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The English Department Newsletter

Spring 2013 Edition

Chair’s Note Dr. Peter Norberg

Inside this Issue

Welcome New 2

Faculty

Faculty Updates 3

Internships 5

Milton Marathon 6

Announcements 7

Fall 2013 9

Courses

Contributing Editor: Gabi Soreth ‘14

Saint Joseph’s University

With Spring break behind us and Easter on the horizon, the semester is moving by at a brisk pace. As the air warms and flowers begin to bloom, take time to savor the books you are reading, the essays, stories and poems you are writing, and the conversations and companionship of your faculty and peers. It is a wonderful time of year, one marked by new arrivals, exciting programs and opportunities to consider your future!

Under the “New Arrivals” heading, we are pleased to announce that the department successfully completed two new faculty hires. Next fall, Dr. Dan Reimold, a specialist in Journalism, and Dr. Grace Wetzel, a specialist in Rhetoric and Writing in the Disciplines will be joining our department. You can read more about their teaching and research interests on the next page, and be sure to look for the courses they will be offering in the “Fall Courses” section of the newsletter. Check out, too, the “Faculty News” section to learn more about the English faculty’s current research and publications. If you are interested in pursuing independent writing and research within the major, speak to your adviser about Independent Study, Summer Scholars and Honors Thesis opportunities.

There are also several exciting English programs in the weeks ahead. If you regret missing the stimulating and informative Career Panel on publishing hosted by Tom Coyne, put aside those melancholy thoughts and make sure to join us April 4, at 11:30 am, in MH 174, for a crash course in how to land an internship, immediately following our pre-registration meeting for majors. If you missed Dr. April Linder’s inspiring reading from Catherine, her adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic novel Wuthering Heights, do not go wandering on the heath in despair! You can still make your own voice heard at our marathon reading of John Milton’s Paradise Lost on April 11 in Merion Hall Atrium from 9 am to 9 pm. Contact Dr. Jason Powell (jpowell@sju.edu) to add your voice to the chorus that will bring every last word of Milton’s epic Paradise Lost to our ears.

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Welcome to the English Department, Dr. Dan Reimold

and Dr. Grace Wetzel!

The English Department is very pleased to welcome two new assistant professors who are joining our full-time faculty. Dr. Dan Reimold and Dr. Grace Wetzel will begin

teaching courses in Fall 2013.

Dr. Dan Reimold received his Ph.D. in Journalism at Ohio University in 2008. He comes to Saint Joseph’s University from The University of Tampa, where he taught as an Assistant Professor of Journalism. A leading college journalism scholar, who has written and presented about the student press throughout the U.S., in parts of Southeast Asia and in the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq; he also is a former Fulbright research fellow who has taught journalism, mass communication and new media courses in two countries. Dr. Reimold will be teaching “Introduction to Reporting and Writing” and “Ethics in Journalism” next semester, as well as advising The Hawk.

Dr. Grace Wetzel earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of South Carolina, where she taught for six years. She comes to us from Wake Forest University, where she combined Rhetoric and service-learning in her classes. Her areas of interest include Nineteenth-Century Women’s Rhetoric, Public Education, Prison Education, and Composition Pedagogy. In order to promote writing that is both rhetorically effective and responsible, she incorporates course texts that address vital public issues and represent a range of genres. Dr. Wetzel also enjoys writing stage and screenplays. In addition to “Craft of Language.” She will be teaching “Women’s Rhetorical History” next semester.

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Faculty Updates and

Announcements

The English Department is all smiles with Saint Ignatius in

front of Merion Hall

Prof. Tom Coyne recently published a nonfiction piece, “Linked,” in Legends Magazine, which discusses the defining characteristics of a links golf course and compares the Ocean Course in Kiawah, South Carolina, with its sister course in Doonbeg, Ireland. He also recently signed a deal with Simon & Schuster for his next book, A Course Called Home, which is a follow-up to A Course Called Ireland. Father Joseph Feeney recently composed an article, “The Four Great Loves of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Recours au Poème: Poésies & Mondes poétiques, Sommaire 40/Issue 40/Sumario 40, Plouzané, France on March 7, 2013, which was published online. Dr. Owen Gilman, will present a paper, "Altered Identity: The Nature of War," at the College English Association national conference in Savannah, GA, April 4-6, 2013. He will present a paper, "Teaching the Unteachable Text: Getting Deep Inside Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom!'" at the Pedagogy and Teaching of Literature Conference on April 20, 2013.

