Cynthia Bartels attended the Popular Culture
Association meeting in New Orleans to present "Who is
George Harrison? Educating Our Youth."
Both Ana Bausset-Page and F. Eduardo Castilla attended the XLI International Symposium of Hispanic Literature, hosted by California State University Dominguez Hill. Dr. Bausset-Page moderated a session and presented "Literature and Cinematography; revelations of two worlds: J. Luis Borges and his Pierre Menard, author of Don Quijote."
Dr. Castilla-Ortiz presented “No se trata si Cervantes o Quijote fueron queer, sino si
este último es una identidad quijotesca/ It is not whether Cervantes
and Don Quixote were queer, but if the latter is a quixotic identity.”
Kara Bollinger’s editorial was published in the
Kansas City Star, in the “As I See It” section. Bollinger wrote about Rosedale
Ridge, a low income apartment complex in Kansas City,
Kansas, where she volunteers. Read here:
On April 1 and April
15, several PLWP Teacher Consultants were invited guests on Teacher
Teaching Teachers, a weekly webcast on the Ed Tech Talk channel of the
WorldBridges network, for a two-part show on rural education. Hosted by the
New York City Writing Project’s Technology Liaison, Paul Allison, the show
featured commentary from TCs Linda Gaines, Jody Yuille, and Robin
Rozell-Estenbaum (Breckenridge), Terrance Sanders (Braymer), Mary Lee Meyer
(Jefferson, retired), Tom Pankiewicz (MWSU, retired), and Susan Martens
(MWSU).
The PLWP Open Writing
Marathon, hosted by PLWP Director Susan Martens on April 11, drew five area
teachers and writers for a day of exploring, writing, and sharing in diverse
locations such as the St. Joseph Visitors Center, Pronto Café, The Albrecht
Kemper Museum, Ashland Cemetery, and Boudreaux’s.
Our spring graduates
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| Master's students and graduate faculty |
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| Sarah Verduzco and Dr. Rivera |
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| Dr. Charlton and Wenfei Zhao |
