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2020-2021 Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I. Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Levy, Heather<\/span><\/p>\n

(2021) Reconsidering Elizabeth Bowen\u2019s Shorter Fiction: Dead Reckoning<\/em>. Lexington Books.<\/p>\n

Qi, Shouhua<\/span><\/p>\n

(2021) \u201cThe Kindness of Strangers: Tennessee Williams\u2019 A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em> on the Chinese Stage.\u201d Comparative Drama (Western Michigan University Press), vol. 54, no. \u00bd, pp. 97-115.<\/p>\n

(2021) “Tess Too? Revisiting the Chase Scene in Tess of the d’Urbervilles<\/em> in the #MeToo Era.” Forthcoming. The Explicator<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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II. Presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Begg, Leah (adjunct)<\/span><\/p>\n

(2021, July) Conference Presentation of \u201cDebauched Nature and Psychological Crisis: Ecogothicism and Modernism in William Faulkner\u2019s \u2018The Bear.\u2019\u201d Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. UPCOMING.<\/p>\n

(2021, March 11) Conference Presentation of \u201c\u2018Beaten by the Bitter Brine\u2019: The \u2018Down East\u2019 Gothic of Sarah Orne Jewett and Celia Thaxter\u201d at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Conference. Virtual.<\/p>\n

(2021, March 11) Panel Chair for \u201cUnsettled and Unsettling Nature: The Ecogothic in American Literature Before 1900\u201d at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Conference. Virtual.<\/p>\n

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III. Student Accomplishments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A. Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

English Department Outstanding Student Service Award<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Sophia Caselnova<\/p>\n

John Tufts Prize<\/span><\/em> (Prize is given for the best writing submitted to the English Department during the academic year)<\/p>\n

Rina Nicole Hernandez<\/p>\n

Jason Hesse<\/p>\n

John Eichrodt Prize<\/span><\/em> (Award is given for the best critical paper submitted by an undergraduate student)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Marie Hinds<\/p>\n

Most Promising Undergraduate Scholar<\/span> <\/em>(Recognizes the most promising student in the B.A. in English program. Eligibility: Junior or Senior status)<\/p>\n

Shannon K Rupar<\/p>\n

Outstanding English Education Student<\/span> <\/em>(Recognizes excellence in the English Education program. Eligibility: Senior status)<\/p>\n

Courtney M Savino<\/p>\n

Benjamin P Meleschnig<\/p>\n

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B.<\/strong> Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honors Society)<\/strong><\/p>\n

WCSU chapter of Sigma Tau Delta reactivated: enrolled new members, elected new chapter officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, Historian, and Treasurer), and conducted Induction of new members and Installation of elected chapter officers (faculty advisor: Dr. Shouhua Qi).<\/p>\n

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C. Western Research Week, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six students were accepted to present at Western Research Week, 2021.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlcoholism and Addiction as Tropes in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe and Ernest Hemingway\u201d<\/p>\n

Asantewaa Gordon<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShades of Darkness in Joseph Conrad\u2019s The Heart of Darkness<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophia Caselnova<\/span> (recipient of the Provost\u2019s Awards for Best Student Poster)<\/p>\n

“\u2018I am too much i’ the sun\u2019: Five Stages of Grief and the Tragedy of Hamlet\u201d<\/p>\n

Kanalla Hay<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGender, Race, and the Portrait of a Woman in Henry James’ Daisy Miller and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes were Watching God<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Allison Montague<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChastity and the Catholic Church: Satire in Chaucer\u2019s The Canterbury Tales<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Rina Hernandez<\/span> (for her Honors Sociology class; recipient of the Provost\u2019s Awards for Best Student Poster)<\/p>\n

\u201cDACA: It’s Impact on Undocumented Youth and Recommendations for Reform\u201d<\/p>\n

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IV. Other Initiatives or Accomplishments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A. Faculty Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2020, October) The fall faculty lecture was given by Dr. Annette J. Saddik, Professor of English and Theatre at the City University of New York. The title of the lecture: \u201cFrom Broadway Darling to Outrageous Outlaw: Tennessee Williams and the American Theatre.\u201d Virtual. It was well attended by students and faculty with lively discussions during Q&A (organized by Dr. Shouhua Qi).<\/p>\n

B. Other Initiatives\/Accomplishments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Levy, Heather<\/span><\/p>\n

Reviewed a book proposal on Virginia Woolf and Alice Munro, per invitation by Alison Mero, the managing editor of Clemson University Press.<\/p>\n

Qi, Shouhua<\/span><\/p>\n

(2021-2022) CSU-AAUP Research Grant. Project funded: History, Culture, and Reception of Tennessee Williams in China<\/em> (under contract with Palgrave Macmillan).<\/p>\n

(2021Spring) Made a 5-minute informational\/promotional video for the Accepted Students Day.<\/p>\n

(2021, April) Reviewer of journal submission, per invitation of editor for Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies<\/em> (A&HCI).<\/p>\n

(2020, July) Reviewer of journal submission, per invitation of editor The Thomas Hardy Journal<\/em> (MLA).<\/p>\n

(2020, July) Reviewer of journal submission, per invitation of editor of The Explicator<\/em> (A&HCI).<\/p>\n

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2019-<\/strong>2020 Highlights <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

1. <\/u><\/strong>Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Levy, Heather<\/span><\/p>\n

(2019). \u201cStar of the Sea: Resistance and Adapted Homelands.\u201d Studi Irlandesi: A Journal of Irish<\/em> Studies<\/em>, Firenze University Press, Vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 137-161.<\/p>\n

Provey, Robin (adjunct)<\/span><\/p>\n

(2020 Spring) \u201cSeeds of #MeToo Planted Under the Orange Trees in Steinbeck\u2019s The Grapes of Wrath,\u201d<\/em> Steinbeck Review<\/em>, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-15.<\/p>\n

Qi, Shouhua<\/span><\/p>\n

(2020, March) \u201cTragedy, No Tragedy, and Tragedy with Chinese Characteristics? One Hundred Years of Debate with A \u2018Happy Ending.\u2019\u201d The Cambridge Quarterly<\/em>, Oxford University Press, vol. 49, no.1, pp. 55-71.<\/p>\n

(2019, August) \u201cTotal Heroism: Reinterpreting Sartre\u2019s Morts sans sepulture<\/em> (The Victors) for the Chinese Stage.\u201d Theatre Research International, <\/em>Cambridge University Press,<\/em> vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 171-188.<\/p>\n

2. Presentations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Govardhan, Anam<\/span><\/p>\n

(2019, July 30) Lectures: \u201cIntro to American Short Stories\u201d and \u201cWriting about Short Stories,\u201d Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.<\/p>\n

(2019, July 31) Lecture: \u201cCommon Mistakes in Spoken English of South Indians,\u201d Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.<\/p>\n

(2019, Aug 2) Lectures: \u201cRhetoric and Composition\u201d and\u00a0\u201cDiscourse Analysis,\u201d Vellore\u00a0Institute of Technological University (VITU), India.<\/p>\n

Lanzetta, Danny (adjunct)<\/span><\/p>\n

(2019, June 25) First Reading (with Equity Actors) of Good County People<\/em>, an original play based on the Flannery O\u2019Connor short story. NYC<\/p>\n

Murray, Margaret<\/span><\/p>\n

(2020, May) scheduled to give a lecture on the literature of witchcraft at the Wisdom House Conference Center, Litchfield, CT.<\/p>\n

