Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo
B.A., John Carroll University

Dr. Sweeney teaches courses in children's literature, critical theory, and popular culture. Her current research examines twentieth- and twenty-first-century American children's literature and culture. She is particularly interested in the ways that the books, clothing, and rituals of the wedding industry have been marketed to young girls in the United States.

ENG 230: Women in Literature

ENG 380: Literature for Children

ENG 381: Literature for Young Adults

ENG 386: Critical Theory and Practice

ENG 564: Studies in Children's/YA Literature

• "Here Comes the (Daughter of the) Bride: Parental Weddings in Contemporary Girls' Series Books." Children's Literature in Education. (Spring 2008). http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/?k=meghan+sweeney.

• "'Like a Vanishing World: the Role of the County Fair in Three Depression Era Children's Books." Children's Literature Quarterly 32 (2007): 142-162. 

• "Better a Bridesmaid Than a Bride: Nuptial Sisterhood in Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy's Wedding." Lion and the Unicorn 31.1 (2007): 1-20. 

• "Checking Out America: Libraries as Agents of Acculturation." Children's Literature 33 (2005): 41-65.