Emilee Howland-Davis wins the Medieval Association of the Pacific's Benton Prize

Emilee Howland-Davis wins the Medieval Association of the Pacific's Benton Prize for her paper, "Morgan le Fay: Sister, Savior, Sorceress," delivered at MAP's Annual Meeting at the University of San Diego, March 2013. The prize is a competitively awarded travel grant for graduate students.

Genesea Carter awarded UNM GPSA's Outstanding Committee Chair of the Year

Genesea Carter was awarded the University of New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Association's Outstanding Committee Chair (Grants) of the Year.

Faculty December 2012 and January 2013 Appearances

December 2012

Greg Martin. Interview and Appearance about Stories for Boys, KASA Fox’s New Mexico Style hosted by Nikki Stanzione. Dec 21.

Greg Martin. Book signing for Stories for Boys. Barnes and Noble, Coronado Center, Albuquerque, NM. Dec 22.

January 2013

Modern Language Association, Boston, Massachusetts, Jan 3-6.

   Jesse Alemán. “Bodies that Don’t Matter: Tracing Race in the US Latino/a Nineteenth Century.”

   Feroza Jussawalla. "Seaming Sisterhood: South Asian Muslim Women in London.”

   Feroza Jussawalla. "Inhospitable Homes: Diasporic Realism in Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Monica Ali's Brick Lane.”

   Feroza Jussawalla. Session Organizer: Crossing Borders, Finding Homes; Fragmented Lives, Hybridity, and the Politics of Identity in South Asian Muslim Women's Writing

Greg Martin. A Conversation about Stories for Boys. Utah Public Radio: Access Utah hosted by Tom Williams. Jan 3.

The 21st annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference will be held April 4-6 in Albuquerque

The English Department is pleased to announce that the 21st annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference will be held April 4-6, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency downtown.

UNM faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend panel sessions of their choosing free of charge, and the plenary panel and keynotes are open to the public. Anyone wishing to take part in the conference receptions should register at www.2013bwwc.com, where a complete program of events may also be found.

Genesea Carter to teach Rhetoric and Composition at University of Wisconsin

Genesea Carter will be taking a tenure track job at the University of Wisconsin-Stout where she will be teaching rhetoric and composition courses.

‘My Favorite Poem’ project celebrates National Poetry Month

http://news.unm.edu/2013/03/my-favorite-poem-project-celebrates-national-poetry-month/
By Carolyn Gonzales, UNM Today, March 25, 2013

Acclaimed poet and for­mer U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Rita Dove wrote, “By mak­ing us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an oppor­tu­nity to think about our­selves as human beings on this planet and what we mean to each other.”

In this same spirit, com­mu­nity mem­bers of Santa Fe and Albu­querque will gather to share poems they love dur­ing National Poetry Month in April. The read­ings are hosted by the UNM Eng­lish Depart­ment and the Insti­tute of Amer­i­can Indian Arts and are directed by award-winning poet and UNM pro­fes­sor Luci Tapa­honso. The read­ings begin at 6 p.m. on Fri­day evenings: UNM Zim­mer­man Library (Willard Room) on April 5 and in the Waters Room, also at Zim­mer­man on April 19, and at IAIA (CLE Com­mons) on April 12 and April 26. The events are free, open to the pub­lic and a recep­tion will follow.

The “My Favorite Poem” Project is based on for­mer US Poet Lau­re­ate Robert Pinsky’s ini­tia­tive in 1998 that was held in major cities and fea­tured thou­sands of read­ers from all walks of life includ­ing school chil­dren, busi­ness own­ers, civic lead­ers, teach­ers, col­lege stu­dents, spir­i­tual lead­ers, ranch­ers and media personalities.

Read­ers on April 5 (Willard Room) include Monte Vista stu­dents Lily Rosano-Mueller and Arden Bur­kett, Eng­lish Chair Gail Hous­ton, Asso­ciate Dean Phillip Gan­der­ton, Escuela del Sol stu­dent Samiyah Dezbah James, National Dance Insti­tute Direc­tor Rus­sell Baker, Eng­lish Lec­turer Kyle Fiore, UNM Accoun­tant Misty Dawn Ortiz, Dr. Doris Fields, Librar­ian Maria Teresa Mar­quez, Poet Deme­tria Mar­tinez. Nov­el­ist and IAIA Pro­fes­sor Evalina Zuni Lucero.

Read­ers on April 19 (Waters Room) include SIPI Pres­i­dent Dr. Sherry Alli­son, Colum­nist David Stein­berg, UNM Pub­li­cist Car­olyn Gon­za­les, MFA stu­dents Adam Nunez and Natalie Scen­ters– Zapico, UNM Libraries Dean Martha Bedard, UNM Book­store Events Coor­di­na­tor Lani Tay­lor, West End Pub­lisher John Craw­ford, and Asso­ciate Dean Kevin Mal­loy and NM Cen­ten­nial Poet Levi Romero.

Tapa­honso, who pre­vi­ously orga­nized Favorite Poem projects in Lawrence, Kan. and Tuc­son, Ariz., said that the read­ings reveal the impor­tance of poetry in our per­sonal his­to­ries and how shar­ing poems can strengthen a community’s sense of cul­ture and place. “We often turn to poetry in moments of ela­tion, grat­i­tude, loss or fear, and this is a won­der­ful oppor­tu­nity to share with oth­ers the ways in which par­tic­u­lar poems speak to us,” Tapa­honso said.

UNM Today Media Con­tact: Car­olyn Gon­za­les (505) 277‑5920; email: cgonzal@unm.edu

Posted in Academics, Faculty, Events, English BLOG

--Luci Tapahonso

Poet Laureate, Navajo Nation

Professor, Department of English

Tapahons@unm.edu

Beth Davila receives Best New Scholar Award from Written Communication

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Beth Davila for receiving the Best New Scholar Award from Written Communication for her article "'Standard' Edited American English: Examining the Link Between Conceptions of Standardness and Perceived Authorial Identity." Written Communication April 2012 29: 180-20.

Dr. Davila was also a finalist for the John R. Hayes Award, given for the best article of the year by Written Communication.