New Colleagues
The
Department of English and Modern Languages is pleased to welcome new and
visiting faculty this fall.
Dr. Gaywyn Moore completed her
PhD. at KU and has returned to the Midwest after teaching in Minnesota. A specialist in British literature before 1800 and
Shakespeare, Gaywyn’s dissertation, “Exhuming Henry VIII’s Court: The Tudor
Household on the Jacobean Stage,” takes up Henry VIII’s historical significance
when England’s government was again undergoing the transition from Elizabeth to
James. Her research engages with the fissures in Henry’s household as part of a
larger conversation about the queen’s role in the commonwealth and spiritual
health of England. Additional interests
are Renaissance literature, drama from ancient Greece to today,
and Utopian literature. Dr. Moore values the impact of study abroad, having led
students to England and Scotland. Her teaching emphasizes viewing the text
within its historical moment, such that students can grasp the connections
between historical and contemporary performance of textual theme and
description.
Joining
us from China, Liu Yiming brings expertise in the relevance of culture in
translation. She is currently an instructor of English at the School of Foreign
Languages at Xidian University. She is also a researcher with a focus on
literary translation. Liu received her M.A. from Northwest University in
2010. Her dissertation was entitled “On Translation of Culture-loaded Words in
the Relevance-theoretic Account --- A Case Study of Mo Yan’s novel ‘Big Breasts
and Wide Hips.’” . She is fond of teaching and has high expectations for students; she tries to make her
classes lively and interesting. In 2012, she ranked second in the SFLEP
National Foreign Language Teaching Contest (Shaanxi Division).
Paul
Dijkzeul will teach German as a Fulbright scholar this year. Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, he has
spent the last five years studying in the central German town of Göttingen,
which is roughly the size of St. Joseph and also features the lower Saxony
State University, where he completed his degrees in Mathematics and English last
year. For the last two years, he has been teaching semantics to undergraduate
students, which led to teaching English as well. He has come to the US hoping
to improve his teaching skills as well as share some of his German culture. In his free time, he enjoys dancing in a wide
variety of styles, from European ballroom dances to Latin American classics. He
also serves as chairman of a self-organized student café, where he spends most
of his breaks during the day. Besides that, he loves travelling, especially to neighboring
European countries.
Summer Celebration
Dr.
Marianne Kunkel and husband Dave anticipate the arrival of a bundle of joy
later this fall. Colleagues and friends joined in the baby shower hosted by
Brooksie Kluge. It is said that delicious food and lovely gifts were enjoyed.
Publications and presentations in splendid settings
Kaye Adkins participated in the Rocky Mountain
Writers Retreat held July 24-27 at Grand Lake, Colorado. The Retreat
brings researchers together in a supportive environment to develop,
write, and share projects in professional writing.
Claudine Evans attended the annual convention
of the American Association of Teachers of French in Saguenay, Quebec. She
moderated a session and presented "La réforme territoriale en France:
enjeux, réactions et activités pédagogiques / French Territorial Reform:
issues, reactions, and pedagogical activities."
Susie Hennessy’s book, Consumption, Domesticity, and the Female
Body in Emile Zola’s Fiction, was
published by the Edwin Mellen Press. 
