Congratulations to the English High School/ College Partnership (HCSP) Essay Contest winners for 2016! The winners and their teachers’ names are listed below. Special thanks also goes to our screeners of the 46 submissions (Ben Moats, Desiree Long, Craig Workman), and our final judges (Dan Mahala, Maridella Carter, Jim Heiman, and Shawn Schmelzle). English HSCP…
UMKC English Professor Celebrates New Publications
UMKC English professor Dr. Norma Cantú has published two books in 2016: Entre Malinche y Guadalupe: Tejanas in Literature and Art. Co-edited with Inés Hernández Ávila, University of Texas Press The Plays of Silviana Wood. Co-edited with Rita Urquíjo Ruiz, University of Arizona Press Congratulations, Dr. Cantú!
UMKC MFA Student Receives Financial Award for Research in Ozarks
UMKC MFA student Rhonda Cooksey received a financial award from the Women’s Council Immediate Aid Assistance fund to do ethnographic research on Ozark folklore narratives for a research paper titled “The Narrative of Folk Medicine Communities in the Ozarks.” Cooksey recently traveled to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to interview modern grannywoman and Shamanic Buddhist Elle D’Coda, who founded the…
UMKC IPhD Student Honored with Superior Teaching Award
UMKC IPhD student Ande Davis (English/Humanities Consortium) has been awarded the 2015-2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Superior Teaching Award. This is a tremendous honor and speaks to the hard work he has done in his own courses, as well as his mentorship of new GTAs. Congratulations, Ande! — via Dr. Virginia Blanton, UMKC English professor and…
UMKC English Professor Receives Research Award
UMKC English professor Dr. Joan Dean has been awarded the 2016 N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity. This is a prestigious campus award that celebrates the most significant research achievements of faculty at UMKC. Congratulations, Dr. Dean!Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download Dr. Joan Dean receives the Veatch Award at the Celebration of…
Cine Shakespeare Series to Feature Richard III
Hollywood has adapted, sampled, and stolen from William Shakespeare for more than a century — seeing his works as a source of prestige as soon as the commercial possibilities of narrative movies were apparent. The Cine Shakespeare series features four of the best films featuring the Bard or his works in the past 20 years.…
Photos: UMKC MFA Students Read at Kick Comedy Theater
Last Sunday, Feb. 28, UMKC MFA students Sabrina Veroczi, Jermaine Thompson, Ian Swalwell, Anders Carlson, Andrew Reeves, and Mariah Marsden read their fiction and poetry at the Kick Comedy Theater in Westport. Their work was then interpreted by improv comedians, who created memorable and hilarious scenes about sloth fights, bad first dates, and stoner Buddhas.…
UMKC MFA Students, Local Comedians to Collaborate for Reading
On Sunday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m., UMKC MFA students will read their poetry and prose at the Kick Comedy Theater (4010 Pennsylvania Ave.) in Westport. The writers will be accompanied by professional improv actors, who will interpret their stories and poems. Presented by Working Words, the event will feature UMKC students Anders Carlson, Mariah Marsden, Andrew…
UMKC English Majors Published in Undergrad Research Journal
Two English majors had their work published in the latest volume of Lucerna, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal, and UMKC’s only undergraduate research journal, publishing articles by students in the social sciences, sciences and humanities. Eliana Hudson, a junior studying creative writing, published “Education, Learning, and Knowledge: It’s in the Student’s Hands.” Layney Viets, a secondary education…
UMKC MFA Grad to Publish New Novel
According to publisher 280 Steps, UMKC MFA grad Timothy Friend has written and directed two feature films, and his fiction has appeared in a variety of publications such as Thuglit and Needle. His story “Dog Night” was listed among the distinguished stories of the year in Best American Mysteries 2013. His novella Gunmen was published in 2015. He lives in Kansas.…