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New Faculty - Pierre Cyr, Stephanie Gordon, Susan Hopkirk, Janet Mauney, Kimberly McGhee, Michael Smith The Department extends a warm welcome to its newest faculty members. We appreciate the knowledge and skills they bring with them as well as the diversity of their academic specializations. Pierre Cyr has taught English courses at Auburn University for the past six years. He is currently working on his dissertation on the usefulness of Plato's Symposium, particularly the concept of eros, for rhetoric and composition studies. Read more - link to faculty directory. Stephanie Gordon received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. Her specialties are creative writing and multicultural American literature, especially Native American and African American. Gordon's work has been published in several journals and another of her essays is forthcoming. Read more - link to faculty directory. Susan Hopkirk received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta, and her research interests are in both the medieval period and popular culture. Hopkirk's work appears in Pioneering North America: Mediators of European Literature and Culture. Read more - link to faculty directory. Janet Mauney received her Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Florida State University. Mauney's short stories have appeared in both journals and magazines, and a chapter of her novel, Isabel's Tattoo, appeared in Belles' Letters, an anthology of women's writing. Read more - link to faculty directory. Kimberly McGhee's research and teaching interests include film, twentieth-century comparative literature (especially Russian and French), critical theory, and anthropological approaches to literature. McGhee has taught introductory and upper-level film courses, world literature, composition, and other courses as well. Read more - link to faculty directory. Michael Smith received the Transatlantic Review Award for fiction in 2002 and has published stories in numerous literary reviews. This spring, Smith served with the EUR-AM Center for International Education in Pontlevoy, France and taught creative writing and 1920s expatriate literature of Paris. Read more - link to faculty directory. ABD Colloquium Getting Organized - Wednesday, August 27 at 2:00 pm All graduate students who are ABD (and those who are about to pass their GDEs) are invited to the organizational meeting of the brand new ABD Colloquium. This group is planning to meet monthly and provide an informal setting in which those of you working on your dissertations and preparing for life as a professional academic can find guidance and support. The topics for the meetings will be determined by your concerns. The first meeting will be on Wednesday, August 27 at 2:00 pm in 8009 Haley Center (eighth floor lounge) to discuss plans for the year. If you cannot make it, please send Constance Relihan your ideas for discussion topics, either through email or an emissary at the meeting. Faculty Meeting - Wednesday, August 27 at 3:00 pm in 3195 Haley Center EGO Meeting - Wednesday, August 27 at 3:00 pm EGO (English Graduate Organization) will meet Wednesday, August 27 at 3:00 pm in Eagle's Nest North. To get to Eagle's Nest North, go up the stairs that are farthest from the English Department's main office, 9030 Haley Center. Great Flicks
- Wednesday, August 27 at 7:30 pm in 1203 Haley Center Great Flicks - Wednesday, September 10 at 7:30 pm in 1203 Haley Center OEDIPUS REX (Guthrie and Polansky, 1957) An attempt to present the play
(in a translation by W.B. Yeats) as closely as possible to the original
conditions of the production. Travel Form Deadline - Friday, August 29 If you have problems accessing the Travel Form, please contact Betsy Smith or Sam Singer. Teaching Preference Forms Due - Friday, August 29 If you have not done so already, please fill out the Teaching Preference Form and submit it by Friday, August 29. Round-Table Discussion - Wednesday, September 3 English Department faculty and graduate students are invited to attend a round-table discussion focusing on what faculty do in graduate seminars to develop research skills and introduce students to prospects for either conference presentations or publication. Faculty members will share examples of projects or assignments that have been successful in previous seminars. The round-table discussion is planned for Wednesday, September 3 from 3:00 - 4:30 pm in 3104 Haley Center. It is hoped that you will join in this lively discussion. Job Placement Informational Meeting - Margaret Kouidis and Kathryn Pratt- Thursday, September 4 Margaret Kouidis and Kathryn Pratt will lead an informational meeting about the Department's job placement service on Thursday, September 4 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm in 8009 Haley Center (eighth floor lounge). Placing a Book Manuscript - Paula Backscheider - Monday, September 8 Find out about the book manuscript placing process and what to do at each step on Monday, September 8 at 3:00 pm in 3104 Haley Center. Questions will be encouraged. Among the topics to be discussed will be when, where, and how to submit, how long the process takes from query to book, what you can expect and do at each step, and if time allows, turning dissertations and very promising articles into books. For more information, contact Paula Backscheider. First
Symposium - Alumna Molly Smith - Thursday, September 11 The English Center's hours of operation for Fall Semester will be Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am until 9:00 pm. The Center will be open Fridays from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. The English Center continues to offer services to students, such as one-to-one tutoring, routine tutoring, handouts, links to helpful web sites, an electronic consultant, and a phone-in hotline (844-5749). To assist the English Center in better serving your students, please send copies of your syllabus and assignments and handouts related to them. You can provide the English Center with these handouts by placing them in the box labeled "English Center" in the copy room (9022 Haley Center) or by emailing them to Isabelle Thompson. New Publications by Peter Huggins Peter Huggins has a new book of poems, Necessary Acts, forthcoming from River City Publishing in Fall 2004. Also in 2004 his novel for middle readers, In the Company of Owls, is forthcoming from NewSouth Books. In Spring 2005 his picture book, Trosclair and the Alligator, is forthcoming from Star Bright Books in New York. Africana Studies Minor Available The College of Liberal Arts is now offering a minor in Africana Studies. The Africana Studies minor may be associated with any major field of study. Students interested in the minor can email Professor Greg Kowalski, Interim Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, or contact him in 2046 Haley Center. Please use the calendar hanging in 8009 Haley Center to reserve the room for meetings and events. Click here to view photos taken at the English Department picnic held at Chewacla State Park. To include an item in The English Channel, submit text items by Tuesday at 11:40 am for publication Wednesday. Submit items by email to Kelly Messerschmidt or Betsy Smith or put the information in their mailbox. Please check your submission for accuracy and completion--all calendar items and meeting announcements must include the date, time, and location of the event.
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