Mark Chancey, professor in the Department of Religious Studies, has recently appeared in national media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR, CNN, and the Washington Post. Professor Chancey has been selected by these outlets for his expertise on religion in public education, and particularly, for his work reviewing a proposed curriculum in Texas […]
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Through their work with the ERAH Graduate Student Conference, PhD students Ally Barber and Lindsey McClure were awarded a DCII Research Cluster Grant. This grant is awarded to SMU faculty and PhD students seeking collaborative research initiatives at SMU. Congrats Ally and Lindsey!
This summer, Kendall Dinniene attended Duke University’s Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute. Duke hosts this summer institute for graduate students to engage with faculty and their peers on similar intellectual interests. The theme for this institute was ‘Home.’
Pauline Newton’s 2014 article “Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim” will be reprinted by University of Mississippi Press. In addition, Dr. Newton’s article “Collecting Seeds of Destiny in Li-Young Lee’s The Wing Seed: A Remembrance” will soon be reprinted by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Finally, Dr. Newton’s review of The Postcolonial Millenium: […]
Philip Bax presented a paper entitled “Portrait of the Artist as a ‘Root Man’: Depictions of Conjure and the Rhetoric of Romantic Racialism in the Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass” at MELUS’s annual conference in Dallas this past April. MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the United States, aims to expand the […]
Elijah Hook was awarded the 2024 Pueppke Prize for outstanding graduate student writing with his essay “Gutting the Sonnet: Jericho Brown’s Duplex and the Poetics of Renovation.” Congrats Elijah!
Professor Christopher González recently appeared on two podcasts, sharing insights from his collegiate athletic career and his literary expertise. On Talk’n Throws Podcast, he reflected on his years as a shot putter, and on the Project Narrative Podcast, he discussed Junot Díaz’s recent work of flash fiction, The Books of Losing You, with Prof. James […]
The Dallas Morning News published an opinion piece this week by Dr. Neely Myers, Anthropology professor and Health & Society program director. Professor Myers’ commentary centers on the need for families and community stakeholders to identify psychotic youth and help them find treatment before they cause harm to themselves or others. Check out Professor Myers’ […]
Publishers Weekly has recognized SMU’s Project Poëtica and Bridwell Library’s combined publishing initiative that begins in 2025. This initiative was built out of a desire to “support poetic careers and broaden the culture’s notion of creativity beyond a single author.” They will open three editorial lines that will focus on collaborative works, works by poets […]
Jonathan Malesic’s guest essay “There’s a Very Good Reason College Students Don’t Read Anymore” was published in The New York Times on October 25, 2024. In his piece, Malesic argues that the decline in college students’ reading habits reflects a broader societal shift where success is increasingly tied to marketability and “vibes” rather than intellectual […]