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International Committee Welcomes New Members


Danilo M. Baylen and Poushali Bhadury

The ChLA International Committee is pleased to welcome two new members to our team. Danilo M. Baylen and Poushali Bhadury will serve three-year terms from 2018-2021.

Danilo M. Baylen

Danilo M. Baylen is a tenured professor of instructional technology at the College of Education, University of West Georgia (USA). Born in the Philippines, he studies contemporary Filipino children's books, and writes about visual representation and narrative in Asian children's literature. He also conducts research and publishes on effective technology integration practices in the classrooms, and visual and media literacy education in multiple international and national peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Baylen completed his doctoral studies in instructional technology from Northern Illinois University (USA). He also earned graduate degrees in elementary studies (Florida Gulf Coast University), library and information studies (University of Alabama), and counseling (Northern Illinois University). He received his undergraduate degree from the School of Economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

In 2015, he co-edited a book titled, Essentials of Teaching and Integrating Visual and Media Literacy published by Springer. The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) recognized the edited book with the 2016 James Brown Publication Award. Currently, he serves as editor-in-chief of The Books of Selected Readings of the International Visual Literacy Association. In addition, he sits on multiple editorial boards such as, the Journal of International Students (Associate Editor), TechTrends, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, WVSU Research Journal to name a few.

Dr. Baylen’s involvement in international and professional organization includes serving as the AECT International Division president. He is the incoming president of the Georgia Association of Instructional Technology. His work and contributions to the field of educational technology and visual media have been recognized by various entities through scholarships, fellowships, and awards.

Finally, he served as a visiting education professor at West Visayas State University (the Philippines, 2016) and Chulalongkorn University (Thailand, 2017-2018); and visiting scholar at Pannasastra University of Cambodia (2018).

Pouchali Bhadury

Pouchali Bhadury is an Assistant Professor of Children’s Literature at the Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University. Her research and teaching interests are Comparative Children’s Literature, Postcolonial Studies, South Asian Book History, and Digital Humanities. Her current book project, The Home and the World in (Post)Colonial Print Culture: Deb Sahitya Kutir and Bengali Children’s Publishing (1940-1975) investigates nationalism and global consciousness in Indian children’s publishing, focusing on the Kolkata publishing house Deb Sahitya Kutir’s literary output during the 1940s-70s.

Poushali has been awarded research grants and fellowships from the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA), the International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL), and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others. Her publications include articles in the Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, South Asian Review, and The Lion and the Unicorn.

The ChLA International Committee consists of six rotating members elected for three-year terms and a chair appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Board for a term of three years. Terms begin immediately following the ChLA annual business meeting.

For more information about the International Committee, please visit our About Page.

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