Category: Professional Notes

Scanlon Gives Public Lecture on WWI Literature

Mara Scanlon, Professor of English, recently delivered a community lecture at the Fredericksburg branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library titled “The Great War from the Margins: WWI Literature by Women and African Americans.” Focusing especially on the novel Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts by Victor Daly (the only novel written […]

Reynolds Appointed to TESOL Professional Dev. Council

Patricia Reynolds, assistant professor in the College of Education, has been appointed by the TESOL Executive Board to the Professional Development Professional Council of TESOL International.The Professional Development Professional Council (PDPC) assists TESOL International Association in identifying professional development needs based on issues and developments in English language teaching. Reynolds’ research in teacher education of […]

Hirshberg Interview to Air on With Good Reason

Assistant Professor Dan Hirshberg will be featured on the With Good Reason public radio program in a presentation that airs Oct. 21-27.In the show, “Enter the Subconscious,” Hirshberg discusses how he explores the subconscious with his Contemplative Studies students by wiring meditating students with brain-imaging headsets.Audio files of the full program and its companion news feature will […]

Pineda Encore Interview to Air on With Good Reason

Jon Pineda is being featured in an encore interview titled “The Crossword Kid” on With Good Reason from Oct. 28 through Nov. 4.A poet and a novelist, Pineda’s latest memoir, Sleep in Me, chronicles his sister Rica’s sudden transformation from a vibrant high school cheerleader to a girl wheelchair bound and unable to talk.Audio files […]