The Women's Center's roundtable discussion series explores various issues and identities through a feminist lens. These conversations are led by a panel of faculty, staff, and student participants who provide insight and context to encourage a critical dialogue. Past discussion topics include the construction of mixed-race identities, gender and immigration, and Black hair and body politics. 

Please contact Megan Tagle Adams at megan@umbc.edu if you're interested in participating in either of our fall discussions or if you'd like more information.

Our sincere congratulations to a wonderful group of students who received their diplomas in today's Graduation Ceremony. It is a very special occasion for all the people (family, friends, colleagues, mentors, and professors) who have accompanied them in all this process.

You can visit the LLC's Facebook page (link below - there's no need to be on Facebook) to see some pictures we took at the reception that the LLC organized for them.

Please join us in congratulating the following Language, Literacy and Culture students who will be receiving their Ph.D. diplomas during the graduation and hooding ceremony on Wednesday, May 20th, at 10 a.m. in the Retriever Activities Center:

We invite the LLC community (especially to those who have active profiles on Facebook) to Like our page. http://www.facebook.com/llcumbc

Similarly to what are are doing in the LLC Website, ListServ and the Group's page, we want to keep in touch with LLC students, faculty, and alumni.

If you want to share some information or contribute with some of the page contents, please contact Felix Burgos fburgos1@umbc.edu

 

Dr. Denis Provencher, editor-in-chief of Contemporary French Civilization (published by Liverpool University Press), seeks a UMBC graduate student to fill a part-time position as copy editor for the journal.  The copy editor will work a maximum of 5 hours/week for a 15-week semester; preference will be given to candidates who could work for an entire academic year totaling 30 weeks. The graduate student will work closely with Dr. Provencher to prepare accepted manuscripts for the production stage toward publication. The assistant will also liaise with authors during production stage about copy editing issues. 

Responsibilities include native or near-native skills in English, as well as excellent organizational, communication, proof reading, and copy editing skills. Advanced knowledge of both Word and MLA style is essential. Candidates with previous editorial experience will be given preference.  A good working knowledge of French is also an advantage but is not required.  Compensation: $15/hour. 

 

Please see the syllabus (Fall '13) to know more about this course.

The Ceremony will be on Thursday, April 30th from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm in the Library Gallery.

People interested in attending the event must register here

LLC Professor Craig Saper, with contributions to the manuscript preparation and index from LLC doctoral students Felix Burgos and Kevin Wisniewski, has co-edited and introduced a new book on Electracy: Gregory L. Ulmer's Textshop Experiments (2015).

"Textshop" refers to a pedagogy for teaching rhetorical invention, with application to any form of production of texts or works in Arts and Letters fields, or for teaching creative thinking in general. The essays, which are published works of Gregory Ulmer, provide an innovative approach to media education and literacy.

Growing out of that book, Burgos and Wisniewski have started a peer-review scholarly journal on Textshop Experiments. To learn more about the project, visit the project's website: http://www.ulmertextshop.com

We want to share with our LLC friends some of the activities that our faculty and students have engaged in during the previous months.

Sanders, M. & Galindo, C. (2014) Communities,schools and teachers. In Bauserman, L. Martin, S. Kragler, & D. Quatroche  (Eds.) The Handbook of Professional Development, PK-12: Successful Models and Practices. New York, NY: Guilford Publishing.

Saper, C., Ulmer, G.L., Vitanza, V.J. (Eds.). (2015). Electracy: Gregory Ulmer’s Textshop Experiments. Aurora, CO: The Davies Group Publishers.

Saper, C. (Ed.). (2014). Readies: by Bob Brown. Baltimore, MD: Roving Eye Press.

Saper, C. (Ed.) (2014). Words: I But Bend My Finger in a Beckon and Words, Birds of Words, Hop on It, Chirping: by Bob Brown. Baltimore, MD: Roving Eye Press.

Saper, C. (Ed.) (2014). GEMS: A Censored Anthology: by Bob Brown. Baltimore, MD: Roving Eye Press.

If you have recently published a book, chapter or paper, or if you have presented at a conference or organized an important event, please send an email to Felix Burgos fburgos1@umbc.edu We would like to keep our community updated about your contributions.