The OWU English Department Blog
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.…
Looking for the perfect western focusing on the lesser-known sides of American history? Check out this OWU news story about the release of Dr. Olmstead’s latest book, Savage Country: A Novel.
For snippets of the reviews and praise he’s getting from notable review publications like Kirkus Reviews, New York Times Book Review, and NY Journal of Books, check out the OWU Magazine’s wrap-up in their Winter 2017 issue here!…
A Travel-Learning Course incorporating three different academic disciplines? English major and History minor Anna Davies ’19 talks about her Interdisciplinary Travel-Learning experience in New Orleans with Professors Terzian, Carpenter, and Gamso (in a story written by English major Julia Stone ’16)!
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Recommended by Madina Sargand
I wanted to read this summer and I love fiction, so when I got an email from Dr. Livingston with a list of recommended books and saw the title The Box Man, I knew this book would be really interesting. The Box Man is a story about a protagonist who quits his identity and the trappings of a normal life to live in a cardboard box: he wants to become a box man.…
“When I was a kid I used to read so much that I would be going through, like, a book a day, maybe more on the weekends. So it’s always hard to say what my favorite book was, except I still remember the book that really stood out and resonated with little thirteen- or fourteen-year-old me.…
In Spring 2016, Dr. Lynette Carpenter and her “Reading and Writing about Place: Southern Louisiana” class participated in an interdisciplinary New Orleans adventure over Spring Break. Check out the story (written by Sturges alumnae Julia Stone ’16) about how her class worked together with Dr. Barbara Terzian’s history class and Dr.…
