The YAWP: Villanova's Graduate English Program Blog

We were glad to welcome the new graduate students for fall 2019 and to enjoy some pizza together!

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 .

Congratulations MA class of 2019! Left to right: Alex Brodin, Alex Einspahr, Ashley DiRienzo, Angela Christaldi, Sara Kolojejchick Angela Christaldi and Sara Kolojejchick on the left; Alex Einspahr on the right Sharon Rose-Davis and Heather Hicks at the reception Travis Foster and Nick Manai Liz Wood and family

Christie’s Icelandic Cake was the 2018-2019 Best Snack in a Graduate Seminar!

The English department has just issued its sixth annual faculty summer reading recommendations list! Jump over to the post in Recommended Books to check it out. (That page also has lists from previous summers--just keep scrolling and click "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page!)

PASNAP Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals Communications Administrative Support Assistant (Based primarily in suburban Philadelphia, PA) PASNAP is the fastest growing union of nurses and health professionals in the state of Pennsylvania. We are seeking a Communications Administrative Support Staff person to join our dynamic team as we mobilize to advance the rights of nurses and health professionals. This person will be assigned to work with our political and research staff from our Conshohocken office, located in suburban Philadelphia. Qualifications and Requirements : The ideal candidate will have some experience with social media, email, mass texting, flyer layout, and web design including Squarespace. Strong writing skills are a plus. To Apply : Interested applicants should submit a résumé to Lisa Leshinski at: lleshinski@pasnap.com . Prior applicants may resubmit a résumé for any open PASNAP position. PASNAP is an equal opportu...

Thanks to everyone who attended our 9th Annual Thesis & Field Exam Symposium! It was great to hear from our soon-to-graduate classmates on their recent projects. Alex Einspahr presents "A Prison of the Body" Brian Borosky presents "Composing Home" Here's who presented, along with their topics: Angela Christaldi, “Sister of the ‘Weary Fraternity’: Louisa May Alcott’s Reconciliation to Transcendentalism via Her Writings about the American Civil War” Joseph Alicea, “In-between and Overflowing: Meta-archipelagic Visions of Identity, Community, and Tradition in the Literary Production of Pedro Pietri” Alexandria Einspahr, “A Prison of the Body: Illness, Incarceration, and the Embodiment of Form in Memoir” Brian Borosky, “Composing Home: Things, World, and Futurity in the Poetry of George Oppen” Christie Leonard, “Medicine, Disease, and Pathology in Nineteenth-Century British Gothic Fiction” Nicholas Manai, “The Anglophone Novel of Living and Dyi...