Emily Aguilo-Perez

Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez is Assistant Professor of English (Children's Literature) at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.  She previously served as faculty at The Pennsylvania State University. She earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction  at Penn State, where she was a Bunton-Waller fellow and a Holmes Scholar. She also earned a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, focusing primarily on girlhood studies and children’s literature. She received an M.A. in English Education and a B.A. in English Linguistics from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus.

Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of children’s literature (particularly Latinx literature), girlhood studies, and children’s cultures. She has presented research on Latinx children’s books at various conferences and has served on national book award committees. A paper on Puerto Rican folkloric children’s books will be published in an anthology on Caribbean Children’s Literature. She is currently working on a book manuscript based on her dissertation work, which examined the social and cultural implications that experiences with Barbie may have on women and girls’ lives. She recently served as a guest on an episode of the podcast Knowledge@Wharton about a new line of Barbie dolls.

She has taught at various levels including elementary, high school, and college. Courses taught include Composition and Rhetoric, Children's Literature, Teaching English to English Language Learners, College and Career Prep, Intermediate English Composition, and Basic English.

Areas of interest: Children's literature, Girlhood studies, Latinx studies, ESL, children's culture(s), Curriculum development, and Popular Culture, among others.
Address: Main Hall Room 546
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383