Qi, Shouhua<\/span><\/p>\n

(2020, April 4-6; postponed to 2021) \u201cCruelty, Heroism, and Chinese Adaptation of Sartre\u2019s Morts sans sepulture <\/em>(The Victors) The Comparative Drama Conference XLIII<\/em>. Orlando, FL.<\/p>\n

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3. Student Accomplishments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conference Presentations<\/u><\/p>\n

Chrissy Cardamone, Steven Delvalle and Jeffrey Grasso represented WCSU English Department at the annual CSU Undergraduate English Conference, held in October 2019 at CCSU (faculty advisor: Dr. Margaret Murray)<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Awards<\/u><\/p>\n

English Department Outstanding Student Service Award: <\/em>Sophia Caselnova<\/p>\n

John Tufts Prize <\/em>(Prize is given for the best writing submitted to the English Department during the academic year): Jeffrey Grasso and Allison Montague<\/p>\n

John Eichrodt Prize <\/em>(Award is given for the best critical paper submitted by an undergraduate student): John Conor Reilly<\/p>\n

Most Promising Undergraduate Scholar <\/em>(Recognizes the most promising student in the B.A. in English program. Eligibility: Junior or Senior status):\u00a0Jeffrey Grasso<\/p>\n

Outstanding English Education Student <\/em>(Recognizes excellence in the English Education program. Eligibility: Senior status):\u00a0 Arianna Stravato<\/p>\n

The English Society<\/u><\/p>\n

Revived through the remarkable leadership and tremendous work of Sophia Caselnova<\/em>, its unanimously elected new president and a group of enthusiastic and like-minded students (faculty advisor: Dr. Margaret Murray).<\/p>\n

4. <\/u><\/strong>Other Initiatives, Recognitions and\/or Accomplishments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Faculty Lectures<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (2019, September) The fall faculty lecture was given by Sheila Kohler, author and professor at both Columbia and Princeton universities. The title of the lecture: \u201cBecoming Jane Eyre<\/em>: The Interplay of Fact and Fiction in Historical Narrative\u201d (organized by Dr. Shouhua Qi)<\/p>\n

    (2020, April 29; postponed) The spring faculty was scheduled to be given by Dr. Heather Levy. The title of the lecture: \u201cStar of the Sea: Resistance and Adapted Homelands,\u201d
    \nwhich considers the nuanced depiction of the lifelong patterns of resistance of an Irish governess and Famine survivor in Joseph O\u2019 Connor\u2019s maritime epic.<\/p>\n

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    1. Other Accomplishments:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      “Coffee Breaks”: Dr. Margaret Murray, faculty advisor to the English Society\/English Honors Society, held \u201ccoffee breaks\u201d throughout the year to give students the opportunity to socialize with each other and a faculty member, thus strengthening their identification with the English Department and WCSU.<\/p>\n

      Levy, Heather<\/span><\/p>\n

      (2019, Sept. 12) Attended Reginald Dwayne Betts Lecture with her students at Westside Campus.<\/p>\n

      (2019, Nov. 19) Transported and funded Minority Literature students\u2019 trip to the screening of \u201cHarriet\u201d Danbury AMC.<\/p>\n

      Murray, Margaret<\/span><\/p>\n

      (2019, October) Brought a group of student participants to the annual CSU Undergraduate English Conference for the tenth year in a row.<\/p>\n

      Qi, Shouhua<\/span><\/p>\n

      (2019-2020) CSU-AAUP Research grant. Project funded: \u201cClosing the Kindness Gap: Reception of Tennessee Williams in China.\u201d<\/p>\n

      (2020, April). Expert reviewer of journal submission. Cogent Arts & Humanities<\/em> (Taylor & Francis).<\/p>\n

      (2020, March) Expert reviewer of grand proposal. The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).<\/p>\n

      (2019, October) Expert reviewer of journal submission. The Thomas Hardy Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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      2018-2019 Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      1.\u00a0 Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Govardhan, Anam<\/u><\/p>\n

      (2018). \u201cRelative Clauses, Their Function and Distribution in ESL Student Writing.\u201d Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics in Singapore.<\/p>\n

      Provey, Robin<\/u> (adjunct)<\/p>\n

      (2019, forthcoming) \u201cSeeds of #MeToo planted under the orange trees in Steinbeck\u2019s Grapes of Wrath.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

      Qi, Shouhua<\/u><\/p>\n

      (2019, forthcoming). \u201cTotal Heroism: Reinterpreting Sartre\u2019s Morts sans sepulture<\/em> (The Victors) for the Chinese Stage.\u201d Forthcoming. International Theatre Research Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      (2019, forthcoming). \u201cChastening Desire: Chinese Adaptations of Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s Desire under the Elms.<\/em>\u201d The Eugene O\u2019Neill Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      (2018, June). \u201cTragic Hero and Hero Tragedy: Reimagining Oedipus the King<\/em> as Jingju <\/em>(Peking Opera) for the Chinese Stage.\u201d Coauthor. Classical Receptions Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

      (2018, fall). Adapting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage. <\/em>Routledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      (2018, October). \u201cThe Importance of Being Oscar Wilde: Rise and Fall of Wilde\u2019s Literary Fortune in China.\u201d The British Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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      2. Presentations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Govardhan, Anam<\/u><\/p>\n

      (2018, June 25-26). \u201cRelative Clauses, Their Function and Distribution in ESL Student Writing.\u201d The 7th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics in Singapore.<\/p>\n

      Murray, Margaret <\/u><\/p>\n

      (2019, April). \u201cMary E. Wilkin’s Giles Corey, Yeoman: I Was Not Butcher Bred.<\/em>\u201d American Culture Association, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

      An expanded version of this paper was done as this semester’s English Department Faculty Lecture “I Was Not Butcher Bred: A Tale of Two Witchcrafts.”<\/p>\n

      Provey, Robin<\/u> (adjunct)<\/p>\n

      (2019, May). Presenter: \u201cSeeds of #MeToo planted under the orange trees in Steinbeck\u2019s Grapes of Wrath<\/em>,\u201d San Jose State University, San Jose, California.<\/p>\n

      Barnes Seminar on Teaching sponsored by the Connecticut Center for Teaching May 20-22, 2019.<\/p>\n

      Pruss, Ingrid R<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u00a0(2019, March). “Marrying the Marginalized or Marginal Marriage in Cooking with Connie: a paper on psychological migration.”\u00a0 Flickering Landscapes: The Image of Migration — Landscapes & People, Center for Humanities & Digital Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.<\/p>\n

      Qi, Shouhua<\/u><\/p>\n

      (2019, April 4-6). \u201cClosing the Kindness Gap: Tennessee Williams\u2019 A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em> on the Chinese Stage.\u201d 43rd Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

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      3. Recognitions\/Awards\/Grants\/ Service<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Khalfi, Hamid El (adjunct)<\/span><\/p>\n

      Lecture. \u201cShakespeare and the Arabic Civilization: Queen Elizabeth and the Saracens.\u201d November 13, 2018. Co-sponsored with the Department of World Languages and Literature.<\/p>\n

      Murray, Margaret<\/span><\/p>\n

      English Department Faculty Lecture (Spring 2019). \u201cI Was Not Butcher Bred: A Tale of Two Witchcrafts.” April 22, 2019.<\/p>\n

      Qi, Shouhua<\/span><\/p>\n

      (2018, October 9) English Department Faculty Lecture. \u201cNot Just for All Time: Staging \u2018Old Man\u2019 Shakespeare in China.\u201d<\/p>\n

