Anita Obermeier: MAA Presentation and Other News

Anita Obermeier presented her paper “Merlin’s Conception Story in Arthurian Legends in Light of Scholastic Discourse” at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) in Scottsdale Arizona. She furthermore chaired a Medieval Association of the Pacific-sponsored session titled “Medieval Borders” that was recorded and can be accessed at http://vod.csun.edu/~english/MedievalBoders2011.mp4. At the MAA business meeting, she read the citation for the CARA Teaching Award given by the Medieval Academy.

Jeremy Ricketts: Outstanding Teaching Award

Jeremy Ricketts has being awarded one of five 2010-2011 Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year Awards.

The Awards ceremony will take place Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 2 pm in SUB, Ballroom C

Erin Murrah-Mandril: Feminist Research Institute Prize

Congratulations to Erin Murrah-Mandril who has been awarded the FRI Best Paper Prize for her essay,
"Misreading the Feminine: Representation of Women in the Far West in Mary Hallock Foote’s 'Maverick'."

Leigh Johnson: Tenure-Track Position

Congratulations to Leigh Johnson who has successfully defended her dissertation and has accepted a tenure-track American literature position with Marymount University in Arlington, VA.

Christine Kozikowski: Grants and Awards

Congratulations to Christine Kozikowski, who was selected for UNM’s Graduate Research Supplement Award, the FRI’s Graduate Student Research Grant, and the Medieval Association of the Pacific’s John F. Benton Award. These awards will support Christine’s forthcoming research trip to London for her dissertation, “Reading Privacy in Middle English Texts, 1350-1450: Private Space, Public Face.”

English Department Colloquium: Lynn Beene

Professor Lynn Beene will present "'Detective Poetry' or Poe-tics" from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in the English Department Lounge (HUM 235).  This will be the final EDC of the spring semester.

eWords: Adam Hochschild

Read a fascinating article (part one of four) by Adam Hochschild on academic versus popular writing.

Read Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch, part 1 at Nieman Storyboard here.