- Newsworthy: Welcome New Faculty!
- Congratulations to Summer 2004 English Graduates!
- "Literature After Dark" Tonight, August 25, at 7:30 pm in Haley 3195
- Advanced Scheduling Opportunities for World Literature, Spring 2005 Due August 26
- Teaching Preferences for Spring 2005 Due August 27
- Request for Travel Funds Due August 27
- Dr. Michele Ronnick's Historic Photo Exhibition - Lecture and Reception August 31
- Faculty Meeting with Provost Hanley September 1 in Haley 3195
- College of Liberal Arts Reception September 8
- New Directions '04 - Faculty Retreat September 11
- Faculty Picnic Recipes
- Faculty and Graduate Student Publications - Wai and Boone
The Department Welcomes New Faculty Members
The English Department welcomes new faculty members for the 2004-2005 year. New instructors are Phillip Beard, Laura Beasley, Matthew Binney, Juliana Gray, Catherine Himmelwright, Shawna (Thorp) Lichtenwalner, and Shane Schmidt.
Congratulations to the Summer 2004 English Department Graduates!
The English Department extends congratulations to the Summer 2004 graduates.
Receiving their PhDs are Matthew Binney and Angela Insenga. Binney, whose dissertation was entitled "The Cosmopolitan Evolution: Travel, Travel Narratives, and the Revolution of the European Consciousness in Eighteenth Century Society," is currently an instructor in our department. Insenga's dissertation was entitled "'Looking Together United Them': The Party at Play in Virginia Woolf's Canon." She now serves as Assistant Professor at West Georgia College in Carrollton, GA.
Graduates receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees in English were Matthew Bobo, Andrea Branch, Lindsey Carmichael, Milla Chappell, Katherine Crona, Ray Galle, Sarah Godwin (magna cum laude), Jeanne Hagan, Ashley Lloyd, Emily Maffett, Samuel Martin, Jason McGee, Richard McVay, Sarah Pelot, Clifton Potter, Whitney Reed, Renee Reller, and Andrew Sherriff.
Literature After Dark Tonight at 7:30 pm
Antigone, the first feature of the new "Literature After Dark" season, will be presented tonight in Haley Center 3195 at 7:30 pm. The film is the 1999 BBC production of Sophocles' tragic drama.
World Literature Program Announces Advanced Scheduling Opportunity
As the pilot program for announced scheduling of World Literature courses continues, 4 sections of ENGL 2200 and 6 sections of ENGL 2210 can be included in the spring schedule of courses. Listings will include the designation of instructor, class time, and course focus.
Those who would like to be considered for this opportunity should submit a proposal indicating their course rationale and list of works they plan to include by Thursday, August 26, to Alex Dunlop, Coordinator of World Literature.
Spring 2005 Teaching Preferences Due August 27
By Friday, August 27, faculty and GTAs should submit to George Crandell their teaching preferences for Spring 2005 (general education courses) and indicate if they have an interest in serving as a Lead Teacher (those indicating this interest should select ENGL 1120 as a teaching preference). GTAs should also indicate courses they expect to enroll in.
The teaching preference form can be found online.
Requests for Travel Funds Due August 27
Request travel fund allocations for 2004-2005 online by Friday, August 27.
Historic Photo Exhibition by Dr. Michele Ronnick - Lecture and Reception August 31
Auburn University's Center for Diversity and Race Relations presents Dr. Michele Ronnick's historic photo exhibition in Foy Student Union's Exhibit Lounge (room 217). Ronnick's photos feature African-American classical scholars such as William Sanders Scarborough, Lewis Baxter Moore, John Wesley Gilbert, William Henry Crogman, and Edward Wilmot Blyden.
A public lecture will be given by Ronnick on Tuesday, August 31, at 7 p.m. in the Exhibit Lounge. A reception will follow. The exhibit will be open to the public from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday until September 16.
College of Liberal Arts Reception - September 8
The College of Liberal Arts has invited all faculty and staff of the College to a reception to celebrate the new academic year. The reception is Wednesday, September 8, from 5 to 7:30 pm at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Please RSVP by September 3 to Deborah Ward.
Department Picnic Recipes
Despite rain forecasts, the annual department picnic was a success at Chewacla State Park on Saturday, August 21. Pictures from the picnic can be found online.
The food was wonderful - now let's share our recipes! Please email your recipes to Jessica Lueders or Betsy Smith, and we will include them in next week's English Channel.
Faculty and Graduate Student Publications
Isabella Wai's article, "Wilbur's 'Merlin Enthralled,'" appears in the current issue of The Explicator (Summer 2004). As a result of her research and publication, she has included Wilbur's poem, based on the Arthurian legends, in her World Literature I syllabus for Fall 2004.
Nick Boone, PhD student, has published several short articles in a small religious magazine, as well as an article, "Resignation to History: The Black Arts Movement and Rita Dove's Political Consciousness," and a book review in the current issure of Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora.
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 Jessica Lueders 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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Last updated August 25, 2004