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Nadine J. Schmidt is a faculty member in the Department of German Studies at the University of Siegen, affiliated with Faculty I. She specializes in German Literature and its Didactics, with a strong focus on children's and young adult literature, particularly first reading literature and reading socialization. She maintains an active academic profile with consultation hours, thesis supervision guidelines, and ongoing research initiatives.
Her research centers on early reader literature, post-1945 children’s and young adult literature, picture books, and children's novels. She is a co-director of the research center Writing Culture: Research Center for Linguistic and Literary Education and Socialization in Childhood, which promotes scholarly engagement with literacy development in childhood. She also co-founded the Siegen Prize for First Readers Literature (SPELL) in 2019, which highlights the importance of high-quality literature for beginning readers.
Nadine J. Schmidt has been instrumental in bringing first reader literature into academic discourse, emphasizing the challenges authors and illustrators face in crafting accessible yet literary-rich texts for young readers. The SPELL Prize, sponsored by the German Department, awards 1,000 euros annually to outstanding works in this genre.
- Email: schmidt@germanistik.uni-siegen.de
- Office: HB 5408/09, Hölderlinstr. 3, 57076 Siegen
- Consultation: By appointment via email, including during semester breaks
She advises students on BA/MA theses and term papers, with official guidelines available online. While no specific publications or advisees are listed in the provided texts, her scholarly impact is evident through institutional initiatives and research leadership.