Dr. Ann Green recently published two online articles, “Not Taking Time Off” in The Chronicle of Higher Education” on January 3, 2013, and “Promised Land and the Illusion of Choice” in The Huffington Post, on January 14, 2013. She also presented at 4Cs: “The Writing Teacher Writing: Graduate Writing Program Pedagogy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. In Las Vegas.

Dr. Melissa Goldthwaite recently published (with Cheryl Glenn) The St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing, 7th edition. She also presented a paper, "The Art and Rhetorical Craft of Correspondence," and chaired the Creative Nonfiction Special Interest Group at the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Dr. Peter Norberg published the digital copy of Herman Melville's personal copy of A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts (Pittsfield: Printed by S. W. Bush, 1829) at Melville's Marginalia (http://melvillesmarginalia).

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Dr. Jo Alyson Parker published a review of Hayden White's The Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory in KronoScope 12:2 (2012): 299-305. She is currently enjoying her sabbatical during which she is working on an extended study of narrative and time.

Father Patrick Samway recently finished a book on Flannery O’Connor and her editor, Robert Giroux. He also gave a lecture on O’Connor at Georgia University on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, as well as presented the annual Boyle Lecture at Spring Hill College on March 6, 2013, titled “Flannery O’Connor’s Fictive World of Mystery and Manners.”

Dr. David Sorensen delivered a lecture, 'Carlyle, Lord Acton, and the Legacy of Frederick the Great’ to the Carlyle Society at the University of Edinburgh on March 9 2013. He also recently published an essay in the British Academy Review, “Failure of Faith: Herbert Grierson, Thomas Carlyle, and the British Academy ‘Master-Mind’ Lecture of 1940.”

Dr. Jenny Spinner recently gave a presentation, "How Young Can You Go: Age and the Personal Essay's Limbo Pole," at the Associated Writing Programs annual conference in Boston on March 9, 2013. She also attended the annual College Media Advisers conference in New York in early March.

Faculty Updates cont.

N Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonman whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it's spring when the world is puddle-wonderful the queer old baloonman whistles far and wee and bettyandisbel come dancing from hop-scotch and jump-rope and it's spring and the goat-footed baloonMan whistles far and wee

e.e. cummings (1894-1962)

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Internship Opportunities

Now is the time to begin thinking about internships; with that in mind, we will provide an overview of the internship process at the English Department ‘s Pre-Registration meeting on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Merion Hall 174. Dr. Ann Green and Dr. Jenny Spinner will speak about internship opportunities in the greater Philadelphia area and at the Washington Center in Washington, D.C. Marilyn Wade from the Career Service Center will be speaking as well on how to tap into our alumni network, how to build your resume, and how to enhance your interviewing and communication skills. Now is a good time to think about whether an internship for credit is a good curricular choice for you. If you are interested in applying for internships, please do not hesitate to contact your advisor, Dr. Spinner, Dr. Green, or the Career Center directly. Creating a LinkedIn account is also a good first step. Be sure to join Saint Joseph’s University Hawk Career Network under the Group tab.

So You Want to be a Writing Fellow

Do you have a passion for writing and helping others? Are you interested in becoming a tutor in the Writing Center next year? Applications are now being accepted for ENG 345: Writing Fellows, Theory & Practice, the course that an aspiring tutor must fulfill before working in the Writing Center Application materials are available online at www.sju.edu/writing under the Employment tab as well as in the main Writing Center (Merion Hall 162) and in the Post Learning Commons Satellite (room 128). You will need to submit the official application coversheet, which includes two references, a letter of application, an unofficial transcript, and a 4-8 page writing sample. Application materials can be dropped off in the main Writing Center (Merion Hall 162) or delivered to Ms. Heather Foster in Merion Hall 130. If you are currently studying abroad and are not able to drop off your application in person, please contact Dr. Jenny Spinner, jspinner@sju.edu, to arrange submission of your materials. Applications are due April 4, by 12 noon. Notification will be on or before April 10. If you are selected, you will be given instructions for registering. For the Fall 2013 semester, the course will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8 a.m. – 9:15 a.m., in the Writing Center, Merion Hall 162.

