Short story by Ellis published in Journal of Contemporary Literature
“Neighbors,” a short story by Dr. Daniel Ellis, assistant professor of English, appears in the Spring 2013 issue (Volume 8, Issue 1) of The Apple Valley Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.
An online literary magazine published twice a year, The Apple Valley Review is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses and is archived in the Electronic Collection of Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada.
Dr. Ellis’s story can be read online at http://www.applevalleyreview.com/
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Students attend international conference on multicultural education
Angell Benjamin, a junior English and psychology double-major, was among three students who attended the 22nd annual National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) International Conference in Philadelphia.
The conference explored the role of multicultural education in movements toward equity and social justice at local, national and global levels.
Benjamin, along with Tiffany Nunez, a senior sociology major, and Jacob Witter, a senior childhood studies major, gave a presentation titled “Back to the Future: Travels of St. Francis, Slamming “Thisness,” and a Diversity Workshop for Student Teachers.”
The student presenters shared their experiences with “Thisness,” or individual uniqueness, to the panel through skits, prose, poetry and dance. “Thisness” is the title of St. Bonaventure’s anti-bullying campaign, and it calls for unique individuality to be celebrated, not chastised. Read more.
~ December 2012
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Pantano among eight SBU alumni on list of 40 rising business leaders
Philip Pantano, a 1996 with St. Bonaventure graduate with a BA in English, is one of eight SBU alumni whyo will be honored Nov. 9 for making Business First's list of 40 rising business leaders under the age of 40.
Pantano is president of Pantano & Associates, a public relations and strategic communication firm. He provides public and media relations counsel to a number of high-profile organizations throughout Western New York. He started the company in 2009 after spending 13 years in the public relations and communications field as both an agency consultant and in-house executive. Read more
~ September 2012
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Walsh article on Early American literature, digital archives appears in journal
An article by Dr. Megan Walsh, assistant professor of English, has appeared in the journal Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice: "Picturing Benjamin Franklin in the Classroom: Teaching Early American Literature with Digital Archives," Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice, 5.1 (Fall 2011): 1-11.
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Rhetoric Society publishes Ellis article
Dr. Daniel Ellis, assistant professor in the Department of English, published the article “Arguing the Courtship of Elizabeth and Alençon: An Early Modern Marriage Debate and the Problem of the Historical Public Sphere” in the journal Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 42.1 (2012): 26-43.
This follows the publication earlier this year of Dr. Ellis’s article, “Childhood Reflections: Elizabeth I’s The Glass of the Sinful Soul and the Foundations of Her Rhetoric,” in Explorations in Renaissance Culture. 37.1 (2011): 31-49.
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Harris has essay published in Contemporary Literature
Dr. Kaplan Harris, associate professor of English and director of the Graduate Program in English, has had an essay published: "Avant-Garde Interrupted: A New Narrative after AIDS." Contemporary Literature 52.4 (winter 2011): 630-657. Invited essay for special issue on "American Poetry, 2000-2009," edited by Michael Davidson.
In addition, Harris gave the presentation "Vampire Editing: On Dodie Bellamy and Mirage" at the Conference on Poetry Communities and the Individual Talent, held at the University of Pennsylvania April 14, 2012.
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Campus hosts Writers Series
Sponsored by the Department of English and the School of Arts and Sciences, the series brings to campus:
- Jonathan Skinner, poet, editor and ecocritic; Tuesday, March 6
- Peter Makuck, poet, short-story writer and critic; Wednesday, April 11
- Gregory Betts, poet, editor, essayist and teacher; Thursday, April 19
- Devin Murphy, short-story writer and SBU graduate; 5 p.m. Thursday, April 26, Walsh auditorium.
The writers will give public readings and some will visit with English classes while on campus. Read more
February 2012
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Alumna named National Online Teacher of the Year
 Leslie (Bangert) Fetzer of Holly Springs, N.C., an online biology teacher at North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), was named America’s 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12. Fetzer, a 2001 graduate who majored in biology and minored in English, started her career in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical writer before deciding she wanted to teach.
She began her teaching career at Bolivar-Richburg Central School in Bolivar, N.Y., before moving to North Carolina. She has taught online biology to grades 10-12 at North Carolina Virtual Public School for the past three years.
The nine-year teaching veteran was also 2011 Teacher of the Year at North Carolina Virtual Public School. Read more
March 2012
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Kaplan Harris leads panel discussion on poetics
Kaplan Harris, Ph.D., was on a Feb. 15 panel with Kate Bornstein and Camille Roy at CUNY Graduate Center for the "Tendencies" series, an ongoing series of talks on queer poetics, titled in honor of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, that explores the relationship between queer writing/artmaking process, pedagogy, and the manifesto. His talk, "Avant-Garde Interrupted," was a discussion of writer Kevin Killian and AIDS poetry in the 1980s and 1990s.
Harris, an associate professor of English and director of of the Graduate Program in English, also participated in an event at Small Press Traffic. “The LeftWrite Conference 30 Years Later: Kaplan Harris in Conversation with Bruce Boone and Robert Glück,” was held at Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2011.
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  Mulryans present papers at English Association conference
Professor John Mulryan and Mrs. Sandra Mulryan attended and presented papers at the 2011 conference of the New York College English Association held at Utica College in Utica, N.Y., on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Dr. Mulryan spoke on “Zest vs. Commitment: Joyce Carol Oates’ Careerist Student and John Gardner’s Failing but Principled Professor,” and Mrs. Mulryan presented “Soap, Sex, and Snakes: Adultery, Abuse, and Manslaughter in Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Sweat.’”
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Review essay by Dr. Kaplan Harris is published in Postmodern Culture 20.3
Dr. Kaplan Harris, associate professor of English and director of the Graduate Program in English, had a review essay published in the latest issue of the journal Postmodern Culture 20.3. To read his essay, “A Zine Ecology of Charles Bernstein's Selected Poems,” click here.
He also was interviewed about his writing for the podcast series, “Into the Field” (episode #5), hosted by Steve McLaughlin for the magazine Jacket2 (June 2011). To listen, click here.
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Alum to conduct research in Jamaica
 St. Bonaventure graduate and University of Nebraska-Lincoln English doctoral candidate Carrie Walker will travel to Jamaica in fall 2011 to conduct a 10-month research project on a Fulbright Scholarship. Walker will be conducting archival research to examine how Jamaican women address the status of women through letter-writing since independence in 1962. Read more.
June 2011
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