After seven years as chairperson of EFLJ and briefly
EML, Dr. Mike Cadden steps down from the post and returns to honest work as a
full-time professor of English. Succeeding him officially on July 1, 2014 is
Dr. Susie Hennessy, Professor of French and long-time Foreign Language
Coordinator for the department. Dr. Hennessy is the first foreign language
professor to chair the department, though she is the third consecutive
racquetball player to hold the job. Take note, future chair candidates.
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| Cadden and Hennessy |
Dr. Hennessy is a recent winner of the Alumni
Association Distinguished Faculty Award as well as a recipient of the Jesse Lee
Myers Excellence in Teaching award. Dr. Hennessy is also Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académique (Knight of the
Order of Academic Palms). She is the author of the book The Mother Figure in Emile Zola’s Les
Rougon-Macquart: Literary Realism and the Quest for the Ideal Mother
(Mellen Press).
She promises not to rename the department “French
and Other Languages”—at least not right away.
We wish Dr. Hennessy good luck and hope that people
will leave her alone for at least a couple of months while she figures out what
happens on the English side of Eder. Bonne
chance, Madam Chair!
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