      (2018, May 23-25). Lecture Series. 1) \u201cModernism: An Introduction;\u201d 2) \u201cThomas Hardy Poetry and Modernism;\u201d 3) \u201cThe Bronte Sisters and Post-colonialism;\u201d College of Liberal Arts, Yangzhou University.<\/p>\n

      CSU-AAUP Research grants. Project funded: Total Heroism: Chinese Adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre\u2019s Morts sans sepulture<\/em> (The Victors).<\/p>\n

      Distinguished Visiting Professor. College of Liberal Arts, Yangzhou University, China.\u00a0 Fall 2017-present.<\/p>\n

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      4. Student Accomplishments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Conference Papers<\/u>:<\/p>\n

      Advised by Dr. Margaret Murray<\/em><\/p>\n

      Connecticut State University Undergraduate English Conference. October, 2018,\u00a0 CCSU, New Britain, CT.<\/p>\n

      Jillian Fernandez. “Call Me Ishmael: Melville\u2019s Drag Persona.”<\/p>\n

      Kalish, Derek. “Captain Ahab and Obsessive Compulsive\u00a0Disorder.”<\/p>\n

      Undergraduate Awards<\/u><\/p>\n

      John Tufts Prize: <\/strong><\/em>Prize is given for the best writing submitted to the English Department during the academic year.\u00a0 Award: <\/strong>Certificate; Criteria:<\/strong> Academic achievement<\/p>\n

      Dana Fotheringham and Derek Kalish<\/p>\n

      John Eichrodt Prize<\/em>: Award is given for the best critical paper submitted by an undergraduate student during the school year. Award: <\/strong>Certificate; Criteria: <\/strong>Academic achievement<\/p>\n

      Jillian Fernandez and James Laber<\/p>\n

      Graduate Awards<\/u><\/p>\n

      Outstanding Thesis: <\/em>Recognizes the best master\u2019s thesis submitted to the English Department during the academic year. Eligibility: the thesis project having been accepted; recommendation of the thesis advisors. Award: Certificate.\u00a0 Criteria: Academic excellence<\/p>\n

      Danielle King.<\/u> \u201cSlave Women: Their Complex Herstory, Artistic Representation and Interpretation\u201d<\/p>\n

      Gabriel Tatela<\/u>. \u201cDystopian Critical Theory: A Brave New Approach to Literature\u201d<\/p>\n

      Graduate school placements<\/u><\/p>\n

      James Laber<\/u>: Acceptance into MTA program by five universities, including the University of Connecticut and Boston University.<\/p>\n

      Christopher Bolster<\/u>. Acceptance into PhD program in English by the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

      Other Accomplishments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      English Department organized three lectures for its students and the university community:<\/p>\n

      \u201cNot Just for All Time: Staging \u2018Old Man\u2019 Shakespeare in China.\u201d Given by Dr. Shouhua Qi. October 9, 2018.<\/p>\n

      \u201cShakespeare and the Arabic Civilization: Queen Elizabeth and the Saracens.\u201d Given by Dr. Hamid El Khalfi, (adjunct).\u00a0 November 13, 2018. Co-sponsored with the Department of World Languages and Literature.<\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u201cA Tale of Two Witchcrafts.\u201d Given by Dr. Margaret Murray. April 22, 2019.<\/p>\n

      English Department co-sponsored two lectures\/event:<\/p>\n

      Stephen Engelberg, the Editor-in-Chief of Pro Publica, Constitution Day speaker. September 17, 2018.<\/p>\n

      Women’s History event with Emmy-winning female filmmaker Kirsten Kelly, March 20 and 21, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      2017-2018 Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      1. Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u201cExpatriates in Their Own Country\u201d Performance review. Everything Sondheim<\/em>, May 2018. www.everythingsondheim.org.<\/p>\n

      Solicitation for proposed book on Oscar Hammerstein II by Layla Milhollen of McFarland. CFP to be distributed Fall 2018.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u201cMind the Gap.\u201d\u00a0 Outside<\/em>, Nov., 2016, p. 23.<\/p>\n

      Book on Elizabeth Bowen\u2019s shorter fiction under provisional contract with Cork University Press with final revisions due August 21st<\/sup>, 2018.<\/p>\n

      \u00a0Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u201cIncantations of Joy, Hope, and Love: Translation and Reception of Percy Bysshe Shelley in China.\u201d English version. The British Library. 11 April, 2018 (http:\/\/www.britishlibrary.cn\/en\/articles\/translation-and-an<\/a>reception-of-percy-bysshe-shelley-in-china\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

      \u201cIncantations of Joy, Hope, and Love: Translation and Reception of Percy Bysshe Shelley in China.\u201d Chinese version. The British Library. 11 April, 2018 (http:\/\/www.britishlibrary.cn\/zh-cn\/articles\/translation-and-reception-of-percy-bysshe-shelley-in-china\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

      \u201cReimagining Ibsen: Recent Adaptations of Ibsen Plays for the Chinese Stage.\u201d Ibsen Studies<\/em> 17:2 (2017), 141-164.<\/p>\n

      \u201cTragic Hero and Hero Tragedy: Reimagining Oedipus the King<\/em> as Jingju <\/em>(Peking Opera) for the Chinese Stage.\u201d Coauthor. Classical Receptions Journal<\/em>. June, 2018.<\/p>\n

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      2. Presentations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/span><\/p>\n

      Chair: Northeast Popular Association conference: gender and sexuality area, Amherst, MA. Member\/past president, NEPCA governing board. October 27-28, 2017<\/p>\n

      \u00a0Panelist: \u201cBlack Musicals and Politics: From Shuffle Along <\/em>to Shuffle Along<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association conference, Indianapolis, IN. March 29, 2018<\/p>\n

      Panelist: \u201cUneasy Lie the Heads that Wear the Crown: The Emperor Jones <\/em>and King Hedley II.<\/em>\u201d Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, FL. April 5, 2017.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam Govardhan<\/span><\/p>\n

      Presenter: \u201cRelative Clauses Distribution in Native and ESL Student Writing.\u201d The Seventh 3L International Conference on Language, Literature, and Linguistics organized by Global Science and Technology\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Forum, Singapore, June 25 \u2013 26, 2018.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u201cStar of the Sea<\/em>: Another Voyage of the Damned.<\/em>\u201d Famine Legacies and Reconnecting Communities, June 20-24, 2018. Irish Famine Summer School, Strokestown, Ireland sponsored by the Irish Heritage Trust.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u201cChastening Desire: Three Chinese Adaptations of Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s Desire under the Elms.\u201d <\/em>Conference paper. The Comparative Drama Conference XLII<\/em>. Orlando, FL. April 5-7, 2018.<\/p>\n

      \u201cTranscultural Adaptations.\u201d <\/em>Panel organizer and chair. The Comparative Drama Conference XLII<\/em>. Orlando, FL. April 5-7, 2018.<\/p>\n

      \u201cReinterpreting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage.\u201d Scholars in Action: Interdisciplinary Research Recreating through Interpreting<\/em>. A panel discussion featuring recent scholarship by WCSU Faculty Monday, November 13, 2017. Midtown Campus, Western Connecticut State University.<\/p>\n

      Dr. \u00c7i\u011fdem \u00dcsekes<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u201cTwo Trains Running<\/em>: August Wilson\u2019s Social Commentary on the Sixties.\u201d 10th Annual FUA\/SUNY. Stony Brook Conference; Florence, Italy; December 2017<\/p>\n

