Selection Committee

The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award titles are carefully selected by a diverse set of activists, educators, parents, and teachers. The selection process strives to be ever more democratic, intersectional, and representative.


2022-23 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Selection Committee

Chair: Josefa Bustos Pelayo

Hanford Elementary School District & California State University at Fresno– California


Co-Chair: Jackie Marshall Arnold

University of Dayton– Ohio

 


Shanetia Clark

Salisbury University – Maryland


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dora Guzman

Bensenville School District – Illinois


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annisha Jeffries 

Cleveland Public Library – Ohio


Kharissa Kenner

Bank Street School for Children – New York


Nanesha Nunez

Concord Road Elementary, Ardsley – New York


Ruth E. Quiroa

National Louis University – Illinois


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naomi Solomon

Lincoln City Libraries – Nebraska


Jade Valenzuela

Albuquerque Academy – New Mexico


Jongsun Wee

Pacific University-Oregon