Jade Dillon-Craig
Jade Dillon-Craig
jade.dillon.craig@ntnu.no
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 semiotic and affective spaces in picturebooks, film, and other visual texts.
I am the author of Theorising Oliver Jeffers’ Picturebooks: From How to Catch a Star to Now (forthcoming Routledge, 2025) and the co-editor of Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature (Routledge, 2023). I have published several book chapters and articles related to children's literature, Alice studies, fairy tales, and visual texts for young readers.
I am the co-founder of the Children's Literature Education and Research (CLEAR) group at NTNU and a founding board member of the Association for Research on Children's Literature in English in Norway (ARLCEN). From 2021-2023, I worked on the fully funded eBLINK project which explored the guided use of expert-curated digital English children’s book libraries in Norwegian classrooms where students were learning English. In 2024, I joined the Children's Literature in English Language Education journal as editor.
In 2024, I was awarded the Kvalifiseringsstipend for Kvinner (skill development stipend for female associate professors) from the Rector's funding for Gender Equality and Diversity. This stipend will fund a two-year research period (2025, 2026) where I will collect data from and collabroate with the Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children's Books, UK and the International Youth Library, Germany regarding multiliteracy development through postmodern picturebooks.
Research Interests:
Children's Literature; Alice Studies; Visual Methodologies and Aesthetics; Literary Theory; Girlhood Studies; Gender Studies; Picturebooks; Cinematography
Recent Publications:
Books
Spencer, E. and Dillon Craig, J. (eds). (2023). Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature. Routledge.
Book Chapters
Dillon-Craig, J. (2024). '"She Haunts Me Phantomwise": Illustrating Mirrors and Reflections in Lewis Carroll's Alice Books' in F. Kohlt & J. Houyaux (eds), Alice 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 College Classroom. McFarland.
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.
Articles
Magee Lowery, A., Dillon-Craig, J., & Rasmussen, M. S.. (2024). eBLINK: Bringing Authentic Picturebooks into the EAL Classroom in Norway. Bookbird, 62(3), 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2024.a935983
Forthcoming publications:
Books
Dillon-Craig, J. (under contract).Theorising Oliver Jeffers’ Picturebooks: From How to Catch a Star to Now. Routledge.
Book Chapters
Dillon-Craig, J. (forthcoming). 'Abject Bodies in Classic and Contemporary Fairy Tales' in C. Schwabe & C. Jones (eds), The Routledge Companion to Fairy Tales. Routledge.
Dillon-Craig, J. (forthcoming). '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. & Fine, A. (forthcoming). 'Cats in Children's Adventure Literature: The Feminine and the Feline' in S. Bacon (ed), Cats: A Companion. Peter Lang.
Academic Memberships:
International Research Society for Children’s Literature
The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature
Association for Research on Children's Literature in English in Norway
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
ARCLEN: Association for Research on Children’s Literature in English in Norway
CLEAR: Children’s Literature Education And Research
eBLINK: engelske Bildebøker for Lærere i Norske Klasserom
Publications
2024
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Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee;
Haines, Colin;
Grosch, Heidi Haavan;
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2024)
Recommended Reads: Multimodal Texts to Facilitate In-Depth English Learning.
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal )
Book review
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Dillon-Craig, Jade .
(2024)
‘She Haunts Me Phantomwise’: Illustrating Mirrors and Reflections in Lewis Carroll’s Alice Books.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2024)
Teaching “Little Red Riding Hood” Through a Feminist Lens.
McFarland
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee;
Dillon-Craig, Jade ;
Rasmussen, Maren Smedsrud.
(2024)
eBLINK: Bringing Authentic Picturebooks into the EAL Classroom in Norway.
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Academic article
2023
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Spencer, Eleanor;
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2023)
Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Spencer, Eleanor;
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2023)
Introduction: Exploding the Nuclear Family .
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2023)
Unhomely Domestic Spaces in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
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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.
(2022)
The Sky Beneath the Stone - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
2021
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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
.
Inis Magazine
Book review
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Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Escape - Review .
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)
The Secret Life of Mermaids - 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)
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)
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.
(2019)
Reimagining Alice Through the Intertextual Realm of Children’s Film and Television.
Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter
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)
The Politics of the Female Body in Louise O'Neill's Asking For It.
