Steven T. Bickmore

Steven T. Bickmore is a retired professor

in the Department of Teaching & Learning

at UNLV. He taught high school for 25 years

and his teacher awards and recognitions

included an NEH/Reader’s Digest Teacher

Scholar Award for the 1989-1990 school year

and a winner of the Milken Educator Award in 1999. He was

the President of ALAN (2019) and co-editor of The ALAN

Review (2009-2014). He is a co-founder of Study and Scrutiny:

Research in Young Adult Literature. He has over 40 academic

papers and book chapters and 12 edited books on researching

and using YA in the classroom.