The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

Rebecca Hepp, a 2013 graduate of the Graduate English Program, is now a senior associate/web editor for Jobson Healthcare Information's  Review of Optometry  magazine, a national, monthly magazine based out of Newtown Square. "So far I am really happy with the move!" Rebecca says. "It's mostly print now, but they brought me on board to help revamp the website and give it some much needed TLC."

Villanova Grad English alum Laura Heinrich ('10) just got a new job. According to a recent update, she is now working at a charter school in Phoenix, Arizona, with the "Great Hearts" charter school system. The rest of her update is below: I am finally doing work I love, in Phoenix (where it is gorgeous right now and will be HOT in a matter of weeks). I'm teaching poetry, history and literature for middle and high school at a charter [school called "Great Hearts."] It is a very Liberal Arts heavy education, and I think a lot of people who are struggling to find a niche in the academic world might end up as happy as I am in this one. Check out our " Jobs " page for more information about working at a Great Hearts school.

Megan Quigley is scheduled to give a talk in Falvey Library’s Scholarship @ Villanova series next week: Wednesday, February 18, at 2:30 in Falvey 205. She will be talking about her book,  Modernist Fiction and Vagueness: Philosophy, Form, and Language (Cambridge University Press).

Please mark your calendars for March 23-24, when we'll be holding a series of fascinating workshops and performances of an 18th-century puppet-show adaptation of Hamlet by the critically acclaimed Austin, TX-based theater group Hidden Room. No tickets will be necessary. The workshops will be geared toward Villanova and Penn grad students in English, Theatre, and Creative Writing.  The Hidden Room Theatre’s der Bestrafte Brudermord On March 23-24, Villanova will host award-winning Texas-based theater group The Hidden Room to stage their original-practices puppet-show production of der Bestrafte Brudermord, the mysterious slapstick Hamlet found in a German manuscript in the 18th century. The Hidden Room's visit to Villanova will include two evening shows, each followed by an artist talk-back, and two workshops on theatre scholarship, dramatic practice, and arts entrepreneurship. This event is co-sponsored by Villanova and the University of Pennsylvania. All members of the...

An Announcement from the  American Women Writers Study Group: Dr. Travis Foster and Dr. Jean Lutes have arranged a discussion of Hannah Crafts’ The Bondwoman's Narrative at Villanova on Saturday April 11, 2015. Discussion will be facilitated by Faith Barrett and Brigitte Fielder, and meeting space, lunch, and coffee will be provided courtesy of Villanova's English department and the programs of Africana Studies and Gender and Women's Studies. Attendees should meet in the East Lounge of Dougherty Hall for lunch at noon. Discussion will run from approximately 12:30 – 4:30 with a coffee break at about 3 pm. Additionally, for the benefit of those coming in from out of town, as well as for any interested students, the coordinators of the event have made 7:00 p.m. dinner reservations at Han Dynasty in Old City ( http://handynasty.net/oldcity/ ). If you would like to attend, please take a minute to look over the menu, then let Travis know (1) that you would like to at...