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      3. Recognitions\/Awards\/Grants\/Services<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/span><\/p>\n

      Inaugural recipient, Provost\u2019s Teaching Award, 2017-2018.<\/p>\n

      Faculty Development Funds: for attendance at Comparative Drama Conference.\u00a0 Funding provided to cover travel expenses, both for presentation and to meet by request of book editor for a collection on<\/p>\n

      Arthur Miller, to be published in 2018 by McFarland.<\/p>\n

      Recognition by Sigma Tau Delta for outstanding service to campus chapter.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/span><\/p>\n

      Reassigned Time for Research. Six credits, fall 2017. To continue to work on book project Adapting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      CSU-AAUP. Research grants. Project funding. To continue to work on book project Adapting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage<\/em> (to be released by Routledge, fall 2018).<\/p>\n

      Distinguished Visiting Professor. College of Liberal Arts, Yangzhou University, China.\u00a0 Fall 2017-present.<\/p>\n

      English Department Fall 2017 Faculty Lecture. Organizer. \u201cArthur Miller and Death of a Salesman in Beijing.\u201d Presenter: Dr. Claire Conceison, Quanta Chair of Chinese Culture Professor of Theater Arts MIT. Monday, November 6, 2017.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/span><\/p>\n

      As professor\/graduate coordinator, encouraged and supported Leah Begg in her application for the PhD program at UConn.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Margaret Murray<\/span><\/p>\n

      MA thesis advisor: Leah Begg, who has been accepted into the Ph. In English program at the University of Connecticut with full graduate teaching assistantship.<\/p>\n

      Advised and took four students to the CSU Undergraduate English Conference at Central Connecticut State University, October 4, 2017.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Ingrid Pruss<\/span><\/p>\n

      St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Brookfield, CT. Lector. Sunday mornings on a regular basis throughout 2017-2018 at 8:00 am service.<\/p>\n

      Teacher. Sunday, Adult Education Program; the entire month of August 2018. Image of Vintner in Isaiah and John.<\/p>\n

      Online Pedagogical Training for Girl Rising Curriculum.\u00a0 Attended one hour training Session (April 2018).<\/p>\n

      Case Studies and Snapshots Online on Girl Rising Website.\u00a0Was invited by Caitlin Richardson, Educator Program Associate, to have my curriculum for using a portion of Girl Rising to teach Ibsen featured on their website (in process).<\/p>\n

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      4. Student Accomplishments <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Conference<\/span> Papers<\/u>:<\/p>\n

      Central Connecticut State University Undergraduate English Conference, 10\/4\/2017<\/p>\n

      Advised by Dr.<\/em> Donald Gagnon:<\/em><\/p>\n

      Brodey Ott: \u201cTruth vs. the Sales Pitch: the Downfall of the Loman Men\u201d<\/p>\n

      Advised by Dr.<\/em> Margaret Murray:<\/em><\/p>\n

      Panel Title: The American Hero: \u201cFrom Bumppo to Batman\u201d<\/p>\n

      Moderator: Dr. Margaret Murray<\/p>\n

      Title: Humor, Heroism, and the American Spirit in The Martian<\/em><\/p>\n

      Name: Sean Barrett
      \nTitle: Easy Rawlins: Raging Against His Place and Time<\/p>\n

      Name: Ryan Jones<\/p>\n

      Title: The Monomyth of Two Modern Heroes<\/p>\n

      Name: Diana Orozco Morato<\/p>\n

      Title: The Evolutionary Hero: The Development of Fictional American Heroines through Historical Contexts.<\/p>\n

      Name: Alexia Smith<\/p>\n

      Undergraduate Awards<\/u>:<\/p>\n

      Bigelow Paine Cushman Award:\u00a0 Kevin Maxen<\/p>\n

      Steven Neuwirth American Studies Award:\u00a0 Kevin Maxen<\/p>\n

      John Tufts Prize:\u00a0 Brody Ott, Sean Barrett<\/p>\n

      John Eichrodt Prize: Ryan Jones<\/p>\n

      Graduate Awards: <\/u><\/p>\n

      Best Research Paper of the Year: Jonathan Carignan<\/p>\n

      Most Promising Scholar: Danielle King<\/p>\n

      Graduate School Placements<\/u><\/p>\n

      Leah Begg, MA in English student, accepted into the Ph. D in English program at University of Connecticut, with full graduate teaching assistantship<\/p>\n

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      2016-2017 Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      1. Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201cExpatriates in Their Own Country.\u201d Everything Sondheim. <\/em>Spring 2017, everythingsondheim.org\/expatriates-in-their-own-country\/.<\/p>\n

      \u201cEverything\u2019s Different, Nothing\u2019s Changed: Company<\/em> at Boston\u2019s Lyric Stage.\u201dEverything Sondheim. <\/em>18 October 2016, everythingsondheim.org\/company-bostons-lyric-stage\/.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201cMind the Gap.\u201d Letter to editor, Outside Magazine. <\/em>November 2016. p. 23.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201cMisreading Ibsen: Chinese Noras on and off the Stage, and Nora in her Chines Husband\u2019s Ancestral Land of the 1930s\u2014as Reimagined for the Present-Day Stage.\u201d Comparative Drama<\/em>. 50. 4 (Winter 2016): 341-364.<\/p>\n

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      2. Presentation<\/u>s<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201cNew York City v. River City: Racial Utopias and the 1958 Tony Awards.\u201d\u00a0 Popular Culture\/American Culture Association Conference, San Diego, CA, spring 2017.<\/p>\n

      Chair: Gender\/Identity\/Sexuality area. Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference, Keene, NH, fall 2016.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201c\u2018Far From Aid, She Was in her Family Home\u2019: Elizabeth Bowen\u2019s New Short Stories.\u201d Cork, Ireland.\u00a0 Ireland International Association\u00a0 For the Study of Irish Literature. July 2016.<\/p>\n

      \u201cWittgenstein\u2019s Inscrutable Lion and Woolf\u2019s Modulate Spaniel.\u201d Animal Utterances Conferences, Bristol, UK. May 2017.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Ingrid Pruss<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201cClosing Borders, Rejecting Refugees:The Necessity of Reawakening Our Understanding of imago dei.\u201d <\/em>Christianity and Literature Conference San Diego, CA. 2017.<\/p>\n

      \u201cDefamiliarization: Teaching Introduction to Poetry to Incite Wonder.\u201d Christianity and Literature Conference, Riverside, CA. 2016.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201cAdapting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage.\u201d CSCU Faculty Research Conference, New Britain, CT. March 2017.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Cigdem\u00a0Usekes<\/u><\/p>\n

      \u201c\u2018Impos[ing] Beauty on Our Future\u2019: Lorraine Hansberry and the ForceWords.\u201d FUA\/SUNY Stony Brook Conference, Florence, Italy. Dec. 2016.<\/p>\n

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      3. Recognitions\/Awards\/Grants\/Services<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/u><\/p>\n

      Completing four years as chair\/co-chair of English Department<\/p>\n

      Completing six years as co-coordinator of American Studies<\/p>\n

      Completing four years on A&S nominations\/elections committee<\/p>\n

      Continuing: Advisor to English Society<\/p>\n

      Advisor to Sigma Tau Delta<\/p>\n

      Advisor to Gender\/Sexuality Alliance.<\/p>\n

      Completing third term on executive board of Northeast Popular Culture Association<\/p>\n

