Announcements
Attention English majors graduating in December: Please take a moment to help us improve our program by completing the online Department Exit Survey. Completely anonymous, this survey helps us identify what we already do well as a department and what we need to improve. As a graduating senior, you are ideally situated to assess our strengths and weaknesses. Thank you, congratulations, and best wishes on your future!
Dr. Kurt Harris and student Cyane Kramer have created the first website devoted to the study of Victorian novelist William Makepeace Thackeray: http://www.wmthackeray.com/.
Current and Former Student Accomplishments (archive)
Sigma Tau Delta has announced the new officers for 2009-2010: Rachel Oaks, president; Landon Mitchell, vice president; Adell DeGraffenried, secretary; Samantha Gay, treasurer; Taylor Bentley, historian; and Chelsea Campbell, alumni representative. All English majors are heartily encouraged to join this fine and nationally recognized honor society!
Bradley Barton, who graduated in May 2009 with a B.A. in English Education, is currently teaching English grammar and literature courses at Al-Qassim University in Buraydh, Saudi Arabia.
Kristin McLintock, an English major and 2009 SUU graduate, is working as an intern in the Washington D.C. office of Utah Senator Bob Bennett (Fall 2009).
Amanda Reeve, an English major and 2009 SUU graduate, has begun her graduate studies in library science in the University of Kentucky's Archive Program (Fall 2009).
English Department Faculty Accomplishments (archive)
Dr. Kyle Bishop's book American Gothic Zombie: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture is scheduled for publication by McFarland in the spring of 2010.
Dr. Wynne Summers's book Women Elders' Life Stories from the Omaha Tribe, Macy, Nebraska, 2004-2005 is scheduled for publication by the University of Nebraska Press in January 2010.
Dr. James M. Aton's book The River Knows Everything: Desolation Canyon and the Green has been reviewed by Tom Wharton at the Salt Lake Tribune in his article "The Definitive Book on Utah's Desolation Canyon."
Jon M. Smith's and English Professor James M. Aton's film, Jimmie Jones: Redrock Painter, premiered on October 15; Jones's recent paintings are currently showing at the Braithwaite Gallery. The DVD of the film is included in the show's catalog about Jones's life and work (on sale now), for which Aton has also written the article "Coming Home to the Land."
Dr. Todd Petersen's novel Rift has been published by Zarahemla Books.
Dr. James M. Aton's book The River Knows Everything: Desolation Canyon and the Green has been published by Utah State University Press.