Dear colleagues:

I truly could not be more excited about this discussion. As Ian mentioned, at the University of Washington (and with the generous support of the Mellon Foundation), we are placing doctoral students into mentoring collaborations with two-year college faculty in Seattle. It would be difficult to overstate how transformative this…[Read more]

Hi, Jessica, Stacey, and Katrina,

Indeed, I’m thinking of something precisely on this topic! I’ve been working quite a bit with the Simpson Center for Humanities at the University of Washington, and they offer a fellowship program in which current grad students mentor with faculty at Seattle-area community colleges.

I’ve heard of similar /…[Read more]

Wonderful! I’m so glad these ideas are of interest. Do keep me posted if the executive committees decide to move in this direction; the Humanities Alliance team would love to be actively involved.

Best,
Katina

Dear Katrina and Jessica

I, too, love this idea! The Two Year College Forum Executive Committee will discuss this in January as we plan for the New York convention for sure, and I’ll be in touch.

I also know that Ian Sherman, faculty member at Olympic College in Washington and member of the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Executive…[Read more]

Hi Stacey and Katina,

I love the idea of “connecting graduate education and community college teaching.” I just finished a six-year stint as director of graduate studies in English at Idaho State University, where the Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English explicitly aims to train students for and place students in tenure-track (or…[Read more]

Hi Stacey, and hello to others in the forum,

I’m part of a team at CUNY Graduate Center that is working to connect graduate education and community college training. We are in our first year implementing the Humanities Alliance, which embeds Graduate Center students as teaching fellows at LaGuardia Community College. The team has discussed a few…[Read more]

Hi Lisa (and others):

The Forum Executive Committee members sign on for a 5 year appointment (something that needs to be changed—I think that’s too long–though each member only spends one year as secretary and one of those years as chair).  The Executive Committee meets annually at the convention to discuss possible nominees for the co…[Read more]

Could you describe the responsibilities of the members of the executive committee?  I know that members have to attend MLA conferences during their term, but how long is a term, and where would the MLA conferences be?  I’m replying here rather than privately because I may not be the only person who would like more information.