Dr. Lindsay Persohn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, ED.D., in the College of Education at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus. Her research is focused on arts-based qualitative research methodologies for large data sets, children’s literature, visual literacy through the art of children’s book illustration, and, in particular illustrations of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 

 

She has taught in the elementary classroom, supported students and teachers as a school librarian, and served as the district-level coordinator of school library services. Dr. Persohn teaches foundational literacy courses to undergraduate students.

 

Dr. Persohn is engaged in service opportunities in local, state, and national organizations. She reviews manuscripts for a number of professional publications and has enjoyed reviewing newly published children’s books for the School Library Journal for over a decade.