      Completing fourth year as Educational Research Coordinator<\/p>\n

      Organized\/administrated five student trips:<\/p>\n

      Four trips to Lincoln Center Library\/Archive<\/p>\n

      One trip to The Color Purple<\/em> on Broadway<\/p>\n

      Organized\/sponsored appearance by Steven Fulwood, Archivist at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, as part of University\u2019s Black History Month events.<\/p>\n

      Arranged\/sponsored guest speakers for Introduction to Drama courses:<\/p>\n

      Tony Award nominee Lee Roy Reams<\/p>\n

      Tony Award nominee Michael McDonald<\/p>\n

      Broadway actors Arbender Robinson, Kyle Scatliffe, Quentin Darrington<\/p>\n

      Invited to present keynote at Kathwari Honors college commencement<\/p>\n

      Brought three students to present at CCSU Undergraduate English Conference<\/p>\n

      Appeared twice on WCSU Election Connection coverage<\/p>\n

      Completed CSCU Ethics E-learning training program<\/p>\n

      Served as Question Leader\/Administrator for AP\/ETS scoring in Louisville, KY.<\/p>\n

      Completed 90 professional development hours<\/p>\n

      Invited to teach as adjunct for Theatre department course, THR 204.<\/p>\n

      Invited to present on High School Night for Theatre Department\u2019s Production of The Stepmother.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/u><\/p>\n

      Judge for Spelling Bee Finals: November 2016<\/p>\n

      Certification: Mindfulness in Education Seminar, 2016<\/p>\n

      Completed three-year term on Distance Education Committee<\/p>\n

      Completed two-year terms as English M.A. Coordinator<\/p>\n

      Completed two-year term on Academic Leave Council<\/p>\n

      Completed two-year term on Termination Committee<\/p>\n

      Completed two-ear term on Parking Violations Committee<\/p>\n

      WCSU Faculty Development Grant to attend the Mindfulness in Education Seminar at Harvard University. $1850.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi <\/u><\/p>\n

      CSU-AAUP Research Grant. Project funding. Adapting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage.<\/em> Under contract to be published by Routledge.<\/p>\n

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      4. Student Accomplishments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Conference Papers<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

      CCSU Undergraduate English Conference: sponsor Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/p>\n

      Samantha Kayser. \u201cThe Division between the Theatrical and Performative Identities in Robert Anderson\u2019s Tea and Sympathy.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

      John Mudgett. \u201cQueer Coding in Tennessee Williams\u2019 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

      Quinn Ochoa-Morales. \u201cA False Truth: The Dangers of Theatricality in the Face Of an Epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Awards<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

      John Eichrodt Prize: Kristin Hinz<\/p>\n

      Steven Neuwirth Award: Brennen Diaz<\/p>\n

      Most Promising Scholar: Leah Begg<\/p>\n

      Best Graduate Research Paper: Danielle King<\/p>\n

      Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant: Leah Begg and Emily Carney<\/p>\n

      Fulbright students: Alison Vas and Laura Debuire<\/p>\n

      Graduate School Placements<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

      Graduate: Sean Keenan, University of Chicago<\/p>\n

      Exchange Student: Laura DeBuire, Willammette University<\/p>\n

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      2014-2015 Highlights<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

      1.\u00a0Conference Presentations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Michael Chappell<\/u><\/p>\n

      American Culture Association\/Popular Culture Association, May 2015:\u00a0 “The Road from Nelson Algren’s\u00a0A Walk on the Wild Side<\/em>\u00a0to Hunter S. Thompson’s\u00a0Hell’s Angels.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/u><\/p>\n

      International Association for the Study of Irish Literature, July 2014:\u00a0 “‘Making Each Other’s Hearts Beat Violently’: Disembodying Ireland\/Embodying England.”<\/p>\n

      Renaissance Society of America, March 2015: “‘Friday’s Child is Loving and Giving’: Hounded by Parodies of Punishment in the Tale of Nastagio degli Onesti.”<\/p>\n

      Women and Great Hunger in Ireland, March 2015:\u00a0 “‘A Pair of Shoes for my Father, Sir!’: Patterns of Female Resistance in\u00a0New Lights, Or, Life in Galway: A Tale.”<\/em><\/p>\n

      Dr. Ingrid Pruss<\/u><\/p>\n

      International Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed conference, June 2015: “Passers All of Us.”<\/p>\n

      Professor Margaret Sullivan<\/u><\/p>\n

      Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 2015: “The Play within the Play is ‘the thing'”<\/p>\n

      Dr. Cigdem Usekes<\/u><\/p>\n

      Northeast Modern Language Association, May 2015: “August Wilson’s Warrior Men”<\/p>\n

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      2.\u00a0Leadership in Professional Organizations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/u><\/p>\n

      Executive board and area chair, Northeast Popular Culture Association. Promoted to upper-level administration, Educational Testing Service\/AP Reading<\/p>\n

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      3.\u00a0\u00a0Published Works:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/u><\/p>\n

      “Some Old and Then Some New Tricks.”\u00a0The Sondheim Review<\/em>\u00a0Winter 2014<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/u><\/p>\n

      The Bronte Sisters in Other Wor(l)ds.<\/i>\u00a0 Co-editor and contributing author. Palgrave, Fall 2014.<\/p>\n

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      4.\u00a0Additional Accomplishments and Contributions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Michael Chappell<\/u><\/p>\n

      Chair, UPBC<\/p>\n

      Directed three Master’s theses<\/p>\n

      Dr. Donald Gagnon<\/u><\/p>\n

      Guest lecturer, Providence College, October 2014: “The American Musical: A Drama of Democracy”<\/p>\n

      Guest lecturer, WCSU Library Lecture, October 2014: “Latino Like Me: The History, Challenges, and Politics”<\/p>\n

      Chair, Department of English<\/p>\n

      Co-coordinator, American Studies program<\/p>\n

      Co-chair, Arts and Sciences Nominations and Elections committee<\/p>\n

      Chaired four panels at Northeast Popular Culture Association conference, October 2014<\/p>\n

      Host\/facilitator, “A Musical Theatre Masterclass with Broadway and Tony Award-winning actress Cady Huffman,” WCSU, November 2014 (att. Approx. 100)<\/p>\n

      Sponsored #BlackLivesMatter\/National Poetry Month event, April 2015 (att. Approx. 100)<\/p>\n

      Sponsored guest lectures by Broadway actors Arbender Robinson, Kyle Scatliffe, and Wallace Smith<\/p>\n

      Sponsored Dr. Reginald Wilburn from University of New Hampshire for Black History Month presentation “Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt: Appropriating Milton in Early African American Literature” (att: approx. 80)<\/p>\n

      Advisor, English Honors Society<\/p>\n

      Advisor, Queers and Allies<\/p>\n

      Sponsored and accompanied students to CSU Undergraduate English Conference at CCSU, October 2014<\/p>\n

      Helped to organize annual Octoberfeast event<\/p>\n

      Attended university Open House, November 2014<\/p>\n

      Professor Margaret Sullivan<\/u><\/p>\n

      Directed a Master’s thesis<\/p>\n

      Dr. Cigdem Usekes<\/u><\/p>\n

      Chaired a panel on James Baldwin at Northeast Modern Language Association conference, May 2015<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/u><\/p>\n

      Organized student trip to New York City to see\u00a0A Raisin in the Sun<\/em>\u00a0starring Denzel Washington (att: approx. 15)<\/p>\n

