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Meagan Cass studies sports and games as part of her writing process
University of Illinois Springfield Assistant Professor of English Meagan Cass studies sports and games as part of her fiction writing.
Lan Dong studies Asian American literature and culture
University of Illinois Springfield Assistant Professor of English Lan Dong studies Asian American literature and culture. Her research involves exploring the evolution of the story of "Mulan" in Chinese and American literature. She has also written a book on Amy Tan, a popular Asian American author.
UIS English Department hosted second conference on the Future of English Studies.
"Curriculum, Politics, and the Student/Teacher of English: The Second Conference on the Future of English Studies" was held at UIS on Friday, October 16 and Saturday October 17, 2009. Keynote Speaker Richard Miller (Rutgers University) spoke Friday morning about "Living and Learning in a Networked Age." To see the original CFP and for more information on the conference, click here.
English faculty member co-sponsored international conference.
Dr. Donna Bussell co-sponsored the International Symposium on Barking Abbey in New York City this fall. The conference, entitled "Authorship and Authority: Barking Abbey and Its Texts," was held September 11, 2009, in the Martin E. Segal Theater at the CUNY Graduate Center. For more details and to visit the conference's website, click here.
English faculty member hosted conference on symbolism
Dr. Rosina Neginsky hosted an international conference on European Symbolism entitled, "The Symbolist Movement: Its Origins and Its 
Consequences." The conference, which attracted participants from around the world, was held April 22 to 25, 2009 at Allerton Park in Monticello, Illinois. The keynote address was "Toward Symbolism: Gustave Moreau and the Masters of the Past and his Contemporaries" by Madame Genevieve Lacambre. Click here for more information and to visit the conference website.
