Events
April 21: Brent Hayes Edwards (Columbia University): "The Unheard Voice of Black Paris." 3:00 - 4:30 pm. Room 303, International Center. Information.
The Department of English at Michigan State University provides students with an excellent education in the liberal arts—one that strikes an ideal balance between creativity and critical inquiry. Undergraduate and graduate students, whether planning to enter professional or academic job markets after graduation, leave with skills allowing them to communicate, collaborate, and problem solve in a cultural landscape growing increasingly global.
Student–faculty interaction is at the center of our department. At present, more than 40 faculty members dedicate themselves to teaching excellence and outstanding scholarship. Faculty areas of specialization are wide-ranging and encompass literary periods and genres, language studies, critical theory, new media studies, cultural studies, and creative writing.
Our students develop exceptional writing skills. And, because they are exposed to a variety of learning experiences and faculty members who offer disparate perspectives, they acquire the know-how to confront large-scale issues and effect change around the world.
News
Ph.D. Students Accept Job Offers
Eight Ph.D. students have recently accepted positions at other colleges and universities. Two others have been offered prestigious Fellowships at fellow CIC Universities. Congratulations to all ten of these new Ph.D.s!
Accepting tenure-track positions:
Kelly Battles, Maryville College (Tennessee)
Emron Esplin, Kennesaw State University
Scott Henkel, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Chia-Shu Hsu, Soochow University (Taiwan)
Hilary Kowino, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Krishna Manavalli, Illinois State University
Kayode Ogunfolabi, West Virginia University
Rob Petrone, University of Nebraska
Accepting CIC Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Jen Nichols, Indiana University
Olabode Ibironke, University of Minnesota
New books and films by faculty published in 2008
Stephen Deng and Barbara Sebek, eds., Global Traffic: Discourses and Practices of Trade in English Literature and Culture from 1550 to 1700 (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008)
Jennifer Fay, Theaters of Occupation: Hollywood and the Reeducation of Postwar Germany (University of Minnesota Press)
Gordon Henry, The Failure of Certain Charms (Salt Publishing)
Sheng-mei Ma, East-West Montage: Reflections on Asian Bodies in Diaspora (University of Hawaii Press)
Justus Nieland, Feeling Modern: The Eccentricities of Public Life (University of Illinois Press)
Jeff Wray (director), The Soul Searchers: Three Stories
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Spotlight
Graduate students Hilary Kowino and Kanchana Warnapala interviewed three prestigious alumni of the Department of English last autumn for the 2008 edition of the Department newsletter, The Tattler (PDF), including Larry Mawby (BA, 1972) of Mawby Vineyards in Sutton’s Bay (above).
The Tattler (PDF) (2007)
Looking for something else to read? Check out Marcia Aldrich's recently published short essay in which she muses on a well-known site on the MSU campus. It's in Brevity 26. Click here.
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