{"id":506,"date":"2015-08-03T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T19:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=506"},"modified":"2015-08-03T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T19:19:55","slug":"monday-missive-august-3-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2015\/08\/03\/monday-missive-august-3-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – August 3, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryn Chancellor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photographer: Christy Whitney<\/p><\/div>\n

Bryn Chancellor Is in the House<\/b> — I am pleased to report that Bryn Chancellor, our new creative writing professor, has arrived and is already settling into her new office.\u00a0 Bryn has had a very busy summer.\u00a0 She spent a month at the Jentel Artist Residency, a retreat for visual artists and writers in rural Wyoming. While there, she worked on a draft of a new novel and gave a reading as part of “Jentel Presents\u201d in the nearby town of Sheridan, Wyoming. She was awarded this residency as part of the Poets & Writers Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award. Also this summer, she served on the fiction faculty at the Sewanee Young Writers\u2019 Conference at the University of the South, working with talented high school age creative writers.\u00a0\u00a0 Please join me in welcoming Bryn to the English Department.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Research Scholars Program<\/b> — This summer both Sarah Minslow and Malin Pereira mentored undergraduate students as part of the Charlotte Research Scholars Program.\u00a0 Sarah mentored Kenia Rios.\u00a0 Kenia’s research project examines\u00a0how child soldiers\u00a0are depicted in contemporary popular culture with a focus on some of the texts and films that have been among the most successful. This research specifically examines child soldiers in Ender\u2019s Game<\/i>, Harry Potter<\/i>, The Walking Dead<\/i> and <\/i>The Hunger Games<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/i>Malin mentored Shanon Murray.\u00a0 Shanon titled her project “The Anatomy of Racism: Racial Oppression and Social Injustice in the Work of African American Poet Wanda Coleman (1946-2013).”\u00a0 She focused on Coleman’s “didactic poetics.”\u00a0 Both Kenia and Shanon gave poster presentations on their research at the Summer Research Symposium last month.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Minslow and Kenia Rios<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Shanon<\/a>

Shanon Murray<\/p><\/div>\n

News from Our\u00a0<\/b>Foreign Bureau<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 This summer I have been reporting on news about members of our department who have been globe trotting this summer.\u00a0 This week I am featuring Pilar Blitvich.\u00a0 I asked Pilar about her European adventures, and this morning she sent me the following report:<\/p>\n

Greetings from the Mediterranean. I am spending my last few days at my mom’s, enjoying the sea, family and friends. I am flying back to the US tomorrow<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 I do have some information for your Monday Missive.\u00a0 I delivered a plenary lecture at the 9th International Politeness Conference: Impoliteness and Globalization in Athens, Greece.\u00a0 At the 14th International Pragmatics Association Conference, in Antwerp, Belgium, I co-convened an international expert panel on research on language aggression and conflict and presented a paper on the panel.\u00a0 I also co-convened another international expert panel on research on traditional and mediated service encounters. I presented a co-authored paper as part of the panel as well.\u00a0 It has been a very productive summer.<\/em><\/div>\n

Kudos<\/strong>\u2014 As you know, I like to use my Monday Missives to share news about recent accomplishments by members of our department.\u00a0 Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Leak<\/strong> was a guest on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks <\/em>last week.\u00a0 He participated in a panel discussion on the national debate over the display of the confederate battle flag and related issues.<\/p>\n

Kirk Melnikoff<\/strong> gave the invited talk “Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Mighty Line’: Language and Power on the Elizabethan Stage” at the University of Cologne on July 2.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Deadlines<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0Here are some dates to keep in mind:<\/p>\n

August 3 \u2014 Last day of classes for the second summer session.<\/p>\n

August 10 \u2014 Grades due for all classes taught during the second summer session.<\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Bryn Chancellor spent part of this summer writing in Wyoming.\u00a0 Bryn is not the only member of our department who has Wyoming connections.\u00a0 In fact, one member of our department has a BA degree from the University of Wyoming.\u00a0 Do you know whom this faculty member is?<\/p>\n

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Last week’s answer: Ken Burns<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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During my visit to Sagamore Hill, the recent PBS documentary The Roosevelts:\u00a0 An Intimate History was playing continuously in the gift shop.\u00a0 Who was the director of this documentary?<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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