Volume 17 Issue 1 Fall 2013 /Winter 2014

NEWSLETTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Regents’ Professor Alberto Álvaro Ríos: Inaugural Poet Laureate of Arizona

lberto Álvaro Ríos, ASU Regents’ Professor and the Katharine C. Turner Chair in English, recently earned the high distinction of Poet Laureate of Arizona, the fi rst ever in the state. ASU celebrated Ríos’s honor with a reception on November 25 Ahosted by the Department of English, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Cre- ative Writing, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Notable guests included Senator John McComish, Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts Robert Booker, Dean George Justice, Randel and Susan McCraw Helms, Maxine Marshall, and Gail Browne. In his remarks, McComish said, “I have to say I couldn’t be happier about the choice of Alberto Ríos as the fi rst recipient. As Senate majority leader, I bring congratulations to Mr. Ríos not only from myself but also on behalf of the entire legislature of the state of Arizona.” Booker followed, saying, “I’ve watched people when Alberto has read his work. Th e reaction is the same: smiles, tears, nods, and laughter.” Justice said, “ASU is very proud to be the academic home of Alberto Ríos.” He described Ríos as “a poet who speaks a language that we understand, a language that comes from being born and raised in Arizona.” every line and that every line should be read as the last. His enthusiasm is Beyond the reception, we asked some of Ríos’s ASU students, colleagues, infectious and his knowledge of cinema, art, and culture is truly its own color and friends to help us celebrate his great honor. Here they refl ect upon in the literary community.” Ríos’s humor and humanity, his place in the community, and his standing § Sally Ball, Assistant Professor and Acting Director of Creative Writing: as a poet of historical and cultural signifi cance. “Bienvenidos todos! In my fourteen years in Arizona, I must have heard Tito § Cynthia Hogue, fall 2013 Acting Director, Creative Writing Program say this—could it be 100 times? Th at spirit of welcome is his signature, and it and the Marshall Chair in Poetry: “Alberto Álvaro Ríos is among the most informs his approach not just to public speaking but to writing and teaching, important contemporary poets now producing major work in the U.S. as and to problem-solving of all kinds. How can we be open, how can we see well as in Arizona. He writes a narrative poem that is geographically and things diff erently than our habits of mind and the confi nes of normal forward culturally specifi c to our state, which includes details that are both realistic motion generally permit? 'Th e whole thing / May be a trick of perspective,’ and marvelous. And he is so wonderfully adept at enacting poetry’s capacity he says, 'Seeing in this place / Th e sudden angle of beginning.’ I am lucky to to make us see the marvelous in our world. work with someone who cultivates his own (and all of our) alertness to such A key characteristic that enables Ríos to connect to diff erent audiences angles. Tito’s is a hopeful, fruitful, and generous way to think and to be.” is that he sees the good in every individual, and is able to speak directly to § Christine Holm, MFA student: “In the workshop, Tito has rules: don't be hearts and minds. I have heard him speak in many venues, and what always boring and don’t let go of the reader’s hand. What is striking about his teach- impresses me are his humor and humanity, as well as his charisma. Audiences ing is how he embodies those rules, bringing an astonishing energy—which love him—there is no other word for it. He is, moreover, unstinting in his makes for both humor and poignancy—along with guidance that pushes us civic-minded engagement, and thanks to his eff orts and his example, the towards our poems’ best versions without being prescriptive.” ‘citizen-artist’ is a model to which many of our MFA students at ASU aspire.” § Sam Martone, MFA student: “Tito cares passionately about writing, but § Norman Dubie, Regents’ Professor: “Certainly no one in the state is he is equally passionate about the writing community—he wants writing not more deserving of this distinction than Alberto Ríos. He has such a rich to simply be a solitary activity done in front of a computer screen, but a col- history of serving multiple communities throughout the southwest. He will laboration between diverse voices that will, ideally, serve to make our world do this job with gusto.” a better place.” § Dorothy Chan, MFA student: “Tito taught me that poets “invent” § Ernesto L. Abeytia, Coordinator, Project Humanities: “‘On Alberto Ríos, colors. We capture the spirit of a color in our language, giving it a new hue. Arizona’s Inaugural Poet Laureate’—Th e best line in a poem / better be the And Tito captures such an essence in his work—he is meticulous to the line I'm reading, / which is to say, His words are the lines I read.” very last detail in both poetry and in teaching. He believes in the power of His are the words we all read. —COREY CAMPBELL

For the poet the credo is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. —JOSEPH BRODSKY

Background photo © 2013 Sydney Lines. See back page for more information. Page 2 CHAIR’S CORNER NEW PUBLICATIONS Ushering in the “New” Books by English Faculty and Staff his year, RobertR Bjork, DexterD L. Bradley Ryner. more than ttrans. Th e Old BBooth. Performing Eco- Tmost, has EEnglish Poems ScratchingS nomic Th ought: been defi ned by of Cynewulf. theth Ghost. English Drama large-scale change HHarvard Univ. Graywolf,G and Mercantile within our depart- PPress, 2013. 22013. Writing 1600- 1642. Edinburgh ment, which has Univ. Press, new leadership and 2013. a new administrative structure. Th e open- Valerie Maureen Daly Peter N. ing of the current Bandura Goggin and Goggin, ed. Mark Lussier year has brought (Finn). Freak Beth Fowkes Environmental into our midst a Show. Black Tobin, eds. Rhetoric and large number of new colleagues at the track Lawrence, Women and the Ecologies and lecturer levels of the program (most 2013. Material Culture of Place. profi led in this newsletter). Our past Director of Death. Routledge, Ashgate, 2013. 2013. of Graduate Studies, Deborah Clarke, has as- sumed the position of Associate Dean of Fac- ulty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences David Hawkes Kathleen S. Melissa (CLAS), a post vacated with the departure of and Richard Lamp. A City Pritchard. our former colleague Ayanna Th ompson, and Newhauser, of Marble: Th e Palmerino. our colleague and former chair, Dan Bivona, eds. Th e Book Rhetoric of Bellevue now serves as Interim Director of the School of Nature and Augustan Rome. Literary Press, Humanity in Univ. of South 2014. of Humanities, Art and Cultural Studies at the Medieval and Carolina Press, West campus. CLAS now has a new divisional Early Modern 2013. Dean of Humanities, George Justice, whose Europe. Brepols, tenure home is in our unit, and the Dean of 2013. CLAS at the beginning of the year (Robert Page) has become the new Provost of the university. Even as our fi rst group of online English majors approaches graduation, a new INVEST IN THE online MA English degree has been approved and is under construction for fall 2015 imple- mentation. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH However, in spite of what might seem like our gift to the Arizona State English International Graduate Student high velocity change across the spectrum University Department of English Book Scholarship, Film and Media Studies of our concerns, important constants are represents an investment in the Scholarships, and the Lambert Memorial also worth noting. Th e ASU Department of university’s success today—and Rare Book Fund. You may also designate English continues to function as a national Yin the future. Funds will be deposited with a program of your choice or give in honor leader in the receipt of external funding for the ASU Foundation, a separate non-profi t of a loved one. To give, please use the link such units, and the number of applications for organization that exists to advance ASU below. If you are interested in speaking to such funding continues to grow. Our Writing as a New American University to support someone about giving opportunities please Programs remains the largest in the country the Department of English. In addition, contact Bill Kavan, ‘92 at 480.965.7546 or and has again welcomed the largest freshman many employers match gifts made by [email protected]. We thank you for your class in the country into its environs. Th e fac- their employees, multiplying the impact generous support. ulty in all the diverse areas of the department of your gift. Department of English remains among the most productive scholars strategic initiatives include the Ortiz/ and teachers in the country, and our graduates Labriola Speaker Series, the Glendon and at all levels of instruction continue to emerge Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing, as national leaders in the full range of our the English Department General Fund, interconnected disciplines. It is an honor to English Department Scholarships, the Mark Lussier, Chair serve such a highly productive and renowned group of individuals, and I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. www.asufoundation.org/english —MARK LUSSIER

