Beverly Cleary's legacy lives on through endowed professorship
Michelle H. Martin’s office is warm, inviting, and overflowing with books. Her desk and shelves are filled with reading material for children, young people, and those who write for and about them. A Ramona Quimby doll in a striped outfit smiles mischievously from the corner. Martin (pictured at top), who has been the Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor in Children and Youth Services since 2016, takes inspiration from Cleary and other sources.“I think that Beverly Cleary and I are on the same page about the importance of meeting kids where they are, and meeting families where they are to