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Milton Marathon

On Thursday, April 11, 2013, Saint Joseph’s University Medieval Renaissance and Reformation Studies department will be sponsoring a marathon reading of John Milton’s Paradise Lost from 9 am to 9 pm. The event will be co-hosted by Dr. Paul Patterson and Dr. Jason Powell in the Merion Hall Atrium and will continue throughout the day; refreshments will be provided. In preparation for the reading, Dr. Shannon Miller of Temple University will give a talk on Milton’s life and works on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 3 pm in the President’s Lounge. The marathon reading of epic works of literature is a great way to bring readers together to celebrate the inspirational power of language! Come make the journey with us and if you are interested in volunteering for a reading please contact Dr. Patterson at ppatters@sju.edu or Professor Jason Powell at jpowell@sju.edu.

“Horror and doubt distract

His troubled thoughts and from the bottom stir

The Hell within him, for within him Hell

He brings and round about him, nor from Hell

One step no more than from himself can fly

By change of place.”

-Milton, Paradise Lost, 4: 18-23

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Saint Joseph University’s Writing Series is a forthcoming program that invites authors to speak with students and educate them about careers and opportunities in the writing field. Students also engage with one another and read their creative works in a Literary Open Microphone night in Spring 2013.

Spring Speakers/Events:

January 31, 2013. 11:45 A.M. in First Floor Library Lounge- Dr. April Lindner (Author of Jane and Catherine)

February 21, 2013. 11:45 A.M. in Foley Campus Center-Publishing Panel Discussion

March 21, 2013. 6:30 P.M. in Merion Hall Atrium- Literary Open Microphone

April 17, 2013. 6:30 P.M. in Presidents’ Lounge, Campion Student Center- English Department Awards

Please join us for these exciting series of events this academic semester!

Announcements

English Department Pre-Registration Event

Come join the English Department on Thursday April 4, during Free Period in Merion Hall 174 for an information session on upcoming classes being offered for the Fall 2013

semester. Food will be provided.

Annual Softball Event

Please join the English Department in conjunction with the Honors Program in the annual Spring Softball Tournament, which will be held on St. Mary’s Lawn on April 30, 2013.

Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!

Oh Baby!

Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Spinner, who is welcoming the newest addition to her family at the end of this month.

Congratulations to Prof. Tom Coyne and his wife, who are also expecting a baby, due later this year.

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Fall 2013 Select Course Offerings

ENG 322 American Romantic and Transcendental Literature (Dr. Norberg)

Abolition, women's suffrage, labor reform, and projects of associated living were among a range of reform movements intended to realize practically the promise of democracy in the period from 1830 to 1860. This course will examine how the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and Frederick Douglass, informed these movements and how writers such as by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville reacted against them. ENG 323 American Literature: 1865-1915 (Dr. Fusco)

This course will survey major works of fiction and poetry by writers such as James, Howells, Twain, Jewett, Crane, Robinson, Chopin, Dunbar, and London. Among other topics, the course will explore the impact of three literary traditions---realism, naturalism, and impressionism---had on writers during this period.

English 329 Black Women Writers (Dr. Lockridge)

In this course, we will read literary representations of Black women. The central question throughout the readings is this: linked by history, gender, and fate, but arguably little else, how do Black women write themselves into the idea of America?

ENG 331 Modern Drama (Dr. Patillo)

This course offers an overview of modern drama and dramatic theory from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its move toward more postmodern forms in the late twentieth century, including Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Pirandello, O’Neill, Williams, Miller, Beckett, Ionesco, Albee and others. This is a literature course, not an acting course; no theatre background is expected.