Start here, go anywhere. FALL 2013/WINTER 2014 Page 3 GAINED IN TRANSLATION Cynthia Hogue Awarded Academy of American Poets Honor book of experimental poetry co-translated from French by Fulbright Fellowship. Circumstances eventually brought Hogue an English professor has won the 2013 Harold Morton back to the United States, and away from translation work, for the ALandon Translation Award presented by the Academy of next 25 years. American Poets. Th e $1,000 prize is given annually for a work in Eight years ago, a colleague who knew of her interest and facility any language translated into English. in literary translation invited Hogue to develop an ASU course on Poet Cynthia Hogue, a Professor of English at ASU who also its theory and practice. She team-taught the course several times holds the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and with Paul Morris (director of ASU’s Master of Liberal Studies Contemporary Poetry, and Sylvain Gallais, a Clinical Professor Program). All the while, Hogue doubted her own competence in with joint appointments in French the literary form. Could she adequately teach something she had and Economics, spent four years not done herself for several decades? translating Fortino Sámano (Th e “I thought I should put my skills to the test,” she said. Overfl owing of the Poem) by Virginie On a summer trip to Europe, Hogue picked up several volumes Lalucq and Jean-Luc Nancy. of French poetry not available in English and brought them home Published in translation in 2012 for her class to practice. When doling out the books to the by Omnidawn Press, the book is a enthusiastic students, “they took everything but Fortino Sámano.” conversation between a poet and Hogue assigned herself the book, which was well-regarded but not philosopher. Th e poet, Virginie well-known outside of France. “Th e people who knew this work Lalucq, is a librarian at Fondation loved this work,” Hogue explained. nationale des sciences politiques Being conversant in French, but having not worked in it for (National Foundation of the some years, Hogue looked around for a collaborator. Luckily, she Political Sciences) in Paris. Th e didn’t need to look far; Hogue’s co-translator, Sylvain Gallais, is her philosopher, Jean-Luc Nancy, is a husband. Gallais did the fi rst, literal drafts of the Lalucq/Nancy professor of political philosophy and book. Hogue would divine poetic sense from the rough translation media aesthetics at the European and Gallais would look at it again. Th e pair went on like this for Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. several years, in constant communication with Lalucq, who made Lalucq wrote the poetry as a meditation on a 1916 photograph suggestions and provided commentary on their drafts. “I never, of the Mexican Revolution by Agustín Víctor Casasola. Th e photo’s ever tired of this work,” said Hogue of the process. “I felt like I was subject is a man named Fortino Sámano, a Zapatista lieutenant working from inside it.” and counterfeiter; he is smoking a cigar. What is compelling about Hogue looks back at this translation journey with a kind of the image is that it was reportedly snapped seconds before wonder at how it unfolded. She is delighted that she could Sámano’s execution by fi ring squad, and yet in the photograph participate in “the dialogue between philosophy and art that is a Sámano appears casual, unconcerned and … could he be smiling? 2,000-year-old subject of rumination.” In truth, she came to the Hogue had dabbled in translation since her undergraduate project fi rst as a teacher wanting to do right by her students. “I was training—at one time she was fl uent in French, Danish and just doing it so I could better teach.” Icelandic—and worked with collaborators translating Scandina- —KRISTEN LARUE vian poetry during several years of international study and a Simon Ortiz Receives International Poetry Prize imon Ortiz, Regents’ Professor of English and American Pueblo reservation in New Mexico, he worked in Indian Studies at ASU, received the 2013 Golden Tibetan uranium mines and processing plants, joined the SAntelope International Prize for poetry. He was honored in U.S. Army and studied chemistry before focusing China, along with Syrian poet Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said Esber), at on his writing. Ortiz earned an honorary doctor the Qinghai Lake International Poetry Festival on Aug. 7-12. of letters degree in 2002 from the University of Of the award Ortiz says, “I am truly honored and humbled to Iowa in recognition of his many academic and receive the Golden Tibetan Antelope Prize. As a member of the literary accomplishments in poetry, fi ction, Aacqumeh hanoh—Acoma people-nation—I humbly regard this creative non-fi ction, essay and children’s award as a gesture of honoring from one community of people literature. to another community of people, because this act represents the “As a poet, storyteller, orator, and respectful recognition of each other culturally, socially, spiritually chronicler, I am often overcome by and politically.” the power of language to form and Ortiz’s book Going for the Rain was published by the Tsinghua shape thoughts, provide ideas or concepts, University Press, Beijing, as a bilingual edition (English/Chinese), and to eff ect change in people and society,” says Ortiz. “And I am and there are plans to develop a Chinese translation of Woven Stone, overcome by the beauty of language to change human beings . . . considered by some to be his “spiritual autobiography.” to change human society for the better.” Ortiz is a major voice in the 20th-century literary movement Ortiz traveled to China in August 2013 to receive his award. termed the “Native American Renaissance.” Raised on the Acoma —PEGGY COULOMBE english.clas.asu.edu Page 4 STUDENT STORIES Start Here. Go Anywhere: Internships Map the Way SU Department of English students are also options. Some students actually try mental Humanities Certifi cate, students have a wealth of internship oppor- out several placements; Macksoud notes complete an internship that Macksoud says Atunities to choose from, and many that one student interned with a local pub- requires “writing with an environmental are fi nding these work-related experiences lisher, then opted for teaching literature twist” for organizations like the Phoenix are just the thing they need to decide online, then decided to intern as a writing how they can best use that English degree instructor in order to sample the various The best aspect of my they’ve worked so hard for. Some students fi elds. One- to three-credit internships are internships has been “the hands on, practical discover career fi elds they would not have the norm (1 credit requires 50 hours of re- experience. I’ve learned a previously considered; some make impor- lated work experience), but up to six ENG great deal of theory from many tant contacts that lead to full-time jobs; 484 “Internship” credits are available, and excellent teachers at ASU, others fi nd out they don’t like the profes- students can choose to earn even more but I learned the most about sion they’d had in mind as much as they ASU general elective credits if they wish. being a teacher through actual thought they would. With a degree that Once the placement is decided, Mack- teaching. [I’d advise other can take you anywhere, experiences that soud ensures students get the most out of students to] talk to Ruby in help you choose a path are key. their experiences. She works with their site person and tell her your goals and she will fi nd a place to supervisors to make sure students are well- plug you in.” supported and appropriately engaged, and —Edward Chaney, Class of 2013 Hope—a new constellation she instructs the online aspects of the in- Creative Writing /TESOL certifi cate waiting for us to map it, ternship course. Students write weekly re- waiting for us to name it—together. fl ective entries to consider how their work Zoo, recycling fi rms, or Arizona Highways —Richard Blanco magazine. Film and Media Studies majors earn FMS 484 credit to fi nd placements in [I]nternship experiences Los Angeles production companies. And Th e English department’s writing/teaching are valuable because they both graduate and undergraduate students “enable you to try out and internship coordinator, Ruby Macksoud, refi ne the skills you’ve been seeking teaching experience earn the LIN works closely with each student to fi nd the learning in classes. Regardless 584 credits required for their TESOL perfect placement. All ENG 484 or 584 of what career you end up (Teaching English to Speakers of Other internships are writing or teaching focused, in, skills that English majors Languages) Certifi cate and MTESOL but these still can take many forms. Interns learn such as critical reading, degree by teaching ESL classes in local with limited access to transportation can writing, and editing are highly immigrant populations or teaching English work on-campus, assisting other depart- valued everywhere. You never abroad by spending a summer in places like ments with internal publications, for know where those abilities China, Brazil, Th ailand, Korea, or Sierra might take you.” example, or perform their duties on-ine. —Rebecca Tappendorf, Class of 2014 Leone. Other graduate teaching internships Students can take advantage of one of the English (Linguistics) / Music (Piano) include working with the prison popula- placement partnerships Macksoud has gen- Writing Certifi cate tion in Florence or working as a Writing erated in the community, search through Center tutor for South Mountain Com- the 3,000+ listings on ASU’s Career Link is proceeding and to share their experiences munity College. Undergraduate interns can website, or propose their own location. with other interns. Th eir midterm and also get teaching experience by tutoring Out-of-state and international placements end-of-semester meetings with Macksoud online. are intended to help them further process Start here. Go anywhere. Th e range of ca- I jumped into my news their experiences and assemble samples of reer choices available to ASU’s Department writing internship for their work. Th e cumulative assignment of English graduates can be daunting. In- “thecelebritycafe.com is a ten-page refl ection on the semester’s ternships are an important way for students with no experience . . . In successes and challenges and results in a to refi ne their skills, explore their options, the nine weeks that I have professional portfolio. and potentially fi nd employment in a fi eld been interning with the site, Students earning a Writing Certifi cate that’s a perfect fi t for them. Five years ago, I have not only written over a hundred news articles, but are required to complete a three-credit Macksoud had eight placements to off er many of them have hit the top internship, usually doing technical or students; now there are over 120 agencies page of Google News. It took professional media writing or working on in her database. Ten students per semester hard work and practice, but I publications for non-profi ts that serve low- was the norm back then; now Macksoud have already gone farther than income communities. Students also enroll works with approximately 60. Clearly the I ever thought I could.” in a follow-up portfolio class during which word is out: internships can show students —Brianna Valdez, Class of 2014 English (Literature) and Humanities they add to the refl ection they’ve already the way. done and develop a portfolio to best show- —JAN KELLY case their work. To achieve an Environ- Start here, go anywhere. FALL 2013/WINTER 2014 Page 5 STUDENT STORIES Fulbright Students Learn New Teaching Methods and Make New Friends he Fulbright Foreign Student Program, sponsored by the U.S. Having worked as a reporter State Department, began in 1946, to increase mutual under- and teacher, she is also in- Tstanding between the U.S. and other countries with the goal terested in intercultural of bringing more knowledge and compassion into world aff airs. Th is communication and hopes year ASU has 39 graduate students on Fulbright scholarships, three to obtain a career in interna- of whom have joined the MTESOL program this semester. tional research projects and From Cambodia, Narin Loa wants to become a better English grants. teacher. “Without the scholarship, I would never be able to fulfi ll Hailing from the coal this goal because I lack the mining town of Kemerovo fi nances to study in the U.S.” in Siberia, Maryasova is an Loa is interested in course interpreter, translator, and design and materials develop- teacher of French and Eng- ment and hopes to bring new lish, and through her studies L to R: Ksnenia Maryasova and Zhanna Lagunova knowledge to the English in the MTESOL program on a water skiing outing at Bartlett Lake, Arizona. language teaching community hopes to create “the perfect Photo/courtesy Zhanna Lagunova in Cambodia. After gradu- method to use for teaching.” ation, he will return to his She loves the diversity of the program and enjoys studying for exams teaching position at the Royal with the international group. Taking advantage of all there is to off er, Narin Loa visits the Arizona State Museum in Tucson. Photo/courtesy Narin Loa University of Phnom Penh, she also sings in the ASU women’s choir and plans to volunteer at the design new course materials, zoo. and hopes to someday coordinate the English for Specifi c Purposes Fulbright scholarships provide tuition and some living expenses for (ESP) program to help integrate ESP into the university’s undergrad- two years with the hopes that students will return to their countries uate programs. He loves Arizona because it’s “not crowded and the to assume leadership positions. transportation is good,” but he doesn’t care for the extreme heat. —SHEILA LUNA Zhanna Lagunova and Ksnenia Maryasova, both from Russia, have found a way to beat the desert heat. Th ey joined the Sun Devil Water Our future is not in the stars but in our own minds and hearts. Ski Club and recently skied in a national tournament on California’s Creative leadership and liberal education, which in fact go together, Lake Imperial. When not gliding over water, they are studying and are the fi rst requirements for a hopeful future for humankind. learning all they can about teaching. Lagunova is focusing on media literacy skills development and its use in teaching/learning English. —Senator J. William Fulbright

