quote We American academics are anti-intellectual precisely in our reluctance to emerge from our respective disciplines, to act as intellectuals in the larger community of the whole university and the whole society."

- Patricia Bizzell

Word Association

The Word Association Talks are a series of informal, lunch-time presentations of current research by faculty or students from the English and Writing Studies departments. 

The talks are presentations destined for conferences, or pieces of articles in process, or recent work already presented or published but unknown to most colleagues.

You are welcome to bring your lunch.

All talks are scheduled to begin at noon

Fall 2012 Schedule

When Presenter Topic Where
September (MW) Rachel Wolford TBA TBA
October (MW) Paul Cannan TBA TBA
November (MW) Simon Kress TBA TBA

Spring 2012 Schedule

When Presenter Topic Where
Wednesday, February 22 at noon Marty Bock "Conrad's Framing of Disease" KPlz 302
Thursday, March 22 at noon Will Salmon “Who Said That? And the General Problem of How to Handle Your Obiter Dicta" KPlz 302
Thursday, April26 at noon Krista Twu “Profession and Vocation in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" KPlz 302

Fall 2011 Schedule

When Presenter Topic Where
Tuesday, Oct 4 at noon John Schwetman Zombies and apocalyptic film and literature KPlz 302
Tuesday, Nov.1 at noon Chongwon Park and Nabil Cheikh Jabberwocky: let us learn parts of speech! KPlz 302
Wednesday, Dec. 7 at noon David Beard Utopian Memories: On the Rhetoric of Steampunk KPlz 302

Spring 2011 Schedule

When Presenter Topic Where
Thursday 1/27 Marty Sozansky   KPlz 302
Tuesday 3/8 Chris Julin and Catherine Winter   KPlz 302
Tuesday 4/19 Rochelle Zuck   KPlz 302

Fall 2009/Spring 2010 Schedule

When Presenter Topic Where
Thursday, 11/19/09 Chongwon Park Obligatory Adjuncts in English Middle Constructions KPlz 302
Wednesday 2/3/10 Avesa Rockwell Writing Centers as Models KPlz 302
Monday 3/8/10 John Hatcher Rethinking Anonymous Comments on News Web Sites KPlz 302
Wednesday 4/28/10 Kate Basham poetry KPlz 302

Fall 2008/Spring 2009 Schedule

When Presenter Topic Where
Monday 10/27/08 noon Evan Brier "Stories of the Novel's Demise in the 1980s: The Case of Less Than Zero"  Kirby Student Center 311
Thursday 12/4/08 noon David Beard Ethics of the Ear: Listening as a Technology of the Self Kirby Student Center 311
Tues 1/27/09 noon Hilary Kowino The Place of Origins, Roots, and Sources in African Literature Kirby Student Center 311
Mon 3/2/09 noon Susan Perala Dewey The Lake Superior Writing Project: Supporting the Teaching of Writing from Pre-K to PhDs," Kirby Plaza 302
Tues 4/21/09 noon Juli Parrish “How to Read Fan Fiction (and Still Respect Yourself in the Morning)" Kirby Plaza 302