Cathy Leogrande is a Professor in the Teacher Education Department of the Purcell School of Professional Studies at Le Moyne College, a Jesuit college in New York. Her teaching and research focus issues of race, class, gender, and disability in all areas of popular culture, including comics and graphic novels, film, videogames and YA lit. She has written and presented on the Potter series for over 10 years and teaches several courses based on Rowling's works.
Sessions in which Cathy Leogrande participates
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Making Harry Legit: HP Courses in College Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Does Harry Potter belong in college courses? Is such a course legitimate, or just a sign of college dumbing down the curriculum? This session will ...
- Lecture
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- From Harry to Katniss and Back to Pottermore Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 1:00 PM CDT - 1:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Together, presenter and participants will discuss the definition and key components of transmedia storytelling; how the Potter novels s...
- Lecture