Student Outreach : University Service-Learning Turns Twenty

SU has one of the largest, longest-running andd best-designed enrolled at the Center? Miller not only said “yes,” he asked her to service-learning programs in the country—and it all began in pilot an additional internship for ENG 102 “First Year Composition” Athe Department of English. Th is past October, the remarkable students, as well. Th ese students would tutor children after school success of the program was celebrated with a campus and community and then use the social issues they were encountering as the basis of gathering in Old Main’s Carson Ballroom. the research and writing they were doing in their composition class. Back in 1993, Professor of English Gay Brack, herself a Th e Service-Learning Program was born, but Brack didn’t stop volunteer tutor for low- there. Soon she had math and science faculty on board, and English income children at Th e off erings expanded to include all areas of the department. Th e Salvation Army Phoenix growing program was moved to the Division of Undergraduate South Mountain Corps Academic Services as its off erings increased and enrollment numbers Community Center, soared—ASU students wanted to be involved. Brack’s design approached Keith Miller, included leadership, capstone, and graduate student support for the then-Director of what is ASU Service-Learning interns at their community placements, and now known as English’s work-study eligible students were able to help fund their education Writing Programs. Brack through federal America Reads and America Counts programs. had a unique request: Could In 2009, the program became University Service-Learning and she off er internship credit to moved its base to the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College where it her ENG 301 “Writing for has thrived, due in great part to the work of its current Director, the Professions” students for Deborah Ball, and her dedicated staff . For the past few years an designing workshops and average of 480 students have participated annually, completing A Service Learning intern works with adults learning English at the Salvation Army in Phoenix presenting what they were 38,000 hours of service in the community each year. in 2005. learning in her class to youth —JAN KELLY

