The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

Alumna Kerry Hasler-Brooks ('10) is presenting at the Study of American Women Writers Triennial Conference in Philadelphia this weekend. Her presentation "Anita Scott Coleman, The Crisis, and a New Negro in the Borderlands” will be a part of the panel titled "Blurred Space, Hybrid Life in the Early 20th Century." Hasler-Brooks is now a faculty member of Messiah College. Don James McLaughlin ('09) is also participating in the conference. He is giving a paper titled “Is Transneglect a Transphobia?” as part of a roundtable discussion titled "Inbetween: What Gender Variance Means to the Study of American Women Writers" which was organized by our own Dr. Jean Lutes.

On December 5, 2014, Chiji Akoma gave the keynote speech, "The Space Between: Re-Imagining Africa in Latin America," at the Conference on Latin American Studies and Open House, sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Latin American Studies Consortium at Villanova University. Dr. Akoma also presented a paper, “Rewriting the Confessional: African Diaspora Narrative Aesthetic and the Problem of ‘Global Citizenship’” at the Canadian Association of African Studies conference held at University of Ottawa, June 3-5, 2015.

Lauren Shohet, Luckow Family Professor of English, presents: “The Fragrance of the Fall: the Semiotics of Smell in Paradise Lost” Haverford Room, Connelly Center Wednesday, November 11 at 12:00PM Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by November 6 to sharon.rose-davis@villanova.edu