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Upcoming sabbatical for Dr. Tonia Tinsley

February 26, 2019 by Jacqueline Crawford

Of her research subject, she says, “His prose provides that bit of intrigue that makes the reader want to turn another page.”

Filed Under: Faculty Achievement, News Tagged With: Céline, french, Journey to the End of the Night, maître des lumières, novel, tonia tinsley

Faculty presenting around the world

February 26, 2019 by Jacqueline Crawford

Missouri State North Mall

Faculty members have recently presented or been accepted to present their research.

Filed Under: Faculty Achievement, News, Public Lecture Tagged With: american translators association, ATA chronicle, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, GANZA, Gothic, jason jolley, The Shadow of the Wind, translator

MCL’s new Spanish professor specializes in 19th-century romanticism, naturalism

May 26, 2016 by Trysta Herzog

Dr. Heidi Backes

Dr. Heidi Backes will join modern and classical language’s Spanish faculty in the fall. Most recently, she was an assistant professor of Spanish at Drury University. Degree in modern peninsular literature Backes received her Ph.D. in modern peninsular literature from the University of Wisconsin in 2011, where she wrote her doctoral dissertation on the neo-Gothic movement […]

Filed Under: Faculty Achievement, News Tagged With: COAL, heidi backes, new faculty, spanish, spanish literature

MCL instructor nets award of excellence

April 15, 2015 by Trysta Herzog

Luis Lombilla, senior instructor in Spanish for the modern and classical languages department, has been selected for the 2015 Faculty Excellence in Service-Learning Award. About the award Each year, Missouri State’s citizenship and service-learning (CASL) office recognizes a faculty member for his or her hard work, devotion and commitment to excellence in fostering service-learning. About […]

Filed Under: Faculty Achievement, News Tagged With: casl, citizenship and service-learning, faculty excellence in service learning, luis lombilla, nordyke

Instructor translates centuries-old book on dying

November 7, 2014 by Trysta Herzog

Dr. Stephen Trobisch, per course faculty in the modern and classical languages department, has published the first official English translation of the 1593 German book, “Manuale De Paeparatione Ad Mortem,” by Martin Moller. Together with religious studies associate professor Dr. Austra Reinis and the book’s owner, Suzanne George, the newest translation, titled “Dear Soul: The Manual for the Rightful Art […]

Filed Under: Faculty Achievement, News

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