english.clas.asu.edu Page 6 THE TEACHING ZONE Summer School for Keith Miller eith Miller, Professor of English, devoted three weeks last the American civil rights movement, and he is the author of Voice of summer to teaching a course on the American civil rights Deliverance: Th e Language of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Sources Kmovement at Chonbuk National University in Jeonju, and Martin Luther King’s Biblical Epic: His Great, Final Speech. He is South Korea, in the Jeollabuk-do Province. He was invited to South currently working on two new books, What’s Wrong with the Autobi- Korea by former student Jai Park (PhD in Literature, 2004), who is ography of Malcolm X and Rethinking the Civil Rights Movement: Why an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Education at the National Memory is Wrong. Chonbuk. Th e international summer school class numbered approximately Miller is recognized as a top scholar on the rhetoric and songs of ten students, who came from South Korea and China. Most students had little previous knowledge of the American civil rights movement, and they were inspired by Miller’s teaching of the cour- age of those who persevered in such a pivotal moment in American history. Miller adds that much of our common understanding about the civil rights movement is riddled with errors. For example, Rosa Parks was not a meek department store seamstress who was too tired to surrender her seat on the bus. In fact, she was a fervent, long-time activist for civil rights and a leader in the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP. While in the country, Miller enjoyed the local cuisine. “Jeonju calls itself ‘the most Korean city,’” he says. “[It] is known for its cooking, especially for its special, rice-plus-everything-else dish called Bibimbap!’” Miller was accompanied on the trip by his 17-year-old son, Andrew, who was born in China. It was Andrew’s fi rst trip to Asia, and he is looking forward to possibly returning to Jai Park (left) and Keith Miller visit Boriam Hermitage, a Buddhist sanctuary on Namhae Chonbuk with his father next year. esland off South Korea’s southern coast. Photo/Andrew Miller. —JANE PARKINSON ASU English Launches MA Concentration in English Education eginning fall 2014, the ASU Department of English will off er a Master of Arts with a track in English Education. Th is track Bis a rigorous, one-year program that will prepare practicing teachers to directly impact student learning in their own secondary English language arts classrooms and to become leaders and exem- plary educators in their fi eld. Th e course of study includes advanced methods courses in reading and writing instruction, adolescent literature, and research methods. Th e MA work concludes with an applied project where practicing teachers use academic research and inquiry to address the questions they have about their own students’ learning.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. —MARCEL PROUST English Education Assistant Professor Sybil Durand (right) facilitates a book discussion with students in her ENG 471 “Literature for Young Adults” class, fall 2013. Photo/Andy DeLisle. Th e new MA track is the latest addition to the English Educa- tion Program, which now includes a BA with a concentration in language and literacy practices in ethnically and linguistically diverse Secondary Education and a PhD with a concentration in English classrooms. Christina Saidy’s research in local secondary schools Education. Th e faculty in English Education bring together a rich focuses on helping teachers and students expand their writing array of teaching experience, scholarship, and research interests. repertoires to include writing for wider audiences. Sybil Durand’s Jim Blasingame, Director of the English Education Program, is the research examines the ways that teachers and students engage global author of several books on young adult literature; he created and perspectives through post-colonial young adult literature. By off er- continues to serve as editor for the “Books for Adolescents” section ing concentrations in English Education at the undergraduate and of the Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literature. Jessica Early, who is graduate level, the English Education Program eff ectively prepares also the Director of the Central Arizona Writing Project, examines educators to excel at every stage of their careers. —THE EDITORS Start here, go anywhere. FALL 2013/WINTER 2014 Page 7 RESEARCH & ENGAGEMENT Power Play: Lecturer’s New Film Considers Potrayals of Sexuality, Gender, Class he short fi lm Th e Violation, written and directed by ently in Hollywood. For example, ASU English Lecturer Christopher Bradley, opens with Boys Don’t Cry, which features a sex a disturbing scene: a teenage boy spies on a neighbor scene between two lead female char- boy through a telescope, as the neighbor sexually fi xates acters, initially received an NC-17 onT a pillow wrapped in bikini pilfered from none other than the rating from the MPAA, while fi lms voyeuristic boy’s teenage sister. with similar but heterosexual content Th e scene is unsettling and it is received a lesser R rating. meant to be. As Th e Violation Bradley off ers an array of classes progresses, it continues to push at ASU to allow students to fi nd viewers to consider how class, and express their own voices in fi lm, sexuality, and gender come into including introductory, intermedi- play in power relations and in ate, and advanced screenwriting. cultural norms more broadly. Bradley also teaches a class on “Hol- Bradley began writing the lywood Film History” that acquaints screenplay for the fi lm amidst students with the commercial side of Bradley poses with actress Beth Grant (Donnie Darko, Little Miss Sunshine) the controversy over the repeal of Hollywood and the development of who potrays Linda Heim in the fi lm. the U.S. Military’s “Don’t Ask, the studio system; however, Bradley Don’t Tell” policy. Bradley views does not want students to feel that the commercial side of Holly- Slade Pearce plays lead character Mickey the policy as a culturally imbed- wood could or should limit their vision. At the moment, he is de- Dougherty in Bradley’s Th e Violation ded double standard that tacitly veloping a fall 2014 class on “Forbidden Films” that covers fi fteen (2013). Photo/courtesy Christopher Bradley. tolerated abuse of women in the “culturally transgressive” fi lms that, against all odds, were made and military, while some (presumably straight) soldiers voiced fears that achieved critical and commercial success. Bradley hopes the class if gays were permitted to serve openly, heterosexual male soldiers will encourage his students to “get outside a commercial frame of might fall victim to unwanted sexual advances. what is and is not possible.” Th is double standard, which centered on heteronormative male Th e Violation has been screened at a number of fi lm festivals in- sexual privilege was not a new concern to Bradley, who begin acting cluding Phoenix Film Fest, Outfest in Los Angeles, and Desperado professionally in 1982. In his career as an actor, Bradley was fre- in Phoenix. quently struck by how “non-traditional” sexuality was treated diff er- —KATHLEEN LAMP A Journey to India his September, Matthew Prior, Assistant Professor in Ap- don’t think India plied Linguistics/TESOL, traveled to India for the 13th is an easy place to International Pragmatics Conference. After three separate describe. It has to plane rides, 30 hours in fl ight, and being mistaken by be experienced. hotelT staff for the famous British cricket player of the same name, It’s defi nitely a Prior arrived safely at his hotel in New Delhi. place of extremes: While in India, Prior presented a paper titled “Membership Cat- in terms of liv- egorization as a ‘Th erapeutic’ Resource in L2 Autobiographic Nar- ing conditions, ratives.” Th e paper was part of a larger panel co-organized by Prior socioeconomic and Gabriele Kasper, “Categorization in Multilingual Storytelling” opportunities, described by Prior as including “six international discourse and cuisine, languages, interaction scholars working on storytelling in languages including and even colors. Hindi, Hawai‘i Creole, Japanese, Danish, and L2 (second language) In a nutshell, I’d English.” say that it has the “As an applied linguist and second language researcher,” Prior ‘best’ of the world India’s Taj Mahal. Photo/Matthew Prior says, “my research is centered on understanding second language and the ‘worst’ of (L2) users as whole persons with emotions, motivations, and the world in one place—and I’d go back in a heartbeat.” He goes on identities, and multilingualism as a developmental process that is to say that, “Th e Taj Mahal, in Agra, was particularly striking,” and managed across the lifespan.” He goes on to elaborate that he is, that he “was also deeply impressed by my visit to the slums of Old “particularly interested in language and emotion, identity confl ict Delhi and watching children make toys and handcrafts from old and dilemmas, multilingualism and mental health, and immigrant plastic water bottles to sell to people on the street.” and trans(national/cultural) groups and individuals.” Prior is cur- Th is spring, Prior is teaching “Introduction to Applied Linguis- rently developing a book project and several articles related to his tics” (APL 601) and “Motivation and Emotion in TESOL and research interests. SLA” (ENG 404) for students who are interested in learning more While Prior’s trip to New Delhi was primarily for the conference, about the fi eld of applied linguistics and his area of specialization. he was able to explore a bit. He describes his visit in vivid terms: “I —KATHLEEN LAMP english.clas.asu.edu Page 8 NEW FACULTY & STAFF AMY SHINABARGER :: Rhetoric and Composition [Second Language Writing] my Dawn Shinabarger was promoted to Lecturer in Second Communication on the discourse and rhetoric of tattoos on faculty Language Writing after working several years as an Instructor. members. Shinabarger has broad experience in teaching ESL and AShe followed her critical pedagogy roots to two tenure-track linguistics as well as composition and sociolinguistics. A second- jobs, fi rst at University of Puerto Rico and then at California State generation teacher, Shinabarger views teaching as social practice, and University, Northridge, before returning home to Arizona. Shina- many favorite teaching moments occur with future teachers, who go barger’s dissertation was on the discourse of the university second- on to share what they learn with their own students. In the second- language writing classroom. She practices critical discourse analysis, language writing classroom, Shinabarger says she teaches English “in which she believes to be a close relative of rhetoric, and she feels exchange” for her students teaching her geography, history, political very comfortable in Writing Programs. She is also a scholar of pop science, and culture. Shinabarger is also an active member of the culture, particularly music and tattoos, and is currently working on department charity committee. a project with a colleague in ASU Hugh Downs School of Human —KAREN DWYER DAVID KRSTOVICH :: Undergraduate Advising [Staff ] he newest, and returning, member of the Success Specialist, he rejoined the Department of English in 2013 as Department of English’s advising staff , an Academic Success Coordinator. TDavid Krstovich brings over eight years In addition to his advising duties, Krstovich has previously taught of advising experience to the students he works courses such as “Introduction to Liberal Arts and Sciences,” and with. He received his BA in English from DePaul currently teaches fi rst-year seminars for the Department of English. University in 1994, and his MA in English from Currently, Krstovich is also pursuing his second master’s degree in University of Illinois-Chicago in 2001. Krstovich social work, adding to his repertoire. Krstovich works with both originally joined the Department of English in English and Film and Media Studies majors to ensure that they 2008, serving as an advisor for three years. After a brief stint as- thrive during their time with the Department of English. sisting the School of Sustainability as an Undergraduate Academic —BEN AMBLER ELIZABETH LOWRY :: Rhetoric and Composition [TA Training] ew Lecturer Elizabeth Lowry is a graduate of ASU’s Rheto- she taught high school and worked in the publish- ric, Composition, and Linguistics PhD program. She earned ing industry in New York City. Nan MA in rhetoric and composition from California State In addition to growing up in the United States, University (Los Angeles), an MFA from New York University, and a Lowry spent her childhood in London and in BA in Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Canada; she has lived and worked in Ecuador Her research interests include nineteenth-century feminism, and Namibia, and within the states of New York, sustainability, and multimodal composition, and she is currently Pennsylvania, California, and Arizona. She enjoys supporting the development of fi rst-year TAs with Elenore Long and hiking, travel, and reading detective novels. PhD student Dan Bommarito. Prior to working in higher education, —ALISON SUTHERLAND SUSAN NAOMI BERNSTEIN :: Rhetoric and Composition [Writing] ecturer Susan Naomi Bernstein, originally before moving to Arizona. Her research focuses on defi ning diff erence from the Chicago metro area, taught basic and how and why to approach diff erence in education as a strength Lwriting for the fi rst time in 1987 at Ohio (and not a liability). Most recently, her work addresses the embodied University in Athens where she earned her master’s experience of writing with ADHD, as well as writing in the aftermath degree. She received her PhD from Penn State and of Hurricane Sandy. Bernstein has loved to write since she was seven has taught in Philadelphia, Houston, Cincinnati, years old, and experiences writing and teaching as deeply intercon- and the Bronx. As an undergraduate, Bernstein nected. In a list of life predictions composed for Susan’s high school studied in France for a year. She blogs for Bedford St. Martin’s on graduating class, her twelfth grade English teacher noted that Susan basic writing and just published the fourth edition of Teaching Devel- would be impossible to quote. opmental Writing for Bedford. Bernstein lived in Queens for six years —KAREN DWYER SYBIL DURAND :: English Education [Young Adult Literature] ybil Durand joins the Department of English as an Assistant graduate majors to discuss with specifi city how Professor in English education. She arrived in Arizona a few texts interact with their studies, and use of techno- Smonths ago from Louisiana State University, just in time to logical and multimedia engagement with YA texts. enjoy a fi rst summer in the Valley of the Sun! Durand enjoys young Durand’s research lies at the intersection of adult (YA) literature, a subject that she teaches at the undergraduate postcolonial young adult literature and English and graduate levels at ASU. She creates an atmosphere of engagement education. Her dissertation focused on a book club with these texts in the classroom using various methods, including of pre-service teachers. the creation of literature circles, grouping students by their under- —DAWN OPEL Start here, go anywhere. FALL 2013/WINTER 2014 Page 9 NEW FACULTY & STAFF SUZANNE SCOTT :: Film and Media Studies [Transmedia Fandom] uzanne Scott joins the ASU Department Scott has taught various undergraduate and graduate courses on of English as Assistant Professor in fi lm fandom and participatory culture, transmedia storytelling, comic book Sand media studies. Scott received her PhD culture, audience studies, video game studies, and cultural studies. in critical studies from the School of Cinematic At ASU this fall, Scott teaches “Introduction to New Media” and Arts at the University of Southern California. She “Emerging Digital Media,” which both focus social media’s impact on comes to ASU from Occidental College, where audiences and media industries. In spring 2014, Scott will teach “So- she was a Mellon Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral cial + Media,” a course that examines social media platforms such as Fellow. Scott’s research focuses on fandom within Twitter and YouTube and the ways they impact media production and convergence culture, transmedia storytelling, and comic book culture. consumption, narrative form, and political engagement. Scott will also Her current book project explores the demographic, representational, teach a “Fan Cultures” course, which will explore fan studies, cultures, and industrial “revenge” of the fanboy, and the gendered politics of and practices, and the discourses that shape and inform cultural participatory culture. onceptions of fans. —SYBIL DURAND KATHRYN PRUITT :: Linguistics [Phonology] ssistant Professor Kathryn Pruitt comes to ASU from New she fi nds it exciting to see them learn to think of York University where she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in language in a whole new way. She enjoys teaching Alinguistics. She earned her PhD at the University of Massachu- the aspects of linguistics that encourage analytical setts at Amherst, and her research centers on the fi eld of phonology, thinking and problem solving, and she also likes which is the study of the organization of sound structures in language. that the descriptive focus of the fi eld has positive Originally from Wendell, North Carolina, Pruitt received her BA with humanistic implications. Her most recent paper, a double major in music and linguistics at the University of North “Th e interpretation of prosody in disjunctive Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dance is another lifelong pursuit. Pruitt questions,” will be published soon in Linguistic began with ballet and in college continued dancing with a modern Inquiry. It reports the results of an experiment that tested how listen- dance company. In her senior year she choreographed a piece for her ers use intonational information to determine the intended meaning company concert whose movements were inspired by several visuo- of a question like “Would you like tea or coff ee?” spatial modes of linguistic communication, including American Sign With her partner Ryan and two cats, Kathryn lives in Tempe. In ad- Language. dition to her continuing interests in music and dance, she calls herself Pruitt says she enjoys teaching linguistics courses at all levels, but her a connoisseur of ice cream and scenic vistas. favorite course might be “Introduction to Linguistics.” Most under- —JANE PARKINSON graduate students have never encountered the subject before, and MELISSA FREE :: Literature [British] ssistant Professor Melissa Free joins the ASU gender, and class. Th is year, Free is teaching “Empire and Adventure Department of English from Binghamton in Victorian Popular Fiction,” “Reading and Writing about Literature: AUniversity, State University of New York, Suff ering through Literature,” and “Survey of British Literature, 1789 where she was an Assistant Professor in literature to the Present.” She enjoys encouraging student discussion about after earning her PhD from the University of genre, gender, history, and empire. In addition to researching and Illinois. Free works on British literature from the teaching, Free likes to run, rock climb, play tennis, and be outdoors. mid-Victorian period through World War I, with She also loves spending time with her animals (two dogs, a cat, and a particular focus on transnational, gender, and a rabbit called Barack O’Bunny), visiting art museums and theaters, postcolonial theory. Her current book project considers how British exploring old buildings and cemeteries, and watching Netfl ix. South African writers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth cen- turies created new genres that wrestle with issues of nationality, race, —MEGHAN NESTEL LYNETTE MYLES :: Rhetoric and Composition [Literature and Writing] ynette Myles was promoted to Lecturer in the Department of DoVeanna Fulton of Sapphire’s Literary Break- English. Myles has taught in the department since the begin- through: Erotic Literacies, Feminist Pedagogies, Lning of her graduate studies in 2001—fi rst as a Teaching As- Environmental Justice Perspectives (2012), a collec- sistant and then as an Instructor in 2006 when she received her PhD tion of various critical perspectives and theoretical in English. Myles specializes in African American literature, and her approaches that examine the work of poet, author, research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century Afri- and performance artist Sapphire. Myles is also the can American literature, slave narratives, African American women’s author of Female Subjectivity in African American writing and feminist practice, among others. As a Lecturer in English Women's Narratives of Enslavement: Beyond Borders and in the African American Studies Program, Myles enjoys teaching (2009), a study that examines narratives of Black women and the ways courses on African American literature, Black women's writings, and in which they reposition themselves fi guratively and literally to resist fi rst-year composition for multilingual writers. In terms of scholar- racially and patriarchally biased spaces. ship, Myles is co-editor with Elizabeth McNeil, Neal A. Lester, and —SYBIL DURAND english.clas.asu.edu Page 10 NEW FACULTY AND STAFF HEATHER HOYT :: Rhetoric and Composition [Workplace Writing] ecently promoted to Lecturer, Heather cookbooks and lore. Hoyt has been part of the Department of “I’m interested in the ways food infl uences intercultural relation- REnglish family since her graduate studies ships,” says Hoyt. “I’ve been combining my interest in regional cook- (MA English 1999; PhD English 2006). She began ing with research in food studies. Hopefully there will be delicious her teaching career as a TA and has taught a variety results.” of writing and literature courses over the years, Hoyt grew up in Arizona and like most Arizona natives and almost- including her popular special topics course on Arab natives, she loves being in green places. A world traveler, her most Women Writers, and most recently her workplace memorable travel destinations so far have been England, Japan, Leba- writing courses. Hoyt’s dissertation dealt with Arab and Arab Ameri- non and Jordan. She also loves visiting diff erent parts of the United can women writers and their rhetorical use of fi rst-person perspectives. States: “So much variety.” Hoyt’s current research focuses more on teaching Arab and Arab When she’s not teaching or writing, Hoyt loves to cook and read American women’s literature. She has a chapter about teaching the and watch British comedies. Getting together with friends to enjoy Arab novel in English in the new book Th e Edinburgh Companion to great food and conversation is her favorite pastime, preferably in green the Arab Novel in English (Edinburg University Press, 2013). She is places, but that’s not mandatory. also researching food studies and cultural sustainability, especially in —SHEILA LUNA

