Don’t miss Professor Deb Marquart perform her poetry and original music in Parks Library’s Monday Monologues lunchtime series. Performances begin at 12:15 p.m. and end at 12:45 p.m. in the Grant Wood Foyer (first floor).
Professor Emeritus Dan Douglas was awarded the Cambridge English Language Assessment/International Language Testing Association (ILTA) 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award. Since his retirement in 2009, Dan continues to be active and among other work, conducts research on the assessment of language ability in specific academic and professional contexts, the effect of context on second language acquisition … Continue reading Professor Emeritus Wins Distinguished Achievement Award
Emily Grzywacz, MA student in English Literature, presented her paper, “Echoing Trauma between Body and Place in Beloved“, at the 2019 MLA Annual Convention January 3-6, 2019 in Chicago. The panel, Polluted, Revolting, Alien Nature: An Ecohorror Roundtable, was sponsored by ASLE. Emily stated, “The 2019 MLA Annual Convention provided me with invaluable opportunities to … Continue reading Emily Grzywacz Presents at MLA Conference
Nicole Allaire’s article, “Have you caught a catfish? Online dating can be deceptive” has been published in The Conversation. Her article can be found here.
Professor Han Yu is the first speaker in the 2019 Goldtrap Speaker Series with her presentation titled “Visualizing Genetics for Public Viewers” on Wednesday, February 6 at 4:00 p.m. in Ross 212. Genetics research intimately relates to many facets of modern life, yet the public representation of genetics often follows rhetorical tropes that demote public … Continue reading Goldtrap Lecture: Han Yu
Professor Emeritus Tracey Derwing will give the annual Quentin Johnson Linguistics Lecture on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Her title and abstract are below. She will also give a talk on Tuesday afternoon in the department (title to be announced). Please put this on your schedule. Location to be announced. Accent-Schmaccent: What Really Matters to Understanding … Continue reading Quentin Johnson Linguistics Lecture: Professor Emeritus Tracey Derwing
Assistant Professor Prashant Rajan presented at MIT’s Innovation Lab Workshop on December 4, 2018. His presentation titled “Making when ends don’t meet: Why product innovation by households living on the margins matters”, focused on the need for corporations and governments to facilitate collaboration between users in low-income communities during innovation development. Prashant explained how collaborative innovation … Continue reading Assistant Professor Prashant Rajan Presents at MIT Innovation Lab Workshop
Second year MFA student, Crystal Stone, has been busy publishing this year, as well as giving a Tedx talk! Check out her great work this year at the following links. https://poetry.arizona.edu/blog/defense-timely-rather-timeless-poetry?fbclid=IwAR3iMJv99aRlWCgqrO5WJ6orDs-3H32GK34ANbLAE1dCog2lhweRSfhC9cA http://www.drunkmonkeys.us/…/poetry-take-it-from-a-rufous-c… http://www.drunkmonkeys.us/…/2/poetry-first-fig-crystal-sto… https://occulum.net/20…/8/…/transformation-by-crystal-stone/ https://newversenews.blogspot.com/…/fox-news-remembers-aret…
Second year MFA student, Keygan Sands, delivered a paper, “Apocalyptic Visions: N. K. Jemisin’s The Stone Sky and the Sociocultural Origins of the Anthropocene” at a conference on Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene in October 2018. The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts was the sponsoring organization for the conference.