KaaVonia Hinton is a professor at Old Dominion University. She earned her Ph.D. in Education at Ohio State University in 2003. KaaVonia is the author of two books about writer's lives: Sharon M. Draper: Embracing Literacy (2008) and Angela Johnson: Poetic Prose (2006).
Her latest book is co-edited with Karen Chandler, Teaching 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.
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). Jason Reynolds's Stamped: A Young Adult Adaptation for All Ages. College Literature, 49(3), 500-523.
