Author Archives: Wade Edwards

Jacqueline Secoy published a paper on musician identity development in elementary education majors using ukuleles and YouTube

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Wade Edwards

Dr. Jacqueline (“Jackie”) Secoy, Assistant Professor of Music Education in the Department of Music, is the co-author of a recently published article titled “Exploring the Music Identity Development of Elementary Education Majors Using Ukulele and YouTube” in the peer-reviewed Journal … Continue reading →

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Mike Lund’s Writing Workshop for Vets Featured

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Wade Edwards

  There are many ways to honor Veterans on Veteran’s Day, but one of the easiest may be simply listening to their stories. One church in Buckingham County has taken that a step further–with the help of Dr. Mike Lund, … Continue reading →

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Women’s Choir Commissioning Consortium

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Wade Edwards

Dr. Pamela McDermott and members of Longwood’s Chamber Singers have been working as part of a women’s choir commissioning consortium: a group of women’s choirs gathered to commission a work by, for, and about women. The resulting work is being … Continue reading →

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Cook and Cole Awards for Mentorship

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Wade Edwards

Congratulations to Mary Carroll-Hackett and Andrew Yeagley, the 2018 recipients of the Cook and Cole Medals for Undergraduate Mentorship. The John Randall Cook Faculty Mentor Award and the Waverly Manson Cole Faculty Mentor Award recognize, respectively, a tenure-track faculty member … Continue reading →

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ChLA Honors Jennie Miskec

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Wade Edwards

Jennie Miskec’s edited volume, The Early Reader in Children’s Literature and Culture (Routledge 2016), was recently named the 2018 Honor title by The Children’s Literature Association’s Edited Book Award Committee. The award will be conferred at the annual conference in … Continue reading →

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Rhonda Brock-Servais in Horror Literature and Dark Fantasy

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Wade Edwards

Rhonda Brock-Servais’s essay, “Can We Redeem the Monster? Working with Contemporary Young Adult Horror Fiction in the College Classroom,” is the lead chapter in Horror Literature and Dark Fantasy, edited by Mark Labrizi. Subtitled Challenging Genres, the just-published study is … Continue reading →

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Koski and Gutiérrez on With Good Reason

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Wade Edwards

Farmville, Virginia, population 8,140, is home to the largest private immigrant detention center on the East Coast. Connie Koski and Renee Gutiérrez (Longwood University) bring their students to the detention center to teach English, but the students are also learning … Continue reading →

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Gena Southall in Literacy Research and Instruction

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Wade Edwards

The most recent volume of Literacy Research and Instruction includes an article by Dr. Gena Southall, Director of Liberal Studies, and, from JMU’s College of Education, Dr. Kristina Doubet. “Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction in Middle and High School: The … Continue reading →

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Virginia English Journal cited

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Wade Edwards

The National Council of Teachers of English has named the Virginia English Journal, edited by Sean Ruday, associate professor of English education, one of the six outstanding affiliate journals for 2017.  According to the announcement, judges found the journal’s most … Continue reading →

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Invited Keynotes from Sean Ruday and Jennie Miskec

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Wade Edwards

Jennie Miskec has been selected to deliver the keynote lecture in Zagreb in October at the opening of an international conference,  “A Century of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić’s Croatian Tales of Long Ago.” Stemming from her work during recent summer courses offered in Croatia … Continue reading →

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