Alumni Accomplishments
Jared Anthony’s article, "Classroom Computer Experiences that Stick: Two Lenses on Reflective Timed Essays," appeared in Assessing Writing: An International Journal, volume 14:3.
Cori Brewster, WSU alumna and Assistant Professor at Eastern Oregon University, will present “‘I've done many things to make my pig better’: Practices and Politics of Literacy at the Harney and Lake County Fairs” at CCCC 2010 on March 17-20 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Lauren Clark, WSU alumna and North Carolina State University doctoral student, will present “Virtual Embodiment and Construction of Identity in Online Social Networks” at CCCC 2010 on a panel chaired by Dr. Cynthia Selfe, “Cyborgs in Our Midst: (Re)defining Space/Place/Identity in Ethereal Worlds,”.
Diane Gillespie, Professor Emeritus, presented a paper at the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf held this past June at Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York. The theme of the conference was "Woolf and the City," and her illustrated paper was titled "Virginia Woolf and the Statues of London."
Virginia Hyde published three edited books recently. These include Mornings in Mexico and Other Essays by D. H. Lawrence (Cambridge University Press, 2009),Windows to the Sun: D. H. Lawrence's "Thought-Adventures" (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2009) co-edited with Earl Ingersoll, and "Terra Incognita": D. H. Lawrence at the Frontiers (Cambridge University Press, 2010) also co-edited with Earl Ingersoll. She published an essay, "Questing Through the Plural 'Suns' of Mornings in Mexico" in "Terra Incognita: D. H. Lawrence at the Frontiers. In addition, she recently won second place and a cash prize in a national poetry contest for two poems, published online at anglicanbeachparty.com/poetrycontestresults.html
Stanton Linden, Professor Emeritus, presented an invited paper, "Sir Kenelm Digby, Henry Power, and the Demystification of Nature," at a colloquium on "Western Esoteric Traditions in the Renaissance" held at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge in September. His review of Leah DeVun's "Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages" (Columbia University Press, 2009) is forthcoming in Speculum. In January and February of 2009, Linden held the appointment of Visiting Scholar in the English Department at the University of Washington for research at the Suzzallo Library.
Rachael Shapiro, WSU alumna and Syracuse University doctoral student, will present a paper on a panel titled “Remixing Rhetoric: Graffiti Literacies and Pedagogies” at CCCC 2010.
Siskanna Naynaha, WSU alumna and Assistant Professor at University of Connecticut Hartford, and will present a paper on a panel titled “Rhetoric and Political Economy: Demystifying Ideological/Material Relations” at CCCC 2010.