Faculty News… Dr. Gougeon Article Republication at Forefront of Digital Humanities 14 Apr 2015April 14, 2015 English Professor Dr. Len Gougeon's article "Militant Abolitionism: Douglass, Emerson, and the Rise of the Anti-Slave” appears in an e-reader collection as part of a new series from the MIT…
Creative Writing… English & Bio Alum Jenn Lewis Writes with News of Med School Success 14 Apr 2015 Jenn Lewis (BA, Biology & English, 2011) writes with news of her experiences as a medical student at Thomas Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia where, among other things, she bridged…
Academics… Creative Writing Alum Brianna Noll Successfully Defends Ph.D. Dissertation 8 Apr 2015 Brianna Noll, English/Honors ’05, has defended her PhD dissertation (creative, poetry) at the University of Illinois-Chicago. As an undergraduate Brianna was an editor of Esprit, Scranton’s review of arts &…
Creative Writing… Theatre Alum Anthony Mercado to Have First Play Produced at K.C. Festival 8 Apr 2015 Anthony Mercado (Theatre minor, '09) is having his professional playwriting debut at the Kansas City Fringe Festival. His one-act play, Kill or Be Dead premieres mid-July of this year. Details can be found…
Creative Writing… Matt Porto, Alum, Entering MFA Program at Boston University 8 Apr 2015 Matthew Porto, English ’12, will enter the MFA program (poetry) at Boston University in the Fall with a tuition & fee waiver & a generous stipend. He will also teach…
Faculty News… Dr. Willenbrink to Debut New Play in NYC 7 Apr 2015April 7, 2015 Prof. Hank Willenbrink's newest play, La Princesa, gets its first public reading later this month in a performance directed by Jose Zayas (who regularly directs shows for The University of…
Student Success Stories… Alumna Teacher Deirdre Reedy Writes with News 6 Apr 2015 Deirdre Reedy (BA, Secondary Ed./English, 2011) writes with an upbeat report about her experiences in the classroom. "I am still loving teaching. This year I have an honors course, so…
Faculty News… Prof. Kraus Publishes Essay on Honors Education & Its Jesuit Connection 2 Apr 2015 Prof. Joe Kraus, who also directs the University honors program, has an essay forthcoming in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of The Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council in which he…
Bianca Sabia… English Faculty Continue Faculty Development at CCCC Annual Convention 31 Mar 2015 Recently, English Department Faculty Specialists Bianca Sabia and Bonnie Markowski, along with adjunct instructor Emily Denison, presented at the RNF portion of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in…
Reasons to Study Literature, Theatre & Writing Fareed Zakaria on Why a Broad, Liberal-Arts Education Matters for the Economy as a Whole 31 Mar 2015 Writing in the Washington Post, pundit Fareed Zakaria offers his argument that we need to educate our college students as broadly as possible rather than turning toward narrow technical or…
