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Welcome to the University of Scranton English and Theatre Blog. Here we post the most current new related to our English and theatre department at the University of Scranton. You will hear that we study Chaucer, Shakespeare, Julia Alvarez, Lighting Design, the Rhetoric of 9/11, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poetry, Creative…Continue reading “Featured Content”

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Visiting Assistant Professor Joins the University’s English & Theatre Department

Dr. Iheoma Nwachukwu joined the English & Theatre department as a Visiting Assistant Professor and began teaching for us this…

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University Alumn Publishes Book

Congratulations to University of Scranton Alumn, Elizabeth Polishan (’17) on the publication of her first book, “A Little Book of…

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Dr. Madeline B. Gangnes joins the University’s English and Theatre Department

Dr. Gangnes joined the English & Theatre department and began teaching for us this Fall semester. She conducts research and…

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“No matter who you are and no matter what you’re doing, the things that we write and read actually affect who we are and the world around us. They not only show us what’s happening in our own lives and what’s happening outside in the world, but they actually show us that we do have an impact. So if that’s not motivation enough to be an English major, I don’t know what is.”

Dr. Bille R. Tadros, Assistant Professor of English

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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…
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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 &…
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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…
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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…
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Friedman Presents Paper at National Shakespeare Conference

7 Apr 2015April 7, 2015
At the Shakespeare Association of American Conference, held April 1-4, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada, Michael Friedman presented a paper entitled "Cinemacast as Film: Coriolanus." Here is an abstract for the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…

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