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alumni newsfor the layout and graphicdesign aspect of publishing andhas been working as the solevisual information specialist forher department for the past5 years. In 2005 she marriedMack Wingfield and in 2009they bought their first hometogether, which is decorated inher favorite Mid-Century style.2001Allyson Armistead (MA; BA1999; left, with husband ChrisMcClinch) graduated with an MFA in fiction from George Mason University in2010, and has been regularly publishing short fiction in literary journals acrossthe country, including Narrative Magazine, Emprise Review, Coal City Review,Ruminate, River and Sound Review, and others. In 2009, she was listed inNarrative Magazine as one of 30 Under 30 exceptional emerging authors andhas been nominated for 2012 Best American Short Stories, Best New AmericanVoices, a Pushcart Prize, and a PEN/O. Henry Prize. In 2011, her short story“Oasis” was awarded the $1,000 William Van Dyke prize by Time magazine ‘s topfivebestselling author, Leif Enger. Currently, she is at work on a novel, The Wayof Lien, which has been partially funded by a generous fellowship from GeorgeMason University. She resides in theWashington, DC area with her husband,Chris McClinch (MA 2001; BA, 1999); hercat, and soon-to-be baby daughter. Readmore about her fictional pursuits at herblog.Justin Van Kleeck (Pre-Option BA;left) earned his PhD in English from theUniversity of Virginia. After that, heleft academia (although he still doesindependent scholarship on WilliamBlake) to work as an editor and writerfor three years at Rosetta Stone. Now,he works for a non-profit organization, the Staunton Creative Community Fund,doing community development and small-business lending, in addition toworking for the Harrisonburg Farmers Market and being very involved in thelocal community. He also just got married to, in his words, “the most wonderfulwoman in the world. Ever.”2000Joshua Reid (BA, right) willgraduate in May from the Universityof Kentucky with a PhD in English andan MA in Art History. He and his wife,Erin, welcomed their first child, adaughter named Juliet, in November2011. Currently, he works as theCoordinator of Learning Services atIllinois State University.1993Shaya Misra Fitzgerald (pre-option BA) works as anOrthopaedic Physician’s Assistant and is married to fellow VTENGL major Ben Fitzgerald. Ben is a partner with a law firm inNorthern Virginia. They live in Ashburn with theirdaughter, who is almost two years old.1992Donna Lewis Cowan’s first book of poems,Between Gods (Cherry Grove), will be publishedin March 2012. Her work appears in Crab OrchardReview, DMQ Review, Notre Dame Review, 32Poems, and Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry,among other publications. She is an experiencedtechnical writer and computer programmer inthe Washington, D.C. area, and attended the MFAprogram in Creative Writing (Poetry) at GeorgeMason University. Visit her website.Submit news at Alumni News - Feast of Words!A FEAST OF WORDS | Spring 2012Table of Contents
faculty newsenglish awarded ‘exemplary department’ statusThe English Department was one of two to receive a 2011 Exemplary Department or Program Award.The annual award began in 1994, and this is the second time the English Department has been chosen as a recipient. In 1995, the department received the awardfor its efforts to manage faculty resources of time and talent effectively and creatively to fulfill stated departmental or program missions.This year, the winning programs were chosen for their achievements in effectively linking assessment with instruction to improve student learning, the annualtheme set forth by the University Exemplary Department or Program Awards Committee.Susan Allender-Hagedorn published “Public Perceptionof and Public Participation in Microbial Source Tracking,”in Microbial Source Tracking: Methods, Applications, andCase Studies, ed. Charles Hagedorn, Anicet R. Blanch, andValerie J. Harwood (New York: Springer, 2011), pp. 281-99.Linda Anderson presented a paper entitled “‘Rememberthee?’: Memory and Death of Fathers in Hamlet and All’sWell That Ends Well,” in the seminar entitled “Memory andTrauma in Shakespeare” at the International ShakespeareAssociation’s Ninth World Congress, Prague, the CzechRepublic, July 2011.Eva Brumberger presented at the annual conference ofthe International Visual Literacy Association in Galloway,NJ, September. Her presentation was entitled “Evaluating Visual Communication,Assessing Visual Literacy.”Gena Chandler was the keynote speaker for the 15th annual Mason–SekoraLecture on March 23 at North Carolina Central University. Her talk on the topic,“Charles Johnson Revisions Dr. King,” highlighted the ways that National BookAward winner Charles R. Johnson’s short story collection, “Dr. King’s Refrigerator,”and his novel, “Dreamer,” examine the life, history and fictions surrounding Dr.A FEAST OF WORDS | Spring 2012Martin Luther King. The annualMason–Sekora Lecture is namedin honor of Dr. Ernest Mason andDr. John Sekora, NCCU professorswho stressed an interdisciplinaryapproach in learning andscholarship.Katherine Combiths (right)worked with students in the ESLProgram at National College. Sheconducted a mini-workshop andpresented a lecture, ”A Quilter’sHeritage,” in January for students in the ESL Program at National College. Femalestudents in the program discussed the needlework traditions in their countriesafter seeing the quilts she and her grandmothers had made. In February, malestudents from Saudi Arabia visited the Virginia Tech campus and enjoyed studentactivities of bowling, ping-pong, and pool in Squires. Katherine and her husband,Peter Laws, Director of the ESL Program at National College, gave the studentsthe opportunity to visit and explore the Blacksburg community as prospectivestudents of VT after completing certificates that show proficiency in the Englishlanguage.Table of Contents
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