The CEHD Naomi C. Chase Lecture
The Chase Lecture honors the memory of Dr. Naomi C. Chase, who inspired generations of students and teachers to appreciate the transformative role of literature in young people’s lives.
About the Chase Lecture
An annual event at the University of Minnesota, the lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development, and the Children’s Literature Research Collections, home of the Kerlan Collection.
For more information visit the College of Education and Human Development.
Previous Chase speakers
1980 Marguerite Henry
1981 Arnold Lobel
1982 Natalie Babbitt
1983 Tomie dePaola
1984 Jean Fritz
1985 Ashley Bryan
1986 Jean Craighead George
1987 Trina Schart Hyman
1988 Sid Fleischman
1989 Myra Cohn Livingston
1990 Donald Crews
1991 Nancy Larrick
1992 Katherine Paterson
1993 Mary Stolz
1994 Paul Fleischman
1995 Patricia MacLachlan
1996 Lois Ehlert
1997 Lois Lowry
1998 James Ransome
1999 James Cross Giblin
2000 Lee Bennett Hopkins
2001 Janet Stevens
2002 Karla Kuskin
2003 Lisa Westberg Peters and Lauren Stringer
2004 Avi
2005 Richard Peck
2006 Barry Moser
2007 Emily Arnold McCully
2008 Paul B. Janeczko
2009 Chris Raschka
2010 Gary Schmidt
2011 Jerry Pinkney
2012 Sy Montomery
2013 Marilyn Nelson
2014 Jane Yolen
2015 Jon Scieszka
2016 Peter Brown
2017 Melissa Sweet
2018 Kevin Henkes
2019 Adam Gidwitz
2020 No event
2021 Grace Lin
2022 David Wiesner
2023 Shannon Gibney
2024 Jacqueline Briggs Martin