      Organized student trip to see\u00a0King Lear<\/em>\u00a0broadcast at Ridgefield Playhouse (att: approx. 5)<\/p>\n

      Advisor, English Society<\/p>\n

      Sponsored Dr. Elizabeth Lambert, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, September 2015 for English faculty lecture series (att: approx. 10)<\/p>\n

      Helped to organize annual Octoberfeast event<\/p>\n

      Attended university Open House, November 2014<\/p>\n

      Advised student facing challenges in her English education program to consider refocusing her studies toward a related career. Student is now enrolled in a Master of Science program in Library Science at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Michael Chappell<\/u><\/p>\n

      Sponsored, chaired panel and accompanied students to CSU Undergraduate English Conference at CCSU, October 2014<\/p>\n

      Professor Margaret Sullivan<\/u><\/p>\n

      Helped to organize annual Octoberfeast event<\/p>\n

      Attended university Open House, November 2014<\/p>\n

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      5. Students Attending\/Presenting at Conferences\/Faculty Mentoring Student Research:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      2014 CSU Undergraduate English Conference, October 2014<\/p>\n

      Panel 7: Femme Fatales: “American Women as Subject and Object”<\/p>\n

      Moderator:\u00a0Dr. Margaret Murray<\/u><\/p>\n

      Michele Regiano, “Real Women”<\/p>\n

      Casey-Rose Kearns, “Untrustworthy Narrators”<\/p>\n

      Christina Kinsella, “Murderous Governess”<\/p>\n

      Chelsea Rodriguez, “Hear the Women Roar”<\/p>\n

      Panel 10: Broken Promises; American Visions and Revisions<\/p>\n

      Moderator:\u00a0Dr. Michael Chappell<\/u><\/p>\n

      Sarah Pawson, “The American Deceit”<\/p>\n

      Marc Aubin, “America’s Innocent Inception”<\/p>\n

      Sean Keenan, “The Color of Death”<\/p>\n

      Kenny Ward, “The Modern Day Witch Hunt”<\/p>\n

      Dr. Michael Chappell<\/u>, Master’s thesis advisor for David Phillips on John Milton<\/p>\n

      Dr. Don Gagnon<\/u>, Student Independent Study with Sean Keenan on Hip-Hop and the History of Spoken Word Poetry<\/p>\n

      Dr. Margaret Sullivan<\/u>, Master’s thesis advisor for Kathy Cullen on children’s literature<\/p>\n

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      Summer 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/strong>\u00a0is presenting a paper titled “Making Each Different Heart Beat Violently: Disembodying Ireland\/Embodying England in Elizabeth Bowen’s Shorter Fiction\ufffd at the International Association for the Study of Irish Literature conference to be held in Lille, France from July 14-18, 2014.<\/p>\n

      Spring 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Don Gagnon\u00a0<\/strong>has served in the following capacities:<\/p>\n

      –President of Northeast Popular Culture Association (2012-13).<\/p>\n

      –Area Chair of Northeast Popular Culture Association (2012–ongoing).<\/p>\n

      –Reader\/Grader for Educational Testing Service for advanced placement essays (2011–ongoing).<\/p>\n

      –Advisor for WCSU’s Q&A (Queers and Allies) (2005–ongoing).<\/p>\n

      –Advisor for WCSU’s Sigma Tau Delta\/English Honors Society (2007–ongoing).<\/p>\n

      Dr. Don Gagnon<\/strong>\u00a0will present at Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association (Topic: Oscar Hammerstein), April, 2014<\/p>\n

      Dr. Don Gagnon<\/strong>\u00a0will guest lecturer at Yale University (Topic: Cultural Invisibilities), October, 2014.<\/p>\n

      Fall 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Don Gagnon\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper titled “Racism in CLYBOURNE PARK” at Northeast Modern Language Association, March, 2013.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Don Gagnon<\/strong>\u00a0guest lectured at University of New Hampshire, November, 2013 (Topic: The Colored Museum).<\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy\u00a0<\/strong>gave a paper “Immortal Longings”: Elizabeth Bowen and Murder at the Marginalised Maintstream Conference at the University of London on September 13, 2013.<\/p>\n

      December, 2012<\/b><\/p>\n

      Dr. Heather Levy<\/b>\u00a0will be presenting a paper at the London Women’s Leadership Symposium hosted by Cambridge Club, December 8, 2012.<\/p>\n

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      Summer 2012<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/b>\u00a0presented a paper titled “Anxiety, Angst, and the Search for Hardys Chinese Tw(a)in” at the20th International Thomas Hardy Conference<\/i>, Dorchester, UK, 18-26 August 2012.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Shouhua Q<\/b>i’s article “Translation and Transmutation: Hardy in the Post-Mao, Market-Driven China” has been published in\u00a0the Hardy Review<\/em>. The Thomas Hardy Association. VIV-I (Spring 2012): 47-58.<\/p>\n

      April 2012<\/strong>
      \nChris Bolster,<\/strong>\u00a0an MA in English student, will be presenting a paper, “Garfield as Trickster: The Existential Implications of a World Without Garfield” at the Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association National Conference, April 2012, Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

      Spring 2012<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi’s<\/strong>\u00a0new book\u00a0      Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation\u00a0<\/em>is released in spring 2012 (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)<\/a>. This book traces the contours of the ways in which Western literature has been introduced and received in China from the 1840s to the present. It is an attempt to navigate and unpack the complex dynamics, or fault zones, of texts (literary and sociopolitical), contexts (Chinese and Western), intertexts (translation and creative writing), dominance (language, culture, ideology) and resistance, and of tension and convergence.
      \n
      \n<\/strong>Fall 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan\u00a0<\/strong>was awardedaFulbright Fellowship byThe J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (Washington, DC) to teach at VIT University, India, 2011-2012. Dr. Govardhan received the same award to teach at Al Buraimi University, Oman, for 2010-2011, but due to exigencies at WCSU he was not able to go and teach there.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan\u00a0<\/strong>gave a lecture titledResearch Methodology and Thesis Writing at the National Workshop at Loyola College, Chennai,\u00a0 India, Dec 1, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledBest Practices in Essay Writingat Sharad Pawar International School, Poone, India, Nov 25, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledFrom Research Paper to Thesis Writing at Justice Basheer Ahmed Womens University, Chennai, Nov 18, 2011<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titled How to Start Research Paper and Documentation at University of Madras, Chennai, Nov 17, 2011<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledSAT Essay and How to Write Recommendation Letters at the Workshop Organized at Bangalore, India by the College\u00a0\u00a0 Board, NY, Nov.10-11, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledTechnical Writing, Report Writing, and Thesis Writing. at Periyar Maniammal University, Tanjore, India, Nov 3-4, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledResearch and Writing at Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai, India, Nov 2, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/b>\u00a0gave a lecture titledNatives of America at Gateway International School, Chennai, Oct 28, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledTechnical Writing at Mahendra Educational Institutions, Salem, India, Oct 13, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Fall 2011<\/strong>
      \nJason Burgher,\u00a0<\/strong>a graduate of the BA in English program (2009), has been accepted by Teach For America, “the national corps of outstanding college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and who become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity.”<\/p>\n

