL)
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2019)
Girls on Fire: Transformative Heroines in Young Adult Dystopian Literature - Review.
International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL)
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2018)
Curiouser and Curiouser: Deconstructing the Fantastic within Victorian Children’s Fiction.
The British Fantasy Society
Academic article
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
Cinematic Discourse: Deconstructing Modes of Gender and Time in James Bobin’s Alice Through The Looking Glass.
Fantastika Journal
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
The Politics of the Female Body in Louise O'Neill's Asking For It.
Sibéal
Academic article
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Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
Blessed Are The Meek: Atwood’s Desire for Female Autonomy in The Handmaid’s Tale.
Fantastika Journal
Academic article
Books
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Dillon, Jade;
Spencer, Eleanor.
(2023)
Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
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Dillon, Jade.
(2023)
Unhomely Domestic Spaces in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Dillon, Jade.
(2019)
Reimagining Alice Through the Intertextual Realm of Children’s Film and Television.
Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter
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Dillon, Jade.
(2018)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
McFarland
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
INFORMASJONSMATR
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Examining the Bleeding Body in Wonderland .
Website (informational material)
Teaching
Courses
- SKOLE6262 - Children’s Literature and the Development of Basic Skills in English
- MGLU1105 - English 1 (1-7) module 1
- MGLU4106 - Literature from the English-speaking World in the Classroom (1-7): Theoretical and Didactical Perspectives
- MGLU3103 - English 2 (1-7) module 1
Supervision
Current Research Project Supervision:
2026: Disney and Pixar on Diverse Generation Trauma Narratives: An educational tool to foster children's critical media literacy (PhD thesis)
Completed Research Project Supervision:
2023: In Full Color: Investigating teachers’ attitudes towards the literary representation of gender queerness in the EFL classroom (MA thesis)
2023: Exploring the potential benefits of using graphic novels in the EFL classroom (MA thesis)
2023: Norwegian EFL teachers' attitudes toward authentic texts and textbooks in the classroom (FoU thesis)
2022: Attitudes and Perspectives on using LGBTQ+ Texts and Topics in Primary and Lower Secondary Education (MA thesis)
2022: Representations of Racial Diversity in Contemporary Picturebooks Through an Ecocritical Lens (MA thesis)
2022: Representations of Girlhood in Picturebooks for Young Readers (FoU thesis)
2022: Digital Literature: Benefits and Concerns (FoU thesis)
Media
2022
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2022) Exploring Alice’s Development through Camille Rose Garcia’s Illustrative Space. ESSE , Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz 2022-08-29 - 2022-09-02
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2022) Affective Space in Contemporary Picturebooks. NorLit , NTNU 2022-06-14 - 2022-06-16
2021
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2021) Breaking Through the Looking Glass: (Re)Imagining Alice through Visual Representation. Through the Looking Glass: A Sesquicentenary Celebration , University of York 2021-11-04 - 2021-11-05
2020
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2020) (Re)Imagining Girlhood: The Artistic Evolution of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Conceptions of Girlhood Now and Then: “Girls’ Literature” and Beyond , Linnæus University 2020-10-06 - 2020-10-08
2019
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Programme participationDillon, Jade. (2019) Exploring Female Identity in Carroll’s Wonderland and Barrie’s the Neverland. [Internet] 2019-01-14
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Programme participationDillon, Jade. (2019) The Disney Effect: How Film Adaptations Reinforce Social Forms . [Internet] 2019-05-03
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PosterDillon, Jade. (2019) Breaking through the Looking-Glass. Developments in Doctoral Supervision Practice Symposium , Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick 2019-09-02 -
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2019) Analysing Cinematic Appropriations of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Wendy. Irish Screen Studies Seminar , National University of Ireland, Galway 2019-05-09 - 2019-05-10
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2019) ‘I’m your other mother’: Radical Identities in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline (2002). The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Conference , Marino Institute of Education, Dublin 2019-03-29 - 2019-03-30
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2019) Reflected Realism: How Children’s Literature Simultaneously Reflects and Deconstructs Social Ideologies. Irish History Students’ Conference , Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick 2019-05-01 - 2019-05-03
2018
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2018) The Artistic Lens of the Picturebook. Synergy and Contradiction: How Picturebooks and Picture Books Work , University of Cambridge 2018-09-06 - 2018-09-08
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PosterDillon, Jade. (2018) Through the Looking Glass: Analysing Children’s Literature through the Theoretical Lens’. Research Engagement , Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick 2018-09-03 -
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2018) No One Mourns the Wicked: Examining the Monstrous Other in Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Jade Dillon and Adele Hannon Villainous Victims: Redefining the Anti-Hero from a Postmodern Perspective , Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick 2018-04-25 -
2017
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2017) Mirror, Mirror: Establishing the Gendered Gaze in Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours. Revisiting the Gaze , Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London 2017-06-28 - 2017-06-29
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2017) The Mirror of Alice: Locating Lacan’s Mirror Stage and the Search for Female Identity in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Association of Franco-Irish Studies Conference , Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick 2017-05-19 - 2017-05-20
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2017) Locating Alice: The Gendered Body of Identity within Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Tim Burton’s adaptation. Performing Fantastika , Lancaster University 2017-04-28 - 2017-04-29
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2017) Reimagining Alice: Adaptation and Intertextuality of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Popular Culture. Jade Dillon and Adele Hannon Mum’s The Word: Voicing the Female Experience in Popular Culture , Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick 2017-03-09 -
2016
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2016) The Politics of the Female Body in Louise O’Neill’s Asking For It. Revolutionary Genders , National University of Ireland, Galway 2016-11-18 - 2016-11-19
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2016) Deconstructing Minds – A Psychoanalytical Deconstruction of the Brain as a Fantasy Island in Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out. ESSE , National University of Ireland, Galway 2016-08-22 - 2016-08-26