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Jessica Winston replied to the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Dear Stacey, Linda, and Doug,

Thank you for these responses, and Doug Hesse is right that ISU’s program has its origins in the Doctor of Arts (D.A.) degree. We transitioned from the D.A. to the Ph.D. in 2009, which is more recent than Illinois State, although Illinois State and Middle Tennessee were important precedents for us as we made our…[Read more]
Douglas Hesse replied to the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Thanks for posting this, Jessica. When I saw “ISU,” I initially thought it was a different one, Illinois State University, where I taught many years, some of them as director of graduate studies in English. ILSTU’s PhD in English Studies long had a similar integrative program focusing on teaching, and it had a placement rate in TT positions am…[Read more]
Linda Weinhouse replied to the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Jessica,

Thank you! When I took part in an MLA forum on the MA as a terminal degree, we discussed the need for faculty at the two year college to be trained in pedagogy, to be acquainted with the scholarship on the teaching of writing, and to be prepared to do research on the teaching of writing. Your program seems ideal.
Stacey Lee Donohue replied to the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing, Jessica. I’d love to see your placement data: I haven’t seen any PhDs in this field in our searches yet. How is it going?
Jessica Winston started the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Dear Forum Members,

For anyone who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D., with the aim of teaching at a two-year college, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that seeks to prepare students specifically for this type of job.

The Ph.D. is a distinctive…[Read more]
Jessica Winston started the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Dear Forum Members,

About a year ago, one forum member raised a question about preparing graduate students for positions with 4-4 teaching loads. Given this question, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that aims to prepare students for these types of jobs.…[Read more]
Peter Powers started the topic CFP: NEMLA Session. College in Crisis: Higher Ed in Literature and Pop culture in the forum Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months ago

CFP: NEMLA Session, Toronto, 4/30-5/3. College in Crisis: Higher Education in Literature and Popular Culture

Higher education in the United States is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy as constituents question its costs and benefits. Many scholars in various disciplines have analyzed this crisis, and simultaneously, narratives about higher…[Read more]
Francesco Levato replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago

Ok, done. It went out to the list’s Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts as well.

Best,

Francesco
Wendy Galgan replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago

Hi Francesco,

Yes, absolutely. That would be great.

Thanks,

Wendy
Francesco Levato replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago

Hi Wendy,

Can I repost this CFP to the Poetics List 2.0 (http://poeticslist.chicagoschoolofpoetics.com)? I think it would be a good opportunity for list members.

Best,

Francesco
Wendy Galgan started the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago

Walk Poems: Moving Through America on Foot

NeMLA’s 46th Annual Conference in Toronto, Ontario, April 30 through May 3, 2015

Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2014

This panel seeks papers on the ways in which American poets write about walking and the significant role the walk poem has played in American literature. What is it about the…[Read more]
Annemarie E. Hamlin started the topic CFP: What is College Reading? in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago

Below is a link/URL to a call for papers from the NCTE for a new book: What is College Reading?

http://ncte.connectedcommunity.org/discussions/viewthread/?GroupId=1153&MessageKey=b91c30b8-eb63-49b7-b8d1-ce8ce53ef3bd
Please pass along to interested colleagues.
Annemarie
Selma R. S. Vital replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

Hi Dennis,

I would love to participate of this workshop, but unfortunately I cannot go to Ohio at this time. Please, keep us informed about any other similar event in the east coast. Due to our big load of work in the last week of classes, Marion and I were not able to put together a panel for Toronto. I still believe we can do something to make…[Read more]
Dennis Looney replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months ago

Dear Colleagues,

I receive these posts as a member of this discussion group in my capacity as a faculty member of Italian at the University of Pittsburgh. Since January 2014, I have assumed the directorship of ADFL and in that new capacity I write to announce a workshop connected with the topic Selma and Marion are discussing. At the ADFL s…[Read more]
Marion Gehlker replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months ago

Hi Selma,

I’d be interested. What topics did you have in mind? I teach German and include literature at all levels of language instruction.

Thanks,

Marion
Selma R. S. Vital started the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months ago

I am proposing a round table discussing new ways/approaches and successfull strategies integrating the literary text into the language class. The subject is not new, however a lot has been changing in this particular “field”. If interested, please, contact me as soon as you can, since the deadline for submissions is approaching. The convention…[Read more]
Susannah Mary Chewning started the topic Committee for the Community College MLA 2015 Calls for Papers in the forum Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago

The Committee for the Community College is sponsoring two sessions at the MLA Convention in Vancouver in January of 2015:

The End of Remediation? Papers can address issues related to the future of Developmental studies, including but not limited to accelerated learning, performance-based funding, the Common Core, and the completion agenda.…[Read more]
Stacey Lee Donohue posted an update in the group HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago

Please check the Two Year College Discussion Group Forum and Blog pages for new Calls for Papers for MLA 2015!
Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic CCHA (MLA Allied organization) CFP for MLA15 in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago

<b>Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir: MLA 2015 Vancouver BC</b>

Stacey Lee Donohue/CCHA Allied Member of the MLA

contact email: sdonohue@cocc.edu

Autobiography and memoir have become canonical staples, but also contested sites for discussing the boundaries of fictional and non-fictional self-representation. Presentations…[Read more]
Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Two Year College Discussion Group CFP for MLA 15 in the forum The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago

<b>Writing in Context: Content Based First Year Composition (MLA 2015 Jan 8-11, Vancouver, BC)</b>

Stacey Lee Donohue/Discussion Group on the Two Year College/MLA

contact email:

sdonohue@cocc.edu

While composition is often a standalone course, some colleges offer it as discipline-specific writing, either as a linked course or integrated into a…[Read more]
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