NEW FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: only the power of refusal, whether in dance partners or marriage DEVONEY LOOSER—LOST IN AUSTEN proposals. ‘The power of refusal’ line can be a fruitful way to start thinking about Austen's take on how women have traditionally been Professor Devoney Looser’s passion these days is her girl, Jane constrained, limited, and disempowered.” Austen. But Looser is Jane Austen’s characters (Lizzie, Darcy, Emma) still live and breathe not simply an Austen in the imaginations of her readers a hundred and fi fty years after her scholar. She also death. When questioned about why contemporary students should plays roller derby as care about Austen’s work, Looser replies, “Because she is one of the the character, “Stone few literary fi gures who has had both enduring critical and popular Cold Jane Austen” and appeal.” Even now, Austen’s work inspires fan fi ction, movies, spin offs, maintains a Jane Aus- DVDs, and scrapbooks. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Austenland. ten at ASU Facebook The Jane Austen Book Club. Looser notes, “What all of these Austen- page (facebook.com/ inspired texts do for us is show why her characters and her stories still JaneAustenASU). In matter.” addition, a section of Looser received her BA in English from Augsburg College in Min- writer Deborah Yaffe's neapolis in 1989 and her PhD in English (with certifi cation in Women’s book Among the Studies) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1993. Janeites: A Journey Her books include Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, Through The World of 1750-1850 (2008) and British Women Writers and the Writing of Jane Austen Fandom History, 1670-1820 (2000; paperback 2005). (2013) is devoted to Looser is currently working on a new book about Austen and the Looser and her Austen women’s movement. She plans to use her research to “inform the kinds fondness. of questions we bring to students in the spring course.” To encourage students to join her for the course, Looser says, “Whether you love the Looser joined the Professors of English Devoney Looser and George Justice English faculty at ASU (Dean of Humanities) describe their ENG 364 Jane stories or not, whether you’ve read them or not, come fi nd out what this fall. She and her Austen course as “married couple argues about Austen the big deal is. Why do so many people spend their lives reading and and tries to teach you something in the process.” Photo/ husband, George courtesy Devoney Looser. re-reading her fi ction? What is it about their language, culture, artistry, Justice, Dean of and irony that repays such close attention?” Humanities at ASU, will co-teach English 364: “Jane Austen, Women —Shavawn Berry and Literature" during spring semester 2014. When asked how her fascination with Austen started, she credited her mother, who was “the one who suggested that I read Pride and Prejudice. I picked it up and Got Jane Austen? got hooked.” Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion are still Looser’s ENG 364: Jane Austen (Women & Literature) “favorites to read for pleasure.” Wednesdays, 9-10:15 a.m. Line #26994, Hybrid, Large-Lecture Course Looser sees Austen through a feminist lens. “Austen was talked Spring Semester about as a feminist foremother as early as the 1890s. She was popular 2014 with the suffragists, for instance. I think what many readers have found feminist about Austen's fi ction are her strong, independent heroines and her novels' deft social criticism. Austen's fi ction makes us think about how economic and social structures have privileged men.” “For instance,” she continues, “in Northanger Abbey, Austen has the hero make a joke about men having the advantage of choice and women