      November, 2011<\/strong>
      \nDr. Ingrid Pruss<\/strong>\u00a0presented her paper entitled “Image a Spiritual Hologram: Lady Gaga & Alexander McQueen, Royalty of a Different Fashion,” at the\u00a0Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference<\/em>\u00a0on Saturday, November 12th, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Summer 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledGrowth and Development of English Language. Alpha Arts and Science College, Chennai, India, Aug 26, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledReport Writing. Psychology Department, University of Madras, Chennai, India, Aug 18, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledOpportunities for English Majors. Justice Basheer Ahmed Womens University, Chennai, India, July 25, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledResearch and Writing: Methodology and Writing for Journals at HIPC Symposium at PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, July 23, 2011.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0gave a lecture titledThesis Writing and Documentation in Research Paper at English Department, University of Madras, Chennai, India, July 19-21, 2011<\/p>\n

      June 2011<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper titled “Transmutation under Borrowed Lenses: The ‘Success Story’ of Thomas Hardy in the Post-Mao, Market-Driven China” at\u00a0Hardy at Yale International Conference<\/em>. June 9-12, 2011. Yale University, New Haven, CT. Sponsored by the Thomas Hardy Association.<\/p>\n

      May 2011<\/strong>
      \nDr. Ingrid Pruss<\/strong>\u00a0attended the University of Michigan’s 4T Virtual Conference:\u00a0Teachers Teaching Teachers about Technology<\/em>\u00a0(May 22nd- May 25th 2011).<\/p>\n

      April 2011<\/strong>
      \nDr. Ingrid Pruss\u00a0<\/strong>published a prose poem, “ad fontes,” on\u00a0Seam Ripper: Women on Textual & Sartorial Style<\/em>, an online literary art feature\/journal curated \/edited by Kate Durbin and Becca Klaver. (      click here to access the poem<\/a>)<\/p>\n

      Dr. Ci\u011fdem Usekes’\u00a0<\/strong>essay “The New Desdemona: The White Liberal Woman in African American Drama” will appear in the journal\u00a0Philological Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      March 2011<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell<\/strong>\u00a0presented a paper titled “The Pleasures of Friendship and Society: Pekuah and the Arab’s Seraglio in\u00a0Rasselas<\/em>” at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Vancouver, BC, March 17-20, 2011<\/p>\n

      January 2011<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper titled “Mightier, Double-Edged Sword: Translation of Western Texts, Nationhood, and Cultural Survival for China at the Turn of the 20th Century” at the 2011\u00a0Modern Language Association Conference<\/em>, Los Angeles, CA. January 6-9, 2011.<\/p>\n

      April 2010<\/strong>
      \nThe Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction\u00a0<\/em>(ed. by Tara L. Masih, 2009), for which\u00a0Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/strong>\u00a0is a contributing author, has been named a finalist of\u00a0ForeWord<\/em>\u00a0Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards 2009. Winners will be announced at Book Expo America in New York in June.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Ci\u011fdem Usekes<\/strong>\u00a0has been invited to contribute her essay entitled “James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry: Two Revolutionaries, One Heart, One Mind” to a special issue of the journal\u00a0Obsidian<\/em>\u00a0dedicated to Baldwin.<\/p>\n

      April 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Ci\u011fdem Usekes<\/strong>\u00a0will be presenting a paper tentatively entitled “Did the Sixties Make James Baldwin Too Black and Too Queer?: The Politics and the Critics of Blues for Mister Charlie and Fortune & Men’s Eyes” at the 2010 NEMLA Convention in Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n

      2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0published an articleError Correction Strategies for ESL Students at\u00a0Indian Voices in ELT<\/u>.\u00a0 Viva Publications, New Delhi, India, 2009.<\/p>\n

      December 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Heather Levy<\/strong>\u00a0will be presenting a paper on The Lost Eves of Peidra Azul: Teresa de la Parra’s _Mama Blanca’s Souvenirs at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

      Fall 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Ci\u011fdem Usekes<\/strong>\u00a0published an essay on playwright Ed Bullins in the
      \nLiterary Encyclopedia.<\/p>\n

      Summer 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Heather Levy<\/strong>\u00a0attended The Southampton Fiction Writers Conference in July and The Southampton Screenwriting Conference in August 2009.<\/p>\n

      Spring 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael Chappell’s<\/strong>\u00a0essay, “Death by Discourse, or the Fate of Jimmy in The Wild One,” appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of the\u00a0International Journal of Motorcycle Studies<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      June 01-03, 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>presented a three-day lecture\/workshop on “Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking and Argumentative Writing” at
      \nChina FLT Textbooks and Methodology Research Center, Shanghai International Studies University.<\/p>\n

      April 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael Chappell\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper, “Bring Back the ’70s: Thoughts on What We Have Lost,” at the Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association National Conference, April 2009, New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n

      April 24-28, 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi’s three-act play\u00a0Twin-Sun River: An American POW in China<\/em>\u00a0was staged by the prestigious Shanghai Theater Academy (8 performances altogether).<\/p>\n

      March 19-21, 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Cigdem Usekes<\/strong>\u00a0will be presenting a paper at the “James Baldwin: In His Time\/In Our Time” Conference at Suffolk University, Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Maureen Maguire<\/strong>\u00a0is working on a book tentatively titled\u00a0Love Songs from Thomas Campion to Bob Dylan: How Four Centuries of Social Change Has Affected the Voice of the Troubadour.<\/em><\/p>\n

      March 2009<\/strong>
      \nDr. Cigdem Usekes’<\/strong>\u00a0essay “‘We’s the Leftovers’: Whiteness as Economic Power and Exploitation in August Wilson’s Twentieth-Century Cycle of Plays” will be republished in the collection August Wilson edited by Harold Bloom (part of the Modern Critical Views series, forthcoming March 2009).<\/p>\n

      Fall 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael Chappell’s<\/strong>\u00a0review of\u00a0The Mammoth Book of Bikers<\/em>, edited by Arthur Veno, appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of the\u00a0International Journal of Motorcycle Studies<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      November 7-9, 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Cigdem Usekes\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper entitled “James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry: Two Revolutionaries, One Heart, One Mind” at the American Drama Conference at Saint Francis College in Brooklyn, NY (November 7-9, 2008).<\/p>\n

      Fall 2008<\/strong>
      \nThe Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Contemporary Chinese Flash Fiction<\/em>, preface and translation by Dr. Shouhua Qi, was released fall 2008 (Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press).<\/p>\n

      July 26-August 2, 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi<\/strong>\u00a0presented a paper titled “‘You deceived menot by words, but by appearances’: First Impressions and Tragic Consequences in\u00a0The Return of the Native, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure”<\/em>\u00a0at the 18th International Thomas Hardy Conference (Dorchester, UK. 26th July 2nd August 2008).<\/p>\n

      July 2, 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Heather Levy\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper “Provisional Bliss: Landscape and London in Elizabeth Bowen’s To the North” on July 2, 2008 at the Literary London Conference hosted by Brunel University, Uxbridge.
      \n
      \n<\/strong>June 26-28, 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Margaret Murray<\/strong>\u00a0is currently organizing a conference on Edith Wharton for the Wharton Society, which is to be held at The Mount, in Lenox MA. Students are invited, and may attend all sessions.<\/p>\n

      June 2008\u00a0<\/strong>
      \nDr. Heather Levy\u00a0<\/strong>visited the New Archive for Poetry at the Mandeville Library at U.C. Davis in June 2008 to research Hannah Weiner’s unpublished poetry. This work was conducted through an AAUP research grant.<\/p>\n

