{"id":836,"date":"2016-08-29T14:24:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=836"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:24:24","slug":"monday-missive-august-29-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2016\/08\/29\/monday-missive-august-29-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – August 29, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Terrific Trio<\/b> — At the English Department meeting that took place last week, Monica Alston, Jennie Mussington, and Angie Williams provided everyone with a smorgasbord of delicious goodies that they prepared themselves.\u00a0 This very pleasant surprise is but one of many examples of our staff going the extra mile to make our department such a pleasant work environment. \u00a0 As I said at the beginning of the meeting, we are all fortunate to have such a dedicated staff.\u00a0 Other departments have a great deal of turn over among their staff, but all three of our staff members have worked in the department for many years.\u00a0 In appreciation of our staff, I have come up with a list of nine facts you might not know about our staff:\"Monica<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1. Monica grew up on a farm outside of Chapel Hill with her father and three siblings.\u00a0 They raised pigs, chickens, and grew corn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2. Monica started working for the UNC system in 1998.\u00a0 She worked in UNC Chapel Hill’s Undergraduate Admissions Office for a number of years before she joined our English Department in 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

3. Monica has a loyal cat named Lucy who wakes Monica up every morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Jennie<\/a>4. Jennie was born in Roswell, New Mexico (often called Area 51).\u00a0 Her father served in the Air Force, and he was stationed at the Air Force Base in Roswell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

5. Jennie graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in business administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

6. Jennie joined the English Department in 2000.\u00a0 Before joining our department, she worked for several years in the Mecklenburg County Tax Collection Office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

7. Angie grew up in the small town of Montgomery, West Virginia.\u00a0 This mountain town is located beside the Kanawha River in a picturesque valley.\u00a0 She gradu\"Angie<\/a>ated from Valley\u00a0High School where she was a star cheerleader.\u00a0 When all of the cheerleaders stood on top of each other to form a triangle, Angie always held everybody up, a role she still plays today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

8. Angie joined UNC Charlotte in 1986.\u00a0 She started her career in the Department of Languages and Culture Studies and then transferred to the English Department in 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

9. Angie has worked with eight department chairs over the course of her career at UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Kudos<\/b>\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<\/div>\n

Boyd Davis<\/b> guest edited a special issue of the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict,<\/i> which has just been published.\u00a0 <\/i>This special issue deals with dementia-compromised language conflict and aggression.\u00a0 The issue includes Boyd’s co-written article titled “The Silent Violence of Marginalization and Teasing in Dementia Care Residences.” \u00a0 Pilar Blitvich<\/b> serves as a Co-Editor of the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict.<\/i><\/div>\n
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Paula Martinac<\/b>‘s short story “Daddy” has been accepted by the literary journal Minerva Rising<\/i> and will appear in their next issue, which is due out at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\nKirk Melnikoff<\/b>‘s monograph Elizabethan Publishing and the Makings of Literary Culture <\/i>is now under contract for publication with The University of Toronto Press. It will be published in 2017.
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\nRebecca Roeder <\/b>and Bryan Walden <\/b>(a graduate of our M.A. program in linguistics) <\/b>recently published an article titled “The Changing Face of Dixie: Spanish in the Linguistic Landscape of an Emergent Immigrant Community in the New South” in Ampersand<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Lara Vetter<\/b>‘s monograph, A Curious Peril: H.D.’s Late Modernist Prose<\/i>, is under contract with the University Press of Florida.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Deadlines<\/b>\u2014 Here is information about an upcoming event:<\/p>\n

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the UNC Charlotte Counseling Center are co-sponsoring an event titled “Just Me and Allah:\u00a0 A Queer Muslim Photo Project,” featuring the work of Samra Habib.\u00a0 Her presentation will take place on Wednesday, November 9, 2016<\/span><\/span> @7pm<\/span><\/span> in McKnight Hall.\u00a0 Here are some articles on Samra’s work:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/samra-habib-instagram-takeover_us_57769d68e4b0a629c1a9d57f<\/a><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/qz.com\/594969\/between-me-and-allah-the-conflict-between-homosexuality-and-islam\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Quirky Quiz Question<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Monica, Jennie, and Angie are the three official English Department staff members, but there is a fourth unofficial member of the staff who resides in Angie’s office.\u00a0 Does anybody know the name of this unofficial member of the staff?<\/div>\n

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Last week’s answer: Debbie Reynolds<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
The film Singin’ in the Rain stars Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor as the two leading male actors.\u00a0 Who is the leading female star in the film?<\/em><\/div>\n
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