The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Taylor Pitts, Assistant Production Editor at Penguin Random House, discusses how her degree in Literature has prepared her for her job. What is your current job? What does that job entail? Currently, I work as an Assistant Production Editor for … [Read more...]
The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Courtney Peck, attorney at Perkins Coie in Portland, Oregon, discusses how her degree in Literature has prepared her for her job. What is your current job? What does that job entail? I am a corporate litigation attorney at Perkins Coie LLP’s … [Read more...]
Undergraduate students interested in submitting work for the MSU Undergraduate Literature Conference have until this Friday, March 2nd at midnight to apply. To apply, students need to fill out and email the submission form to Dr. Lanya Lamouria. Please type "ULC Submission" in the subject line of the email. Details The fourth annual MSU Undergraduate Literature Conference … [Read more...]
The English Department is excited to announce the fourth annual MSU Undergraduate Literature Conference will be held on April 13-14, 2018, in PSU 317. Dr. Rich Schur of Drury, a specialist in African American Literature and Culture, will deliver the keynote address. Undergraduates from every English program are encouraged to apply. Students who are selected will read their … [Read more...]
By Taylor Shaw-Hamp and K. Shartel Hall Missouri State University presented the 3rd Annual Undergraduate Literature Conference this past Friday and Saturday. Missouri State students from a variety of programs presented in-depth research on a multitude of texts, such as Christina Orlandos’ inspection of the roles of women in the public and private spheres in stage plays … [Read more...]