The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

Interested in putting your literary analysis and research skills to good use and writing for the media? Interesting in meeting Jennifer Wilson, a contributing essayist at   The New York Times Book Review  and a contributing writer at   The Nation  magazine ?  Come to "Going Public: A Guide for Humanists"--a writing workshop sponsored by the English department--on Wednesday, February 15 at 5:20 in Falvey 205. If you're interested in attending,   RSVP here   or follow the QR code on the poster. 

Mark your calendars for the 2012 Luckow Graduate Alumni Event on Monday, March 26th at 7:30 in SAC 300! The Graduate English Program and the Luckow Endowed Chair of English will present a panel of three of our recent graduate English alumni, who will discuss academic career options for those with an M.A. in English who choose not to pursue a Ph.D. The three panelists are: Jana Llewellyn '06, who will discuss her experiences teaching at both community college and a local private high school; Jamie Berg '09, who will discuss her work for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, where she began as Assistant to the Senior Vice Presidents and was recently promoted to Budget Officer; and Kelly Vass '11, who works as an academic advisor at Drexel. This event is intended to give you many perspectives on ways to capitalize on your degree in the job market. Each panelist will give a brief presentation on their work and how their master's degree has contributed to their career path, an...