The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

The Center for Research and Fellowships (CRF) is pleased to introduce the Veritas: Villanova Research Journal , Villanova’s first peer-reviewed undergraduate research journal.  VVRJ promotes investigation and discovery, the peer review process, and the work of Villanova students and their faculty mentors by publishing scholarly work across all fields of study. VVRJ publishes student research that meets its standards, is authored by Villanova undergraduates or recent graduates, and promotes the pursuit of truth. VVRJ will be published annually, in print and online, with the launch of the journal taking place on September 13, 2019 at the Villanova Research Symposium.  CRF seeks graduate students to serve as Copy Editors for VVRJ. The characteristics CRF seeks include: Interest in and commitment to research Strong writing and editorial skills Desire to build experience  Please combine the application and your resume into one PDF document (file na...

Villanova's Writing Center is hiring a part-time, 20-hour a week writing tutor who will work primarily (but not exclusively) with online learners. This position is a year-to-year appointment depending on need. It requires 20 hrs/week working for the Writing Center and reports to the Director of the Writing Center. This professional tutor will be assigned to work primarily with Villanova online students, but will also work with residential students in the Writing Center. A Master's degree and three years of tutoring experience are required. A successful candidate will also possess knowledge of excellent writing skills, rhetorical models, and effective one-to-one and online tutoring methods, in addition to excellent written and verbal communication skills. The online tutor will be required to work evening and weekend hours. More information about the job can be found on Villanova's hiring site .

Congratulations to Villanova's own Alexandria Einspahr, who won the Rosenbach Museum's Bloomsday Essay Contest with her paper, "The Tap-Dancing Tuning Fork: Disability and Narrative Structure in Ulysses ." The contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and awards two prizes, one for a graduate paper and one for an undergraduate paper. A Villanovan won last year's prize as well. Christie Leonard, who recently graduated from Villanova's MA program, won the contest with her paper, "'Corpse of Milk': The Abject in Hades and Lestrygonians." Congratulations to these students! Lenni Steiner, a Bloomsday sponsor, stands with Alex Einspahr  and a cut-out of one of the Rosenbach brothers

Villanova's own Writing Center is hiring a part-time, 20-hour a week tutor with an ESL/ELL (English as a second language, English language learner) focus. This position is a year-to-year appointment depending on need. It requires 20 hrs/week working for the Writing Center and reports to the Director of the Writing Center. This professional tutor will be assigned to work primarily with Villanova ESL/ELL students, but will also work with residential students in the Writing Center. A Master's degree, ESL certificate or degree, and three years of tutoring experience are required. A successful candidate will also possess knowledge of excellent writing skills, rhetorical models, and effective one-to-one and online tutoring methods, in addition to excellent written and verbal communication skills. The full posting can be found on Villanova's website .