Bernard Schweizer Announces Inaugural Conference of the Society for Heresy Studies

Professor Bernard Schweizer (English Department) is a driving force behind this two-day conference taking place May 30 & 31 at NYU.

Please check out the attached flyer for some highlights, including keynote addresses by James Wood, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and Thomas J.J. Altizer.

Professor Schweizer will be presenting “Comedy as Heresy: The Curious Case of the Theology of Laughter.”

More information, including all abstracts and exact location.

Article by Nino Gulli on Time and Tense

The newest issue (Vol. 65, No. 3) of Linguistik Online, a peer-reviewed web journal of linguistics, opens with the article, "The Simple Past Puzzle: A Study of Some Aspects of the Syntax and Semantics of Tense" (originally written in 1999) by Nino Gulli, adjunct professor of English.

Read Professor Gulli's article here.

NYCAAPSE 2014

Our Mutual Estate 2014

Reimagining the English Classroom

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Keynote Address

Tina Chang (Brooklyn Poet Laureate) -- "Sensual Hybrid: Poems for a New Generation"

Workshops

Teaching Cultural Studies: Adventures in Globalized Media

Jonathan Haynes, Professor of English, LIU

Suzane Thomas, Assistant Principal of Instruction, Cobble Hill School of American Studies

Teaching Writing

Lynn Hassan, Associate Writing Center Director, LIU

Tiffany DeJaynes, Research Teacher Writing Center Director, Millennium Brooklyn High School

Teaching Creative Writing

Felice Belle, Adjunct Assistant Professor English, LIU

Karen Bonnick, Assistant Principal of English, Manhattan Center for Science and Math

Teaching Nonfiction: Honoring and Engaging All Voices

Deborah Mutnick, Professor of English, LIU

Karen Andronica, Assistant Principal of English, Lehman High School

Teaching With Technology

Melissa Antinori, Assistant Director of Writing, LIU

Maria Moccia, English Teacher, Cobble Hill School of American Studies

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One Foot Out the Door: The Collected Stories of Lewis Warsh

Annual Awards Ceremony (2014 Edition)

Please join us in congratulating this year's graduates and award winners! The English Department's Annual Awards Ceremony will be held as follows:

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

3:30-4:30 PM

Robert Spector Lounge

Fourth Floor

Humanities Building

GRADUATES FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR

May 2014

Samiah Aljahmi, BA

Shawn Bartee, MA
Chia Lun Chang, MFA

Justin Gioia, BA

Joanna Gonzalez, BA

Christine Grausso, MA

Dargreeny Jean, BA

Joshua Lamore, BA

Daniel Owen, MFA

Evan Thomas, MFA

Shereen Vincent, BA

January 2014

Anthony Eid, MA

Elena Fabiankovic, BA

Michael Grove, MFA

Tiani Kennedy, MFA

Julianne Lavalle, MFA

Steven Rice, MA

Shari Seraneau, MFA

Laurel Schumacher, MA

Tina Thompson, MFA

September 2013

Felice Belle, MFA

Keeley Ibrahim, BA

Jacob Matkov, MA

Carla Reneau, BA

Elizabeth Ruiz, BA

Nicole Sampson, MA

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MEMBERS OF SIGMA TAU DELTA GRADUATING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR

Justin Gioia
Joanna Gonzalez
Keeley Ibrahim
Joshua Lamore
Jacob Matkov
Evan Thomas

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AWARD WINNERS FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR

The Edward Edelman & Susanne Popper-Edelman English Essay Prizes

Best Essay in a Developmental Freshman Writing Course

Yu June Lee, "Yu June Lee and the Treacherous Four-Laned Road," Professor Morgan Schulz

Best Essay in a Sophomore Core Literature Course

Edward Greene, "'A Terrible Lump of Coal in the Burning Street': The Imagery of Protest," Professor Michael Bennett

Best Essay in an Upper-Division English Course

Sydney Boles, "Catch 22: Literacy Education and the Public in Jefferson High School," Professor Deborah Mutnick

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The Elaine Spielberg Award

Yu June Lee

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The Excellence in English Award

Undergraduate

Justin Gioia

Joanna Gonzalez

Keeley Ibrahim

Joshua Lamore

Graduate

Felice Belle

Christine Grausso

Michael Grove

Tiani Kennedy

Julianne Lavalle

Jacob Matkov

Daniel Owen

Laurel Schumacher

Evan Thomas

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The Louis &  Ann Parascandola Graduate Award

Daniel Owen

Jacob Matkov

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The Esther Hyneman Graduate Awards in Poetry & Fiction

Poetry Award: Chia Lun Chang Poetry Finalist: Jacob Matkov
Fiction Award: Daniel Owen

Fiction Finalist: Kimarlee Nguyen

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The Liang & Bernard Schweizer Graduate Thesis Award

Christine Grausso, "Magic Mirrors and Evil Queens: Power, Possibilities of Vision and a Phenomeno-logical Analysis of Queer Representation in Once Upon a Time."

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