Janet AlsupJanet Alsup is a professor of English education at Purdue University, where she has been a faculty member since 2000. She is a former department head in Purdue’s College of Education as well as a former high school teacher. She has authored, coauthored, or edited six books, including A Case for Teaching Literature in the Secondary School: Why Reading Fiction Matters in an Age of Scientific Objectivity and Standardization. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in English and literacy education. Read More Read Less