About

Laura Hakala teaches courses in American literature, children's literature, and composition. Because she enjoys helping students make connections between historical/cultural contexts and literature, much of her research takes a historical approach. Her research focuses on American children’s literature written in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her recent essays have appeared in Children’s Literature, The Lion and the Unicorn, and The Routledge Companion to the Literature of the U.S. South. She earned her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi, her MA from Georgia Southern University, and her BA from Jacksonville University.