My latest book is co-edited with Karen Chandler, Teaching Black speculative fiction: Equity, justice, and antiracism (2024), and published by Routledge.
Additionally, KaaVonia has co-authored other books that focus specifically on teaching literature in schools and libraries: Young Adult Literature: Exploration, Evaluation and Appreciation (3rd ed.) (2014) with Katherine Bucher, Mathematics Literature in the K-8 Classroom and Library (2010) with Sueanne McKinney and Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools (2007) with Gail Dickinson.
Her articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries are on a variety of topics from Jacqueline Woodson, Carole Boston Weatherford, Sharon M. Draper, and Neoslave Narratives, to Walter Dean Myers, Black feminist criticism, The Bluest Eye, and June Jordan's Contribution to African American Children's Literature.
She is also the co-editor, with Lucy E. Bailey, of the book
series, Research
in Life Writing and Education (Information
Age Publishing).
Select Publications
Hinton, K., & Chandler, K. (2025). The continuing, resistant popularity of CRT-informed pedagogy. English Journal, 114(4), 24–31.
Beck, J. S., Hinton, K., Butler, B. M., & Wiens, P. D. (2024). Open to all: Administrators’ and teachers’ perceptions of issues of equity and diversity in teacher leadership. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859231202998
Hinton, K. (2023). Virtual erasure: Ntozake Shange, Black spaces, wealth, and children’s biographies. International Research in Children’s Literature, 16(3), 253–266.
Hinton, K. (2022). Racism and antiracism in nonfiction for the middle grades. Middle Grades Research Journal, 13(2), 31-49.
Hinton, K. (2022). Jason Reynolds's Stamped: A Young Adult Adaptation for All Ages. College Literature, 49(3), 500-523.
