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Daria Plumb, chair of the 2010 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee, is pleased to announce the members of the 2010 committee.  Members of the committee must be:  1) ALAN members and 2) classroom teachers, university professors, or librarians.  Committee members will serve for one year with the possibility of reappointment for a second.

Three new committee members were recently chosen from an impressive group of candidates to join seven returning members from the 2009 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee.

The new members are:

Lois Buckman
Librarian
Caney Creek High School, Conroe, TX

Jeff Harr
Classroom Teacher
Theodore Roosevelt High School, Kent, OH

Jeff Kaplan
Professor
University of Central Florida, College of Education, Orlando, FL

The returning members from the 2009 committee are:

Erica Berg
Classroom Teacher
Rockville High School, Vernon, CT

Jean Boreen
Professor
Northern Arizona University, Department of English, Flagstaff, AZ

C.J. Bott
Retired Classroom Teacher and Consultant
Solon, OH

Bonnie Kunzel
Youth Services and Adolescent Literacy Consultant
Germantown, TN

Teri Lesesne
Professor
Sam Houston State University, Department of Library Science, Huntsville, TX

Barbara Ward
Assistant Professor
Washington State University, Department of Teaching and Learning, Richland, WA

Daria Plumb, Chair
Classroom Teacher
Dundee Alternative High School, Dundee, MI

For more information about the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, including the award context and criteria and submission information, please visit the ALAN website http://www.alan-ya.org/amelia-elizabeth-walden-award/ or contact Daria Plumb at dariaplumb@yahoo.com .