Debra Mitts-Smith

Debra Mitts-Smith teaches children's and young adult literature at the University of Illinois. She has Master's degrees in French and Library and Information Science and a PhD from the University of Illinois. Her publications include articles in Princeton University Library Chronicle and Library Trends, and a book chapter in From Colonialism to the Contemporary: Intertextual Transformation in World Children's and Youth Literature . Debra and her husband Marschall live in Minnesota with their...See more

Debra Mitts-Smith teaches children's and young adult literature at the University of Illinois. She has Master's degrees in French and Library and Information Science and a PhD from the University of Illinois. Her publications include articles in Princeton University Library Chronicle and Library Trends, and a book chapter in From Colonialism to the Contemporary: Intertextual Transformation in World Children's and Youth Literature . Debra and her husband Marschall live in Minnesota with their three dogs, five cats, and eight ducks. See less