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Join us! Profs. Devoney Looser and George Justice FALL 2013/WINTER 2014 Page 11 IN MEMORIAM Myrna Morgan (1938–2013) ormer staff member Myrna Morgan to have some very profound conversations and yes, hu- passed away in October 2013. Utterly with her and enjoy too briefl y working with mor.” —Melissa Fbeloved by all who knew her, she be- her.” —Cynthia Hogue Pritchard gan working for the Department of English “For years the heart, soul, and brains of “Extremely in 1989 and retired in 2003. A memorial the English Dept., the person that new well organized gathering was held at Morgan’s home in people met fi rst, and the person who every- and effi cient . Tempe on November 9, 2013. one went when there was a problem to be . . After her Following are words from those in English solved. . . . Calm, organized, compassionate retirement, her who celebrate her kindness and grieve her . . . one of the best teachers I ever met.” spirit of service passing. —Elizabeth Horan manifested “Indeed a wonderful colleague and always “She was a lady with great charisma, who itself in her gracious even in the most diffi cult of times.” was always willing to listen attentively and volunteer —Karen Adams to help in any way she could. My life was work. Every week, she spent several hours “I can’t help but think how smoothly enriched by knowing her.” —Del Kehl tutoring fi rst and second graders at Scales things will run and how friendly it will “I remember especially the administrative Technology Academy in Tempe. . . . For six be there if heaven has an offi ce. She was a close care she gave to this then-new faculty years, until her health no longer permitted saint!” —Jim Blasingame member. Many others benefi ted from her it, she also served in a local St. Vincent de “A gracious and caring person who went friendly attentiveness.” —Joe Lockard Paul conference as a phone person. . . . She out of her way to help people.” —Jon “She was so supportive of my professional was a patient, kind, caring listener who was Drnjevic development and academic pursuits and she dedicated to helping the poor.” —Adelheid “She helped me so much when I left the always had the staff ’s best interests at heart. Th ieme department during the semester to go to She put other people before her always. She “Kind and patient, always gave a happy China to adopt my fi rst daughter. . . . I made an imprint on me, and many others.” greeting when I saw her. . . . She helped me loved talking with Myrna about her own —Sheila Luna navigate my way around and always did it daughters, of whom she was lovingly and “One of the most positive and wonderful with grace and kindness.” —Laura Tohe justifi ably proud. She always asked me people I ever met. . . . Myrna occasionally “Myrna worked so hard and made it look about my kids.” —Karen Dwyer had to tell a good teacher that we had no easy. Yet, she always had time for every- “In addition to being incredibly profes- more classes for that person to teach in a one and made everyone feel special. . . . I sional, she was one of the kindest, warmest particular semester. She managed to do that remember her warmth very fondly; she is and most caring people that I have met at without, as far as I could tell, ever making an inspiration to so many of us.” —Elly van ASU. When I think of her, I remember anyone angry with her—a feat requiring Gelderen how she was always smiling—and that smile interpersonal skills and a measure of kind- “When I was diagnosed with breast was infectious.” —Karen Engler-Weber ness.” —Keith Miller cancer in my second year here, and hadn't “I will always be indebted to Myrna Mor- “I marvel at the capacity of one benefi - accumulated enough sick leave, she told me gan for the great kindness and compassion cent, utterly beautiful human being to uplift she would take care of everything, not to she bestowed upon me.” —Richard Hart so many others—I'd like to suggest that worry about anything except getting well. “I will always remember Myrna's beautiful everyone who ever met Myrna, knew her for And she did. I never even knew how she bright smile and wonderful laugh. And, of a brief period of time or for years, walked made the magic happen. When she also was course, the multiple pieces of paper taped away a better person for having been in her diagnosed, I was devastated—but glad to be together on which she worked out our presence. She had a way of making you feel able to repay in small measure what she had teaching schedules. She could erase penciled you were all that mattered as you sat with done for me.” —Rosalynn Voaden in names and times like a champ.” her or chatted with her in the hall—but —Katherine Heenan then she treated us all that way, loved us all —compiled by KRISTEN LARUE “An utter wonder. I arrived just in time that way, quietly, authentically, with heart Kenneth L. Donelson (1927–2013) enneth L. Donelson, a well-known profes- or to speak to groups of English teachers or librarians sor of English, and Director of ASU’s English in every one of the continental U.S. For many years, he KEducation Program throughout the 1990s edited the Arizona English Bulletin, and between 1980 until his retirement in 2002, died on April 30, 2013. and 1987 was the co-editor of Th e English Journal, which He was born and raised in Iowa, where he taught high at the time was the major publication for the National school English for thirteen years, and then earned his Council of Teachers of English. He is also co-author of PhD from the University of Iowa in 1963. Shortly Literature for Today’s Young Adults, the leading textbook afterwards, he joined the faculty at ASU. He was well in the fi eld for English teachers, school librarians, and known throughout the United States for work against reading teachers. It is now in its ninth edition. school censorship and had been asked to testify in court —ALLEEN PACE NILSEN english.clas.asu.edu Non-Profi t Org US Postage PAID Arizona State Department of English University PO Box 870302 Tempe, AZ 85287-0302

