The OWU English Department Blog
The International Queer Film Festival (IQFF) is a yearly event created and coordinated by OWU students and focusing on equal representation for people of all gender and sexuality identities all around the world. It is sponsored by OWU’s Ross Art Museum, Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs (WCSA), People Regarding Individual Diversity Everywhere (PRIDE), Spectrum Resource Center, French Club and Horizons International.…
Too often technology and the Humanities are assumed to be mortal enemies, but the Scholars of Sturges are using their liberal arts expertise to change this perception. Dr. Nancy Comorau was recently interviewed by Inside Higher Education about her use of technology for student final projects in her “Queering the Cannon” first-year literature tutorial and her “Re-Placing Great Britain” Travel-Learning Course.…
“I hate to write, let’s confess that right now. It’s damn hard to do, and it’s not fun. It never gives back as much as you give because you never know if it’s good enough. Waking up every morning to go to your desk at 4 or 5 am, praying that the phone will ring with someone to distract you.…
Being enrolled in a Travel-Learning Course (TLC) my freshman year (ENG 228: Re-placing Great Britain: Alternative Narratives of National Identity) was a highlight of my experience at OWU. It was my first international flight, and the class centered around subject matter that would broaden my worldview.
I still struggle to narrow down my favorite moments of the trip–in which we visited London, Liverpool, and Manchester in two too-short weeks–to even a top three.…
So who are you and what did you do?
I’m Catharine Boyle. I’m an English and Sociology double-major, and over the past year I’ve had three different internships. Last summer, I was an Event Coordinator at the Columbus Zoo, this past Fall I was an intern at People in Need in Delaware, and this year I’m a tutor at the Writing Center on campus.…
Who are you and what did you do?
I’m Izzy Sommerdorf. I’m a Senior Zoology Major and English Minor, and I was awarded a Theory to Practice Grant from OWU that allowed me to volunteer in Thailand for two months. I worked in a wildlife rescue center called The Wildlife Friends Foundation and then also in an elephant sanctuary at the same location.…
English and Theatre double majors are popular with the students of Sturges, and finding a summer internship that combines the two perfectly shows the benefits of a liberal arts education–and helps point students closer to their dream careers! Check out the OWU Homepage’s profile on Senior Theatre and English double-major Adriana Rodgriguez’s summer internship at the Lookingglass Theatre Company!…
We usually think of racism as a moral defect or wrong. But what if racism is less a moral shortcoming than medical disorder? In her i-Cubed lecture, Dr. Judylyn Ryan invites us rethink racism and ask ourselves where we fall on “Racism Spectrum Disorder,” or R.S.D. Are you on the spectrum?…
Chloe Dyer ’18, a student of many Travel-Learning experiences, reflects on her Student Research Symposium project “In Service to Cathleen: Exploring a Feminine Ireland and Irish Femininity in ‘The Lost Land'” and how it was inspired by a Travel-Learning course from her freshman year with professor of English Nancy Comorau.
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“One thing I’m particularly not looking forward to after graduation is that I’m not going to have books to read by a deadline. Like, as much as I love reading it’s really hard to get myself to…having a due date really helps. So, as a senior’s advice to you, savor every reading assigned to you, even as ridiculous as that sounds.…