As 2010 comes to a close, we take a look back to celebrate the professional pursuits of English department faculty this year—publications, book reviews, conference papers, conference panels, and work in professional organizations.
Articles
Hiramatsu, Kazuko, Keli Rulf, and Samuel Epstein. “When Knowledge Causes Failure: The Extension of Novel Adjectives and the Interpretation of ‘One.'” Lingua 120.5 (2010): 1209-18.
Keitzman, Mary Jo. “Speaking ‘to all Humanity’: Renaissance Drama in Orhan Pamuk’s Snow.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 52.3 (2010): 324-53.
Reviews
Svoboda, Frederic. Rev. of Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story,by Robert Paul Lamb. The Hemingway Review 30.1 (2010): 173-5.
Conference Presentations
Blumner, Jacob and Pamela Childers. “Past, Present, Future: Making High School-College WAC Collaborations Work.” Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Bloomington, IN. May 2010. Preconference workshop.
Blumner, Jacob and Caitlin O’Neill. “Migrating from University to Community Writing Centers: the Social Meanings of Geophysical Space.” East Central Writing Centers Association Conference, East Lansing, MI. April 2010. Conference paper.
Blumner, Jacob. “Defining Context-based Consulting.” East Central Writing Centers Association Conference, East Lansing, MI, April 2010. Conference paper.
Blumner, Jacob, Elise Lorenz and Brian Orr. “Sending Mixed Messages: The Role of Writing and Speech in Tutoring Sessions.” National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing/International Writing Centers Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. November 2010. Conference paper.
Hiramatsu, Kazuko. “Making Linguistics Relevant with Online Resources.” Conference on Linguistic Pedagogy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. January 2010. Conference paper.
Svoboda, Frederic. “The Things that Nick Adams Carried to the Big Two-Hearted River.” The International Convention of the Ernest Hemingway Society, The University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. June 2010. Conference paper.
Weiss, Janelle. “Am I Overcompensating for Something?: Revisiting Reactions to Feminist Pedagogy.” Convention on College Composition and Communication Louisville, KY. March 2010. Conference paper.
Weiss, Janelle. “The Craft of Creative Writing.” Genesee Intermediate School District 5th Annual Summer Writing Institute for Teachers Grades K-12, Ligon Conference Center, Clio Michigan. August 2010. Conference paper.
Organized and/or Chaired Panels
Svoboda, Frederic. “Exploring the World and the Word,” The International Convention of the Ernest Hemingway Society, The University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. June 2010. Session Organizer and Chair.
Svoboda, Frederic. ” Teaching Early Short Fiction ,” The International Convention of the Ernest Hemingway Society, The University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. June 2010. Session Organizer and Chair.
Officers in Professional Organizations
Blumner, Jacob. Secretary, Michigan Writing Centers Association
Hiramatsu, Kazuko. Co-chair, Linguistics in Higher Education committee, Linguistics Society of America
Svoboda, Frederic. Vice President, Michigan Hemingway Society