COE faculty member to serve on national book award committee

Jennifer Graff, an associate professor in the UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education’s department of language and literacy education, was recently appointed to serve on the U.S. Board on Books for Young People’s Outstanding International Books Award Committee.

USBBY is a nonprofit organization devoted to enhancing international relations through children’s and young adult books and serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People. 

Every year, the Books Award Committee reads more than 400 international books and is charged with selecting the most outstanding of those published during the calendar year.