Thursday, January 24, 2019

The Faculty Have Been Up To Something


 
Dr. Mike Cadden has had an edited collection accepted for publication by the Modern Language Association. Teaching Young Adult Literature, co-edited with Karen Coats and Roberta Seelinger Trites, will be published in 2020 in the "Teaching Options" series.


Dr. Elizabeth Canon’s linguistic textbook was approved by the external board of Routledge Press and is now under review by the editorial board.
 
Dr. Canon organized a panel on language and dialect prejudice in higher education for the Linguistic Society of America’s national conference in December.  The panel has been approached by Routledge Press to publish a book on that subject.  She also chaired an additional panel at the LSA conference.
 
Dr. Michael Charlton had three book chapters published:
 

"The Image of the Pirate in Adaptations of The Adventures of Tintin.” Pirates in History and Popular Culture.  Ed. Antonio Sanna.  McFarland.  October 2018.
 
“Tickled to Death: The Happiness Patrol and Female Dystopias.”  Handmaids, Tributes, and Carers: Dystopian Females’ Roles and Goals. Ed. Myrna Santos. Cambridge Scholars Press.  September 2018.

“Dumbo and the Circus of Childhood.” Circus Space: The Big Top on the Big Screen.  Ed. Teresa Cutler-Broyles.  McFarland. December 2018.


Dr. Marianne KunkeI gave a reading from her new book, Hillary, Made Up, on Dec. 5 at the meeting of the St. Joseph chapter of Persisterhood.
 
Dr. Kay Siebler presented at the international Gender and Education Conference at Newcastle University in Victoria, Australia on Dec. 3. The title of her presentation was "You're a Buck Nutty, Liberal, Feminist Woman." Being an Out Activist Teacher in Rural U.S."
 

Dr. Siebler was elected chair of the St. Joseph Human Rights Commission, a mayoral commission dedicated to addressing social justice issues in the city of St. Joseph, and she was awarded the Drum Major for Social Justice Award from the MWSU Multicultural Center.  The award was presented at the annual Martin Luther King banquet on Jan. 23.

 

 

 

 

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