The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

When: Thursday, November 1st Where: 7:30pm in SAC 300 The Teaching Roundtable will feature some of your fellow classmates who are currently doing a teaching internship with a graduate faculty member in the department. This will be a casual discussion about the internship—and more specifically about their experiences and findings while teaching in the undergraduate classroom. We encourage you all to attend, but especially anyone interested in the internship or in teaching, and any current teachers in the program, to attend and join the discussion! RSVP’s aren’t mandatory- but if you know you might be attending, please let Brooke know.

"Where Do We Go Now?" A film by Nadine Labaki (2011) November 7, 3pm, Connelly Center Cinema Introduction: Dr. Kerry San Chirico, Theology & Religious Studies When violence threatens to break out between the Muslim and Christian population of a remote Lebanese village, it is up to the women of the village to come together to prevent more deaths. With creativity and humor, they do all they can to bring their community together again. Dealing with difficult topics like religious tensions, death and violence, the film beautifully manages to maintain a fine balance between comedy and tragedy

The list of spring courses is now available on the Villanova Graduate English program website. Visit here to read the full course descriptions! Please let Brooke ( brooke.erdman@villanova.edu ) know what you want to take , and if you know your student ID please include that as well. If you aren’t quite sure what you want to take, just be sure to let Brooke know ASAP, but certainly before the end of the semester! A few important reminders: Your advisor serves as a resource if you have questions about (1) how to design your course of study so that it best meets your needs, and/or (2) whether to pursue your graduate studies further at the Ph.D. level.  Meeting with your advisor is strictly optional.  Unless you wish to do so, you do not need to consult with your advisor to register for classes.  Regardless of whether you speak to your advisor about the classes you wish to register for, please remember that you must always contact me in order to register for classes. There are two

The Stories We Tell : A writing workshop for survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence and trafficking Every survivor story has power and purpose. During “The Stories We Tell,” a two-day writing workshop, survivors will read and discuss testimonial writing, reflect on how to share their own stories, and engage in a series of innovative writing exercises. With a focus on memoir, fiction, non-fiction and poetry, “The Stories We Tell” was created to support those who seek to use writing as a vehicle for personal or political change. October 27-28 2018 10am-5pm (Saturday) • 11am-5pm (Sunday) Brought to you by The Voices and Faces Project (co-founders, Anne K. Ream and R. Clifton Spargo) in partnership with Villanova University. Applications are required: Email janet@voicesandfaces.org. Applications will be excepted until FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH !

October 8, 3pm, Connelly Center Cinema "Pariah," A Film by Dee Rees (2011) Introduction: Dr. Katie Grimes, Theology & Religious Studies Alike is an African-American high-school student who loves poetry. Dreaming of having a girlfriend, she must negotiate her family’s visions of her future with her own ideas about who she is. When she meets Bina, she finds a new friend, and new possibilities open. The film accompanies Alike through a formative piece of her adolescence, sensitively dealing with issues of gender, race, sexuality and religion. This screening is sponsored by the Faith & Culture Forum/Office for Mission & Ministry, the Department of Theology & Religious Studies and the Gender and Women’s Studies Program.

Our annual PhD forum will be next Monday, October 8 , at 7:30 pm , in SAC 300.  Evan Radcliffe be joined by Prof. Adrienne Perry (PhD, University of Houston) and Teddi Sakellarides (MA graduate and current PhD student at Temple), to talk about various aspects of whether to pursue a PhD, how and where to apply, what PhD study is like, and the state of the academic job market. There will also be pizza! RSVP to Brooke at  brooke.erdman@villanova.edu by Oct. 8th at 3pm!