2011 has been another productive year for the members of the UM-Flint English Department faculty and it’s an honor to salute this work and the people who created it: Monographs Our hats are off to Tom for the publication of his sixth book in which he demonstrates his literate qualities and his ever-ready wit. Foster,
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Who Are These People, Anyway? Goes to the Movies!
Welcome back! We were offline for a little while trying to remember our 5 all-time favorite movies (All-time) and 5 that we’ve liked pretty well from the last decade (2001). Get busy catching up, and don’t miss the next madcap edition of WATPA? Suzanne Knight: All-time: The Godfather, Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, A Few Good
Who Are These People, Anyway?
As strange as it is to consider, English teachers do more than just grade papers, read books, and grade papers. It turns out that we listen to music too. There’s still more, so this is only the first in a series of occasional posts that will tell you a little about just who we think
Social media and the classroom
Check out a recent online debate between our own Dr. James Schirmer and Dr. Marcus Paroske (Communication). Here’s an excerpt from Dr. Schirmer: “I use social media (primarily Goodreads and Twitter) for the same reasons that [others] don’t. I value boundaries and privacy, too, and social media provide me the opportunity to take control of and develop an
Margo LaGattuta, 1942-2011
Long time lecturer in first year writing Margo LaGattuta died August 22 after a brief illness. She was a kind instructor and a noted poet, winner of the Mark Twain Award for Poetry in 2005 from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. For an appreciation of her life and work see this column
Dr. Schirmer and Twitter
Dr. James Schirmer was interviewed recently by NBC 25’s sports director Dillon Collier. To learn about Twitter in the classroom as well as its impact on sports, check out the story that aired today. Below are extended excerpts from Dr. Schirmer’s NBC 25 interview.
Dr. Schirmer in the news
Read about how Dr. Schirmer’s composition course uses Twitter. His course was profiled in the Flint Journal here.
Learning is a Love Experience: A Letter to My American Students about My Students in Semey, Kazakhstan
“So, where you folks headed?” asked the driver of the Avis Rent-A-Car shuttle at Metro Airport in Detroit, as he hefted our six overstuffed duffels onto the bus. “Northeast Kazakhstan.” Blank stare. “Well, it’s southern Siberia.” “HA! So, what’d you do wrong?” By that time, this man’s wisecrack was an old joke, but we laughed
2010: The Year in Scholarship
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
Linguistics Conference Grant
Congratulations to Kazuko Hiramatsu, Associate Professor of English, who recently received a grant from the University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research to host the 40th Annual Meeting of the Michigan Linguistic Society here at UM-Flint. The Michigan Linguistics Society meeting is an annual peer-reviewed conference that brings together students and faculty from