Sibéal
Academic article
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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)
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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Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee;
Haines, Colin;
Grosch, Heidi Haavan;
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2024)
Recommended Reads: Multimodal Texts to Facilitate In-Depth English Learning.
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal )
Book review
-
Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee;
Dillon-Craig, Jade ;
Rasmussen, Maren Smedsrud.
(2024)
eBLINK: Bringing Authentic Picturebooks into the EAL Classroom in Norway.
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Academic article
-
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
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2022)
The Sky Beneath the Stone - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
When I See Red - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
The Ravenmaster's Boy - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Climate Action - Review
.
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2021)
Escape - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
The Secret Life of Mermaids - Review .
Inis Magazine
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
Quarantine Comfort Reads: Coraline.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Academic article
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2020)
Fashioning Alice: The Career of Lewis Carroll’s Icon, 1860 – 1901 - Review.
International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL)
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2019)
Girls on Fire: Transformative Heroines in Young Adult Dystopian Literature - Review.
International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL)
Book review
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2018)
Curiouser and Curiouser: Deconstructing the Fantastic within Victorian Children’s Fiction.
The British Fantasy Society
Academic article
-
Dillon, Jade.
(2017)
The Politics of the Female Body in Louise O'Neill's Asking For It.
Sibéal
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
-
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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Spencer, Eleanor;
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2023)
Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Dillon-Craig, Jade .
(2024)
‘She Haunts Me Phantomwise’: Illustrating Mirrors and Reflections in Lewis Carroll’s Alice Books.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2024)
Teaching “Little Red Riding Hood” Through a Feminist Lens.
McFarland
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Spencer, Eleanor;
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2023)
Introduction: Exploding the Nuclear Family .
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Dillon-Craig, Jade.
(2023)
Unhomely Domestic Spaces in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
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
- SKOLE6027 - Avanserte metoder for undervisning i barnelitteratur i engelsk
- MGLU4106 - Engelskspråklig litteratur i klasserommet (1-7): teoretiske og didaktiske perspektiver
- MGLU2105 - Engelsk 1 (1-7) emne 2
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)
2025: “Teacher, phonics is boring”: A Study into Improving Children’s Motivation and Engagement during Whole Class Explicit Phonics Instruction by using Playful Approaches (M.Ed thesis, University of Limerick)
2025: Education in the Proposals of the Candidates for Mayor of Porto Alegre, Brazi. (M.Ed thesis, University of Limerick)
2025: A Critical Content Analysis of Female Characters and Familial Discourse in Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum (MA thesis)
2025: The Value of Picturebooks When Teaching Children to Cope with Death (FoU thesis)
2025: Considering the Readability, Materiality and Aesthetics of Postmodern Picturebooks (FoU thesis)
Completed Research Project Supervision:
2024: Teaching reading to young EFL learners in Norway (MA thesis)
2024: Exploring classroom potentials of The Moon Within (2019) in relation to gender and the bleeding body (MA thesis)
2024: Representation of Transgender Children in Literature in the EFL classroom (MA thesis)
2024: Menstruation in Children's Literature (FoU thesis)
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)
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureDillon-Craig, Jade. (2024) Abject Girlhood in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline . Seen and Heard: Voices of Transnational Girlhood(s) on Identity, Gender, and Culture , University of Warwick 2024-04-18 - 2024-04-19
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Academic lectureLowery, Alyssa Christine Magee; Dillon-Craig, Jade. (2024) Using Popular Family Films to Support Curriculum Aims in the EAL Classroom. Reading for in-depth English Learning: Texts in and beyond the classroom , Bodø 2024-05-06 - 2024-05-08
2022
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Academic lectureDillon, Jade. (2022) Affective Space in Contemporary Picturebooks. NorLit , NTNU 2022-06-14 - 2022-06-16
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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
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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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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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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Programme participationDillon, Jade. (2019) The Disney Effect: How Film Adaptations Reinforce Social Forms . [Internet] 2019-05-03
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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) 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
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Programme participationDillon, Jade. (2019) Exploring Female Identity in Carroll’s Wonderland and Barrie’s the Neverland. [Internet] 2019-01-14
2018
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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) 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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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) 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 -
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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) 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
2016
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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
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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