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Sarah Mayor Cox
Dip. T., B.Ed., M.Ed.

Lecturer
Coordinator of Genres in Children's Literature
Coordinator of History of Children's literature

Room/Location: 3.21 Education
Ph: 5444 7483
Fx: 5444 7800
Email: s.mayorcox@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching Areas

• Literacy Education
• Coordinator of Genres in Children's Literature EDU11GCL
• Coordinator of History of Children's Literature EDU12HCL

Research Interests

• Children's Literature: The work of Robert Ingpen, Australian children's illustrator and author.
• Children's illustration and illustrators.
• Home and pre-school literacies

Recent Publications and Presentations

Books
• Mayor Cox, S. (2004) Pictures Telling Stories: The Art of Robert Ingpen. Lothian
• Rowe, G., Daly, M.,Lamont, H.,Edwards, D., and Mayor Cox, S. (2000) Success with Reading and Writing: Helping At-Risk Students 8-13 years, Teacher Manual, Dellasta, Melbourne, 208 pgs, reprinted 2001.
• Rowe, G., Mayor Cox, S., andÊ Edwards, D. (2000)Success with Reading and Writing: Helping At-Risk Students 8-13 years, Student Log, Dellasta, Melbourne, 69 pgs.

Journal Articles
• Mayor Cox, S. 'Feeling Unsafe: Young Adult Fiction'. Australian Book Review, June/July 2003:62,63.
• Nieuwenhuizen, A. and Mayor Cox, S. 'Young Australians: Reading or Not?' PEN 135, July 2002, Primary English Teaching Association.
• Mayor Cox, S. 'A prophet in his own town: a dreamfeeder in our very midst' ,VIEWPOINT: on books for young adults, Vol 9 (4) Summer 2001 pp 5-8.
• Mayor Cox, S. 'Shakespeare' by Michael Rosen and Robert Ingpen (Walker Books 2001), VIEWPOINT: on books for young adults, Vol 9 (4) Summer 2001 pp 37-38.
• Mayor Cox, S. 'A Feast of Ideas: Nourishing the hearts and minds of students' VIEWPOINT: on books for young adults, Vol 8 (2) Winter 2000 pp 36-37.
• Rowe, G. and Mayor Cox, S. 'Improving Student Teachers' Understanding of Learning Through an Intensive and Collaborative Practicum Experience', Teacher Educators' Annual Handbook 1994, pp 240-259.

Book Chapters
• 'Ways into, out of and around books' in books up front: investing in the value of reading. Ed. Susan La Marca.Ê Carlton, SLAV 2001


Journal Editorship
• Mayor Cox, S., Edwards, D., & Rowe, G. 'Practically Primary: Reflections and Connections', October 2003.

Associations

• Vice President of Central Victorian Local Council of Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
  
• Member of Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Victorian Executive
  
• Convenor of CBCA Crichton Award for New Illustrators
  
• Children's Literature Conferences
  
• Vice President IBBY Australia
• Member Art Education Victoria
• Member Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• Member Bendigo Art Gallery