Category Archives: English & Modern Languages

Dr. Kenneth Pestka II is Offering an Online Astronomy Class (PHYS 115) During Summer I

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Kenneth Pestka, II

For those who may be interested in learning astronomy online, Physics 115 is being offered this summer! Fulfills Goal 6 and the Scientific Reasoning Pillar PHYS 115: Evolution of the Cosmos Evolution of the Cosmos (4 credits) is being offered during … Continue reading →

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Dr. Elif Guler presents gender study at JMU, publishes pedagogical unit for the American Society for the History of Rhetoric

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Dr. Hazel Elif Guler

Dr. Elif Guler, Assistant Professor of Professional Writing in the Department of English and Modern Languages, recently presented a study at the 2019 Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference (James Madison University) as part of its session entitled, “Feminist Foremothers.” Dr. Guler’s study, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Elif Guler publishes pioneering article in Advances in the History of Rhetoric, chairs panel/presents paper in Copenhagen

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Dr. Hazel Elif Guler

Dr. Elif Guler, Assistant Professor of Professional Writing and Rhetoric with Longwood’s English and Modern Languages Department, recently published an article in Advances in the History of Rhetoric. The article entitled, “Understanding Turkish Rhetoric in the Intertextuality of Two Seminal Texts: The Orkhon … Continue reading →

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Dr. Elif Guler receives the best article award from the Popular Culture Association in the South

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Dr. Hazel Elif Guler

Dr. Elif Guler’s Studies in Popular Culture article, “The Symbolic Restoration of Women’s Place in Turkey’s Resurrection” (2018) is the winner of the Whatley Award, given in memory of a founder and early president of the Popular Culture Association in the South. According to … Continue reading →

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Dr. Elif Guler facilitates a workshop, presents scholarship, and co-chairs a SIG at CCCC 2019

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Dr. Hazel Elif Guler

Dr. Elif Guler, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Longwood’s Professional Writing Program, recently facilitated a pedagogical workshop, presented a paper, and co-chaired a special interest group at the 2019 Conference on College Composition Communication (CCCC) which took place from March 13-16 in Pittsburgh, PA. … 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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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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Dr. Elif Guler presents at the International Conference on Global Studies

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Dr. Hazel Elif Guler

Dr. Elif Guler, Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Professional Writing at Longwood, has recently presented her study, “The Rhetorical Understanding of Agency in The Wisdom of Royal Glory and its Implications for the Contemporary World,” at IAFOR’s International Conference on Global Studies in Barcelona, … 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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