English Department

at the University of Michigan-Flint

Congratulations, Jared!

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MA candidate Jared Morningstar was recently recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) as a 2012 High School Teacher of Excellence. Jared, who teaches language arts at Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy, was one of 12 secondary teachers from around the country to be so honored at the NCTE’s convention in Las

Teaching the “Ruinaissance” in Flint, Michigan

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             I am teaching a course in the poetry of Edmund Spenser and John Milton to students at the University of Michigan-Flint.  The course attempts to expose students to the idea that the English literary tradition was built by pens and heads sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions, and having