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Elon professor’s breast cancer the genesis for new book
October 2, 2010
How do you determine the best course of treatment when cancer has returned or spread? What legal rights do you have when you learn you have cancer? And what are ways to address the envy, and pity, that can develop when facing a shortened life span? Barbara Gordon, an associate professor of English, tackles those questions and more in a new book inspired by her own breast cancer journey.
Symposium looks at poetic texts as basis for music composition – Sept. 13-15
September 9, 2010
“Text as the Basis for Text-less Music: 11th Century Poetry Meets a 21st Century Composer,” a symposium sponsored by Elon University's Department of Music with contributions from the Department of English, takes place Sept. 13-15 to address the way in which instrumental music evokes, interprets and represents poetic texts, and the process by which composers craft “abstract” sounds from written sources.
Drew Perry’s debut novel finalist for national prize
August 26, 2010
Associate professor of English Drew Perry’s debut novel “This is Just Exactly Like You” has been named one of seven finalists for the 2010 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.
Jessie Moore elected to CCCC Executive Committee
August 25, 2010
Jessie L. Moore, associate professor of professional writing & rhetoric in the Department of English, has been elected to the Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee. CCCC is the world's largest professional organization for writing studies.
Janet Myers presents at the National Association of Fellowship Advisors
August 11, 2010
Janet Myers, Coordinator of National and International Fellowships, participated in a regional conference sponsored by the National Association of Fellowship Advisors.
Crystal Anderson to serve as Faculty Fellow for the Multicultural Center
July 28, 2010
Crystal Anderson will serve as Elon’s first faculty fellow for the Multicultural Center beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year.
Crystal Anderson Presents Paper at Asian American Studies Conference
July 2, 2010
Crystal Anderson presented her paper, “Chinese School: Cross-Cultural and Transnational Strategies in "Ping Pong Playa (2007)” at the 2010 Association of Asian American Studies conference, held in Austin, Texas
Megan Isaac presents paper at ChLA
June 30, 2010
Megan Isaac presented a paper delineating the growing role of both literal and metaphorical surveillance in young adult literature at the annual meeting of The Children's Literature Association in Ann Arbor, Michigan on June 10.
Professor’s service trip to Haiti spurs ideas for Elon
June 18, 2010
Prudence Layne traveled to a remote region in Haiti during spring break to assist doctors and nurses at a free medical clinic. While there, the assistant professor of English saw not only the damage from a powerful January earthquake, but what she says are opportunities for Elon University to help in the nation’s reconstruction.
Prudence Layne named visiting fellow at Bader International Studies Institute
June 18, 2010
Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon University, has been named one of four Visiting Fellows this summer at the Bader International Studies Institute at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England, to teach a postcolonial Shakespeare class with field studies components.