Magnificat, the English Department’s annual journal of undergraduate nonfiction writing, has recently published their 2013 edition! Congratulations to the following students who had their work published this year: Christine Nelson, Melany Su, Cyndi Trang, Angela White, Hajung Kim, Payton Bodecker, Courtney Deal, Emily Giroux, and Rebecca Olexson. If you are interested in reading the print [...]
Please join the Literature, Language, and Humanities graduate program for two evenings of MA thesis defense presentations. These presentations are free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.We hope to see you there! Tuesday, May 7th 6:00 pm Main House Alyce Sustko [...]
On April 18, undergraduate and graduate students of the English department gathered in the Reinsch Auditorium to celebrate their hard work and dedication towards fulfilling the requirements of completing their respective academic programs. Dr. Marguerite Rippy, the department chair, opened the ceremony by welcoming students and their families, and offered words of encouragement. Seven undergraduate [...]
Thanks to all the students and staff who joined us at the 10th Annual Marymount University Student Research Conference on Wednesday, April 10th. Over 130 Marymount undergraduate and graduate students presented their research at the conference, including several students from the Literature, Language, and Humanities program. Anne Lammers presented her paper “Exploring Buckingham: Arlington County’s [...]
Author Junot Díaz will visit Marymount University on Monday, April 29th, from 1-3 p.m. in the Reinsch Library Auditorium. Díaz will read from his Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, talk about his writing process, and take questions from the audience. Díaz comes to Marymount through the Visiting Author speaker series, in partnership with the [...]
Please join us on Friday, April 26th, from 4:30-7:00pm in the Reinsch Auditorium, as we are excited to host Dr. Julie Ellison, professor of American Culture and English at the University of Michigan, for our 2013 Bisson Lecture, “Naming the New Public Humanists.” Drawing on her current book project, Lyric Citizenship, Ellison will address the role of [...]
Please join us on April 19th at 6:30 in the Reinsch Library Auditorium for Dr. Jason Rosenfeld’s lecture, “Pre-Raphaelites and Global Pop Culture from the 1960s to the Present.” As the co-curator of the exhibit, Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art & Design at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Dr. Rosenfeld’s lecture will focus on [...]
On Sunday, April 7, 2013, Dr. Leigh Johnson took students from her EN 205 class (Early American Literature) to visit the Frederick Douglass House National Historic Site in S.E., Washington, DC. This trip was brought on due to Dr. Johnson’s unit on the reading of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Aneke Akhamie-Mona, one [...]
Professors and students from Marymount University’s Literature, Language, and the Humanities program gave amazing presentations this past week at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association’s 43rd annual conference held in Washington D.C. All who participated gave interesting, thought provoking presentations that demonstrated their areas of individual research interests and expertise. Faculty Presentations: Dr. Sarah Ficke: [...]
On Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 12:00-1:00pm, Jehanne Dubrow will be reading from her new book Red Army Red in the Barry Gallery/Lee Reception Room in the Reinch Library. Her poetry, creative nonfiction, and book reviews have appeared in journals such as Southern Review, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, The Hudson Review, The New England Review, West Branch, Gulf Coast, [...]
Marymount’s department of Literature & Languages offers courses of study in four tracks: writing, media & performance studies, literature, and secondary teaching. Students may pursue one of our minor programs in writing or literature, and we support interdisciplinary minors in gender & society and media & performance studies, as well.
We are also the home of the Graduate Program in Literature, Language, and the Humanities, offering a Master’s degree in three tracks of study and a certificate in Teaching English at the Community College.
Department of Literature & Languages
Chair: Dr. Marguerite Rippy
mrippy@marymount.edu
Phone: (703)526-6805
Fax: (703)284-3859
First-Year Composition Program
Director: Dr. Bess Fox
bfox@marymount.edu
Graduate Program in Literature, Language & the Humanities
Director: Dr. Tonya Howe
thowe@marymount.edu
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