Stephanie Montalti

Stephanie Montalti is an English PhD candidate at St. John's University, graduating in May of 2024. She is also an adjunct lecturer at St. John’s University in Queens, NY and Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, in Brooklyn, NY. Her dissertation analyzes illustrations in British children’s literature of the Golden Age, with a focus on how they contribute to cross-writing (the process of addressing or appealing to children and adults). Her areas of specialization include children’s literature, nineteenth-century British literature, and childhood studies, with special interests in fantasy, fairy tales, postcolonial theory, writing studies, and book history. She received her Master’s in Liberal Studies, with a focus on English and Childhood Studies, from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her academic works can be found in St. John’s University’s Humanities Review, Dickens Studies Annual, CUNY Academic Works, and on the Children’s Literature Association’s Blog.