Sara Brown Heading to The Big Apple

 

 

Sara Brown, Creative Writing and Publishing BA `19 and former editor-in-chief of Canvas (Now Reach), has accepted a position in the publishing field! Sara will begin work as a communications assistant at Macmillan Publishers in New York City!

 

Sara has long dreamed of working in the book publishing industry, and we are proud to know that her degree has helped make that possible.

 

Congratulations, Sara! 

Faculty June Activities

Dr. Marianne Kunkel offered a poetry reading, a guest lecture and manuscript consultations at the annual Prairie Lands Writing Project Writers’ Retreat in Conception, MO.




Dr. Gaywyn Moore delivered the paper "'I shall do thee mischief in the wood': Athens Gets Wild in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the 22^st Annual Mediterranean Studies Association Congress in Rethymnon, Greece.




Dr. Mike Cadden delivered the paper “When Comic Realism is Neither: Representationalism and Exaggeration in Illustrated Novels for Children" at the Children’s Literature Association Conference in Indianapolis.

EML Faculty Receive Promotions

Congratulations to EML faculty who have been promoted for their quality teaching, service, and
 professional development.

Dr. Elizabeth Canon has received tenure and has been promoted to Associate Professor of English

Dr. Michael Charlton has been promoted to Professor of English


Ms. Brooksie Kluge has been promoted to Advanced Instructor of English

Dr. Susan Martens has received tenure and has been promoted to Associate Professor of English

Dr. Miguel Rivera-Taupier has received tenure and has been promoted to Associate Professor of Spanish




We congratulate our colleagues for these impressive accomplishments!

 

Dr. Martens Publishes and Presents her Work

 

Susan Martens' nonfiction piece "Three Balconies" was published in the May issue of the literary journal Louisiana Literature. 

 

In April Dr. Martens presented a paper titled "Renaissance Faire Playtrons as Pop Culture Flaneurs" at the National Conference of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association in Washington, D.C. 

 

In July she will serve as a retreat leader for the New Orleans Writing Marathon Retreat hosted by the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project. 

 

 

 

 

 

Deb Treat Receives Degree

On May 17, Deb Treat graduated with honors from Luther Rice College & Seminary with an M.A. in Biblical Counseling.

Deb, originally a MWSU athlete with a BS in Physical Education, has multiple degrees and has focused her study on theology. Deb has been working as the EML administrative assistant since 2013.

Congratulations, Deb!

Spring Class of 2019

On a beautiful spring day, we watched our students gather up their diplomas and head out to do amazing things.

Julie Anne Barber, BA English
Kalynn Aiyana Copenharve, BA English
Eduardo Rafael Cruz, BA Modern Languages, Spanish
Riqueza Lynn Hendrix, BA, Modern Languages, Spanish and French
Da Vion Huey, BA English
Brooklyn Noel Lance, BA English
Savana Rae Luft, BA English
Mackenzie Renee Pagliai, BSE English Education
Cydney Nicole Puckett, BA Modern Languages, French
Mary Beth Rosenauer, BSE English Education
Megan Nicole Standley, BA English
Broderick Tate, BA English
Christina Lee Lund, MAS in Written Communication, Technical Communication
Like Lyu, MAS in Written Communication, Technical Communication
Naftal Oliveira Massela Naftal, MAS in Written Communication, Technical Communication
Jiuya Qin, MAS in Written Communication, Technical Communication
Kyla Lynn Ward, MAS in Written Communication, Writing Studies


Congratulations, Class of 2019!

Canon publishes in book

Dr. Elizabeth Canon, Assistant Professor of English, has had her article "Pre-English: The Relics of Proto-Indo-European in Old English Texts" published in the MLA Options in Teaching volume Teaching the History of the English Language.

Congratulations, Liz!