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Research Interests
Fantasy and Queer Literature
Young Adult/Children's Literature
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disability Studies
Education
Graduate Minor in Queer Studies
Crip*—Cripistemology and the Arts Graduate Certificate
Graduate Certificate in Criticism and Interpretive Theory
MA in Literary Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA English and Anthropology (Archaeology), Texas A&M University
Minors in Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies
Courses Taught
GWS/ENGL 378: Fairy Tales and Gender Formation
ENGL 245: The Short Story
ENGL 109: Intro to Fiction
RHET 105: Rhetoric and Composition
TA for GWS 100 - Intro Gender & Women's Studies
Additional Campus Affiliations
Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Crip* Lab
Research on Outreach, Society, and Youth (ROSY) Literature Lab
Highlighted Publications
In Press: Millen, V. "Searching for Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Representation in Young Adult Literature." Handbook of Research on Diversity in Children's and Young Adult Literature, edited by Patricia E. Enciso, Sarah Park Dahlen, and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas. Routledge, 2027.
In Press: Review, Millen, V. Stephens, John and Vivian Yenika-Abgaw, editors. Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media. University of Mississsippi Press, 2022. 286 Pages. Pring ISBN 9781496842053.” Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, vol. 7, no. 1. 2026.