Department of English
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MTSU English Graduate Students Publish Multimodal Work
English graduate students Madonna Kemp, Heidi Blaisdell, and Elizabeth McGhee Williams published “Unapologetic Boundaries: Lessons Learned While Teaching During a Pandemic,” a collaboratively written and perfomed multimodal piece, in the latest special issue of the Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics on carework.
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Passing of Frank Ginanni
With sadness and appreciation for all he did for MTSU English, we write to announce the death of professor and former department chair Frank Ginanni. Professor Emeritus Kevin Donovan writes, “Frank was a good man and a good chair, who always kept an eye out for professional development opportunities for his colleagues. He was a…
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People of the Books
Beginning next month, Dr Elyce Rae Helford will be writing a monthly book review for the Nashville Jewish Observer. The new column, to be called “People of the Books,” will feature titles old and new on diverse topics, from Jewish American immigrants and the Holocaust to recent Jewish literature from around the world.
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Children, Too, Sing America
Dr. Laura Dubek and Dr. Ellen Donovan have had their special issue of the journal College Literature nominated for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue, awarded by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. “Children, too, Sing America”: A Special Issue of College Literature advances the democratic mission of higher education by calling for an end to apartheid in and of children’s literature.…
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How Sweet the Sound
Dr. Laura Dubek has just published “How Sweet the Sound: Celie’s Survival Story as Broadway Musical,” which discusses The Color Purple: The Musical in the context of the #MeToo movement. The publication is a chapter in Salem Press’s Critical Insights: The Color Purple. Alice Walker novel and both the film and musical adaptations will be featured in ENGL…
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Victorians Institute Journal
The Victorians Institute Journal, co-edited by MTSU English professor Dr. Maria K. Bachman, is now partnered with Penn State University Press. The Victorians Institute Journal is an award-winning, international refereed scholarly journal that publishes articles, reviews, and newly-edited texts of interest to scholars in nineteenth-century cultural studies. Dr. Bachman co-edits the journal along with Dr. Albert D. Pionke at…
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Curanderismo
Dr. Patricia Gaitely will be traveling to New Mexico this month to study Curanderismo, the usage of medicinal herbs, remedies, rituals, and instruments of healing in traditional medicine. She was awarded an MTSU Travel Grant to participate in this continuing education course, which will support her research and teaching in Folklore. “I’m interested in how…
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Jewish Women in TV and Film
Dr. Elyce Helford will present in the Jewish Women’s Archive’s June Online History Course on Jewish Women in Television and Film. Details: Thursday, June 2, 8 PM ET—Judy Holliday: Jewish Assimilation and 1950s Hollywood: Dr. Elyce Helford will explore Holliday’s approaches to navigating antisemitism and sexism in midcentury Hollywood, along with the way her Jewishness
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Play Ball!
English Department Chair Dr. Steve Severn was recognized on Wednesday, May 4 as “Veteran of the Day” at the Nashville Sounds game.
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Department of English
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Department of English
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 70
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Main Office: Peck Hall 302
Chair: Dr. Stephen Severn
Email: stephen.severn@mtsu.edu
Telephone: (615) 898-2648