Jon Pineda has been chosen as a finalist for the Library of Virginia’s 19th Annual Literary Award. His recent book Little Anodynes is one of just three to earn this honor. Many congratulations!
Professor Pineda Nominated for Award
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Professor Barrenechea Awarded Position in France
Dr. Antonio Barrenecheahas been appointed the IAU (Institute for American Universities) College Resident Fellow, Aix-en-Provence, France for the academic year 2016-17, during which he will be on sabbatical from UMW. His research will consider on how South American underground cinema reinvents Hollywood and European “trash” and avant-garde film sources. Congratulations!
Dr. McAllister Wins Prestigious Fellowship
Congratulations to Professor Marie McAllister! She has been selected as one of the four new UMW Waple Professors for her project “Literature and Medicine.” She will hold this professorship for the academic years 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Professor Pineda’s Recent Honors
Jon Pineda’s poem “The Muse, or Stars Out on Interstate 81 South” (featured on the Poetry Foundation’s website) has been selected by Minnesota State University, Mankato to be part of MSU’s 2016 National Poetry Month Video Project. His (fly fishing) poem “Rapidan Bestiary” was accepted for publication by Gray’s Sporting Journal. Other new poems (“Rappahannock Bestiary” and […]
Alum Wins Award
UMW alumna Gwynne Mapes (’08) won third place for best student abstract at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, for her paper “‘Oh, and it’s got to be cut into four triangles, never in half’: the role of negation in Bon Appétit’s ‘Editor’s Letter.’” Gwynne is pursuing a PhD in linguistics at the […]