      March 26-27, 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>was invited to give a lecture for the Honors Program at Harrisburg Area Community College March 26-27, 2008. The title of his lecture was “History and the Novel: The Role of Literature in Understanding the Dynamics of Power.”<\/p>\n

      March 24, 2008<\/strong>
      \nA stage reading of\u00a0Dr. Shouhua Qi’<\/strong>s\u00a0Twin-Sun River<\/em>\u00a0(a screenplay about an American Korean War POW who chose to go to China at the time of armistice) was performed in the HBO Building in New York (5:30 PM- 8:00 PM, March 24, 2008). The event was sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences New York, produced by Emmy-winning Louisa Burns-Bisogno and Ellen Muir, and directed by Pam McDaniel. Earlier (6:00PM-8:00PM, March 19, 2008), Dr. Qi was invited to give a seminar lecture at the academy titled “Translating from Novel to Screenplay: Challenges and Pitfalls Merging Three Cultures (Chinese, Japanese, Western).”<\/p>\n

      February 17, 2008<\/strong>
      \nDr. Ingrid Pruss<\/strong>\u00a0presented a paper entitled, “Miri Ben-Ari’s ‘Symphony of Brotherhood’: Is it really about us?” at the 2008 Southwest\/Texas Popular Culture\/American Culture Association Conference. The paper demonstrated the use of Ben-Ari’s hip-hop video as an adjunctive tool for teaching critical methods and advanced poetry, specifically the dramatic monologue.<\/p>\n

      December 27-30, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Heather Levy<\/strong>\u00a0will be presenting a paper entitled “More than ‘Trash to Buy Tobacco’: Sinister Badges of Womanhood, Blackness and Homosexuality in Melville’s Redburn” at the 2007 Modern Language Association Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n

      Fall 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Margaret Murray<\/strong>\u00a0will be on sabbatical for the fall. The purpose of this leave is twofold: (1) to train as Associate Editor of\u00a0The Edith Wharton Review<\/em>\u00a0and (2) to continue her research on the life of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman in order to write a critical biography, which is now in progress. The working title is\u00a0For the Love of French Hats: The Life of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.<\/em><\/p>\n

      FALL 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Donald P. Gagnon\u00a0<\/strong>serves as faculty advisor to the English Society, the English Honor Society as well as Stand Together, the organization for g\/l\/b\/t\/q students. In addition, Dr. Gagnon is co-chair of the annual Banned Books Week event this year.<\/p>\n

      AUGUST 4, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Margaret Murray and Professor (Judy) Sullivan<\/strong>\u00a0had a get together for students and community members for a chance to chat with like minded Potterphiles about the last book in the Potter series, Harry Postter and the Deathly Hallows. All invited, all ages.<\/p>\n

      JULY 2007<\/strong>
      \nWestern Literary Studies: Traditions, Trends, and Topics,<\/em>\u00a0which\u00a0Dr. Shouhua Qi<\/strong>\u00a0co-edited and contributed to, is released by People’s University of China Press in Beijing.<\/p>\n

      JUNE 28-30, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Cigdem Usekes\u00a0<\/strong>presented her paper “In Another Country: James Baldwin and the Turkish Theatre Scene” at the James Baldwin Conference in London, England. This project was sponsored by a 2006-2007 CSU-AAUP Research Grant.<\/p>\n

      June 14-17, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper entitled “Imagining Hardy in the Brave New World Today” at “Hardy At Yale,” an international conference organized by The Thomas Hardy Association. He is the organizer of the panel “Thomas Hardy and the Globalized World.”<\/p>\n

      May 10, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>is Western’s recipient of the 2006-2007 Connecticut State University Board of Trustees Research Award. The annual award was established in 2006 to recognize an assistant or associate professor from each of the four CSU universities for his or her “research\/creative work of exceptional promise” and for having demonstrated “substantive contributions, achievements and scholarly activity” in his or her field in the last five years.<\/p>\n

      May 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell<\/strong>\u00a0is named to the editorial board of the International Journal of Motorcycle Studies.<\/p>\n

      April 25, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi<\/strong>‘s paper entitled “Traditions and Trends in Western Literary Genre Studies” was published byForeign Literature Studies\u00a0<\/em>(Vol 29, No. 2, April 2007, pp.31-42), Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n

      April, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Margaret Murray<\/strong>\u00a0gave a paper entitled “The Brokeback American Hero: From Salem to Wyoming” at the American Culture Association conference held in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

      APRIL 1, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi<\/strong>‘s short story collection entitled Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories (Long River Press, 2007) was released. Gloria Frym, an American Book Award winner, says the 14 stories in the collection “gloriously join the lineage of Chekhov” while Daniel Asa Rose, a two-time Pen Fiction Award recipient, says “[b]y turns tender and chilling, these elegant and deeply knowing tales linger in the mind.”<\/p>\n

      April 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell<\/strong>\u00a0presented a paper, “A Brief History of the 21st Century Motorcycle Hero,” at the Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association Conference in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

      March, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Ingrid Pruss\u00a0<\/strong>gave an interdisciplinary paper\/performance art piece at the CSU Sensorium in New Britain, CT on the necessity of acknowledging teaching as an artistic, creative genre and a valid form of art and the impact of originality in the classroom on students’ performance in the class based on group work, individual presentations and papers. Pruss used Shakespeare, advertising, postmodern art, the entertainment industry, and some of her own work to make her point.<\/p>\n

      Dr. Anam K. Govardhan<\/strong>\u00a0co-presented a paper titledA Globalized Indian English at the Forty-first TESOL Annual International Convention, Seattle, WA, March 21-24, 2007.<\/p>\n

      February 8, 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>was the featured author speaker for the Writing Contest sponsored by Kennedy Middle School of Southington, CT.<\/p>\n

      January 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>was a featured writer of a Reading and Signing event sponsored by the MFA program, Irfan Kathwari Honors House, WCSU.<\/p>\n

      Fall 2006-Spring 2007<\/strong>
      \nDr. Margaret Murray<\/strong>\u00a0was named as Assistant Editor of the\u00a0Edith Wharton Review<\/em>\u00a0during spring 2007. She was also named Secretary of the Edith Wharton Society during fall 2006.
      \n
      \n<\/strong>December 27-30, 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Margaret Murray<\/strong>\u00a0chaired a panel on Edith Wharton at the 2006 MLA Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The panel’s title was “Narcissism in the Works of Edith Wharton.”<\/p>\n

      NOVEMBER 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper, “Vultures, Indians, and Colonial Expansion: Samuel Johnson and the First Great War,” at the Silo, Hunt Hill Farm, New Milford, CT.<\/p>\n

      June 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell\u00a0<\/strong>was interviewed in CSU Universe about his work in motorcycle studies and its application in the classroom.<\/p>\n

      April 27, 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi\u00a0<\/strong>was the featured speaker of the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month at Norwalk Community College, CT. The title of his speech is “Bridging the Pacific: A Personal Journey from a Different Shore.”<\/p>\n

      April 27, 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Shouhua Qi<\/strong>\u00a0was the keynote speaker of the 2006 IMPAC-Connecticut State University Young Writers Trust. The title of his speech is “Impac[t]ing the World with Your Words”.<\/p>\n

      April 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper, “Hunter S. Thompson: A Literary Appraisal of Hell’s Angels” at the Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association Conference in Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

      March 2006<\/strong>
      \nDr. Michael J. Chappell<\/strong>\u00a0presented a paper, “Vultures, Indians, and Colonial Expansion: Samuel Johnson and the First Great War,” at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Montreal, QC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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