ENG 341 Poetry Workshop (Dr. Lindner)

In this class, we will play with words—taking chances, experimenting, keeping a journal, and revising to produce a polished portfolio of poems that speak to readers. A significant portion of this class will be spent workshopping student poems, i.e., constructively critiquing them.

ENG 343 Nonfiction Workshop (Dr. Goldthwaite)

This class will provide a context in which responsive and active readers and writers of creative nonfiction can increase their appreciation for the genre, participate in the process of discovery and research, work with others in crafting and revising prose, and bring their own creativity and imagination to play. Students in this class will participate in in-class writings and workshops.

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ENG 345 Writing Fellows, Theory and Practice (Dr. Spinner)

In addition to class time, this course is devoted to the study of writing center theory and practice, and to invention, composing, and revision strategies, students will perform observation and tutoring in the Writing Center. Upon successful completion of the course, students are eligible to apply for positions in the Writing Center beginning the following semester.

ENG 383 Women’s Rhetorical History (Dr. Wetzel)

This course surveys women’s contributions to the history of rhetoric from classical to contemporary periods. Although rhetoric is often associated with prominent males such as Plato and Aristotle, women persuasively influenced society through the pen and podium—whether wielding political influence in ancient Athens or venturing into a 19th century madhouse to expose social injustice.

ENG 408 Contemporary British/Irish Novel (Fr. Feeney)

This course will chart the remarkable development of the British and Irish novel from the traditional realism through modernism to postmodernism. We'll spend a month on the 20th century's most important novel, James Joyce's Ulysses, and also read Conrad, Ford, Lawrence, Forster, Woolf, and Beckett.

ENG 443 Special Topics: Writing Hope (Prof. Coyne)

This class is a writing workshop that will focus on the subjects of loss, illness, and addiction. Rather than trying to cover them in a twenty minute workshop, the idea behind this class is to devote an entire semester to exploring these complicated topics through various forms of creative writing.

ENG 404 Jane Austen: British Authors: Gender, Class, and Authorship In this course, we will be reading all of Austen's novels, exploring the intersection of authorship, gender, and class within them. We will also consider contemporary assessments of Austen in various film versions. ENG 450 Hospital Stories: Narratives of Illness, Medicine, and Hope (Dr. Green) We’ll explore how race, class, gender, and sexuality are depicted through the writing of caregivers, medical professionals, and patients in essays, memoirs, and fiction. While reading accounts of illness, health, healing, death and dying, students will perform three hours of service per week at a hospital, nursing home, hospice or clinic. ENG 465: Special Topics in Journalism: Ethics in Journalism (Dr. Reimold) This course aims to help explore these ethics, their significance in the public sphere, and the principles and theories serving as their foundation. Among other focuses, we will repeatedly address concrete ethical case studies.

Thinking about adding a Master’s Degree to your Resume?

If you are interested in continuing your education here at Saint Joseph’s beyond your undergraduate degree, you might want to consider the M.A. in Writing Studies program, which offers an excellent opportunity to develop your expertise further in the writing field. Seniors are invited to apply early in the spring semester. Once accepted, you could start taking classes in the summer immediately following your undergraduate commencement exercises. If you should chose to matriculate as a full-time student, you could expect to finish the 30 credits for the degree in about 18 months. Alternatively, it is also possible to get a job and complete the program on a part-time basis, easily done in 2-3 years. The student population in Writing Studies every year is a mix of fulltime students (often recent college graduates) and part time students (often with considerable work experience after college). Application materials and brochures can be obtained from the Department of English office, and you are encouraged to talk with the program director Dr. Green (agreen@sju.edu), to get additional perspective on the way the program might fit into your career plans and goals. To get an overall picture of the Writing Studies program, either pick up a copy of the Graduate Program catalog in Graduate Admissions (Saint Albert’s Annex, off Lapsley Lane) or review information on the Writing Studies web page:

http://www.sju.edu/academics/cas/grad/writingstudies/

English Department Pre-Registration Session

Are you an English major or minor? Are you considering a major or minor in English, or do you simply want to take English course? Come join the English Department on Thursday April 4, during Free Period in Merion Hall 174 for an information session on upcoming classes being offered for the Fall 2013 semester. Food will be provided. All are welcome!