He is the coeditor of the ALAN Review. As the author of the "Books for Adolescents" section of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, he interviews several authors each month and reviews hundreds of young adult books each year.Award Winner! James Blasingame, Scholastic Professional author and a former high school English teacher who pursued his doctorate degree after nearly 20 years of K-12 teaching, was chosen out of 30 professors to be the ASU Parents Association 2008 Professor of the Year! >Click here to download a PDF with the whole story.