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH COMING EVENTS February 6-8, 2014 | “Catastrophes and the Apocalyptic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.” 20th Annual ACMRS Conference. Embassy Suites Hotel Scottsdale (4415 E. Paradise Village Pkwy S.) Phoenix.

February 14, 2014 | 20th Annual Linguistics/TESOL Symposium. Memorial Union (MU) ASU, Tempe campus, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

February 15, 2014 | AZ CALL Conference. Memorial Union (MU) ASU, Tempe campus, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

February 15, 2014 | ASU Composition Conference. Language and Literature Building (LL) ASU, Tempe campus, time TBA.

February 18, 2014 | Humanities Career Fair. Memorial Union Ventana Rm (MU 241) ASU, Tempe campus, 1-5 p.m.

February 28-March 1, 2014 | “Hybridity.” 19th Southwest English Symposium. ASU, Tempe campus, time TBA.

March 1, 2014 | Night of the Open Door. ASU, Tempe campus, 4-9 p.m.

March 20, 2014 | “Heads Above Grass, Provocative Native American Public Art and Studio Practice” Lecture by Edgar Heap of Birds, Public Artist, Norman, OK. Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community. Heard Museum (2301 N. Central Ave.) Phoenix, 7 p.m.

March 28, 2014 | Prison Education Conference. University Club (UCLUB) ASU, Tempe campus, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

April 18, 2014 | “Chaucerian Comedy and the Senses (of Humor).” Chaucer Celebration 2014. Language and Literature 316 (LL 316) ASU, Tempe campus, time TBA.

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