On October 28, Professor of English Gary Richards led the 45-minute discussion of Truman Capote’s Other Voices, Other Rooms to mark its 75th anniversary at the Louisiana Book Festival. He also moderated the 45-minute panel “Autofiction: Life Meets Fiction” featuring Christie Gabour Atwood’s Calling Home, Teresa Tumminello Brader’s Letting in Air and Light, and Jeffrey […]
On October 8, Professor of English Chris Foss presented a paper entitled “‘The secret of life is suffering’: Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis as Hard Times Survival Guide” at the Victorians Institute annual meeting, held this year in Raleigh, NC.
Assistant Professor of English Ray Levy’s novel, School, comes out this week, on October 12, with the University of Alabama Press. More information and links to purchase the book can be found here.
Brenta Blevins, Associate Professor of Writing Studies and Digital Studies, recently presented Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research on “low stakes” reflective journal assignments at the Corridors, the Blue Ridge Writing and Rhetoric Conference, in Blacksburg, VA. She also delivered a workshop on journal writing and conducting writing studies related SoTL research.
Alum Madison Roberts ’22 was recently accepted into the University of Tennessee for Library/Information Sciences. Roberts worked as a Reference Student Aide at the University of Mary Washington’s Simpson Library working on a variety of tasks, including creating content for and maintaining the Simpson Owl social media pages. In the Department of English and Linguistics, […]
