Tucson Festival of Books | Jeanne Gilliam Fain

Jeanne Gilliam Fain (she/her/hers)

Jeanne G. Fain is a professor in the College of Education at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her scholarship includes a focus on literacy, literature, and language study in K-12 classrooms. She conducts research with global texts, multi-lingual learners, and their families.

Scheduled events:

Reading Globally to Build a Better World

Explore the most recent global and international award-winning books that invite K-8 readers to read the world. The focus is on the most recent award-winning books for the 2025 Notable Books for a Global Society.

Education Room 333: Parent Educator (Seats 44, Wheelchair accessible)

Sat, Mar 14, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Children
Signing area: No Signing for this Panel (following presentation)

Panelists: Jeanne Gilliam Fain, Ruth McKoy Lowery
Moderator: Ceres Willis
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Southside Community School

Loss and Resistance: A Call to Action

A deep sense of loss can lead to a call for action, whether that loss involves Indigenous rights to their own land, environmental destruction, or historical wrongs in residential schools. These books each depict characters who make the decision to act in response to loss.

Education Room 353 (Seats 92, Wheelchair accessible)

Sun, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)

Panelists: Monica Brown, Carole Lindstrom, Yuyi Morales, David A. Robertson
Moderator: Jeanne Gilliam Fain
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Helios Education Foundation, Ruth Dickstein