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October 28, 2009
Vol. 12 no. 6

English Channel

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Trimiko Melancon Publishes in Flagship African-American Journals

Congratulations to Dr. Trimiko Melancon, currently on research leave as a Visiting Scholar at Emory University's James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, on her two recently published articles in the latest issues of African American Review, the official journal of the division of Black Literature of the Modern Language Association, and Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters.  The first article is part of her larger book project Unbought and Unbossed: Transgressive Black Women and the Politics of Representation.

Check out Faculty Publications

The table and book shelf in the main office display faculty books, articles, and creative work published in the last six months. Please browse them. Here are some of the most recent:

• Trimiko Melancon, “Towards an Aesthetics of Transgression: Ann Allen Shockley’s Loving Her and the Politics of Same-Gender Loving” African American Review 42:3-4 (Fall/Winter 2008): 643-657.
• Isabelle Thompson, “Scaffolding in the Writing Center: A Microanalysis of an Experienced Tutor’s Verbal and Nonverbal Tutoring Strategies” Written Communication 26:4 (October 2009): 417 - 453.
• Thomas Nunnally, “Exploring Alabama’s Language Tributaries” Tributaries: Journal for the Alabama Folklife Association 10 (2007-2008): 9-31.
• Robin Sabino, “Tsalagi Language Revitalization and the Echota Cherokee” Tributaries: Journal for the Alabama Folklife Association  10 (2007/2008).

Help Wanted: RCC Seeks Input on Blog

The Research Culture Committee hopes for your in-put about two of its activities. Which of the incentives for enhancing research and publication would be most helpful to you? And what panels and workshops would you like next semester and when should they be scheduled? Please respond by posting on our blog: http://blog.auburn.edu/english.

University of Pennsylvania Press Editor to Speak at RCC Events

Jerome Singerman, Humanities Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Press, will be leading a Research Culture event on two topics: "Navigating the University Press Process of Publication" and "Affordable Publishing: Illustrations, Quotations, and More. 3:00-4:30, November 11, Haley 3228. Mr. Singerman is also available to talk with individuals about their book manuscripts. Let Paula know if you would like an appointment, pkrb@auburn.edu.

Call for Papers:  Women’s Studies Graduate Research Symposium

The Women’s Studies Program will be hosting its Graduate Research Symposium on Saturday, December 5, 2009.  Graduate and upper-level undergraduate students (with a letter of support from a faculty member) are invited to submit 10-20 page papers on topics related to women’s studies, and a $250 prize will be awarded for the best paper.  The submission deadline is November 16, 2009; entries can be submitted to Dr. Traci O’Brien, Haley Center 6030, or Denise Guidry, Haley Center 9030.  One copy should also be submitted to the open Blackboard page “Women’s Studies – Graduate Symposium” on AU’s Blackboard system.  Questions should be directed to Dr. Tiffany Thomas, 844-6195 or Dr. Ruth Crocker, 844-1974.

Lecturers Policy Forum to be Held Oct. 29

The Auburn chapter of the American Association of University Professors will be sponsoring a forum on the proposed lecturers / senior lecturers policy Thursday, October 29, 3:30-4:45 in Thach 317.

PhD Alum Min Hu to Teach at East China Normal University

Min Hu (Ph.D. May 2009) has accepted a full time position in the
Foreign Languages Department at East China Normal University which she describes as "one of the first class universities in China."  Dr. Hu is pictured left, with her son, Huyang.

Meet the Undergrads!

More than 300 students currently major in English at Auburn University, and they are a diverse group of individuals with a variety of interests and talents.  The English Channel  is proud to feature some of our stronger students who help make the English Department dynamic and interesting.

Shannon Edsall, Freshman
Shannon Edsall, who comes to Auburn from Alabaster, Alabama, spent the summer before starting college hiking in Italy and New Mexico.  She hiked in the Cinque Terre region of Italy, a coastal area where five towns are connected with pathways that include stairways and run through vineyards and orchards.  In New Mexico, Shannon had the pleasure (?) of seeing bears; she saw them from a distance and, fortunately, did not have to run from them.  Shannon chose to become an English major because English has always been her best subject, and she likes writing essays and editing.  Since coming to Auburn, she has decided to add anthropology as a double major.  She has been rewarded for her intellectual acuity with major scholarships:  the Spirit of Auburn Presidential Scholarship, the Auburn Leadership Scholarship, a scholarship from Legacy, and environmental group, and a Girl Scout Gold Award.  Although Shannon is quite busy, as she is already taking upper-level courses, she still finds time to read, and some of her favorites inlcude George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World,  Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, and works by Virginia Woolf.

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