Winter Commencement 2019

We celebrate our Winter 2019 English and Modern Language Department graduates! Congratulations to our newly hatched Griffons:

Damon Xavier Albertson, BS Technical Communication

Eduardo Rafael Cruz, BA, Modern Languages

Brooke Michelle Howe, BSE English Education

Stefanie Elizabeth Lowe, Post Baccalaureate Certificate in the Technical Communication

Diana Marie Mora, Post Baccalaureate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing

Hannah Elizabeth Mullins, BA English

Tiffany Nicole Rice, BSE English Education

Jazmin Valencia Rivera, BA Modern Languages

Nayeli Elizabeth Romo, BA Modern Languages

Mary Kate Wiley, BA Modern Languages



Keep in touch as you go out into the world and do great things!



 

EML Represents at Midwest Modern Language Association meeting 2019

Three EML faculty members and two students represented our department at the Midwest Modern Language Association convention this year, held in Chicago.

Dr. Caroline Burd, assistant professor of French, presented the paper "Female familial harmonics in Darriuessecq’s Le Mal de mer" and chaired a panel. Dr. Gaywyn Moore, assistant professor of English and a member of the MMLA Executive Committee, reviewed curriculum vitaes in CV workshops  and presented on the professionalizing session Thriving on the Tenure Track. Dr. Miguel Rivera, associate professor of Spanish, delivered a paper titled "Doppelgangers and Monsters in 'El Aleph.'"

French majors Nicholas Reznick and Skylar Proctor presented the papers "Avant de disparaître: A Multifaceted Literary Analysis" and "Linguistic Power and Hierarchies in La Farce de Maître Pathelin," respectively.   

From left to right, Dr. Burd, Mr. Reznick, Dr. Moore, Ms. Proctor. Photo credit Dr. Rivera

Alyssa Striplin Spills the Tea about Godzilla

Instructor of English Alyssa Striplin gave her lecture "Godzilla: King of the Metaphors" at East Hills Library today. The talk is part of the series "Pop Talks," a collaboration between the St. Joseph Public Library and the Department of English and Modern Languages that interprets popular culture issues for the community.

Ms. Striplin explained how Godzilla has become a popular culture icon over time since its debut in Japan in the 1950s. The movie covers a great deal of metaphorical ground, including how it handles literary plot conventions such as man vs. nature, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, man vs. self, man vs. man, and more.

It was concluded that Godzilla, despite his deceptively simple nature, is a pretty complicated creature.