Don James McLaughlin, '09, to Feature in Whitman Symposium

Don James McLaughlin, an '09 MA grad and professor at the University of Tulsa, is participating in a Whitman symposium later this month. The symposium, entitled Whitman at 200: Looking Back, Looking Forward, explores Whitman's work and life, and is being put on by The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. This symposium is part of Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy, a region-wide initiative to explore the impact and importance of Walt Whitman in 2019, his bicentennial year.

Symposium participants include Nancy Bentley (UPenn), Max Cavitch (UPenn), Matt Cohen (UNebraska, Lincoln), Jay Grossman (Northwestern), Tyler Hoffman (Rutgers), Virginia Jackson (UCalifornia, Irvine), Heather Love (UPenn), Meredith McGill (Rutgers), Don James McLaughlin (UTulsa), Peter Stallybrass (UPenn), Michael Warner (Yale), Edward Whitley (Lehigh), and Michael Winship (UTexas, Austin).

Congratulations, Don James!