For Neil Connelly, a faculty member in the English Department at Shippensburg University, school board meetings became an unexpected source of inspiration for his latest book, Slubber Doffers. Connelly had been serving as a member of his local school board when the COVID-19 pandemic changed the tone of public meetings. Residents began speaking more freely…
Cynthia Dodd recently studied abroad in Québec via the Mary E. Guthermuth Award. She also released a publication with help from Ship's English department.
Cristina Rhodes was elected VP/President-Elect of the Children’s Literature Association, becoming the first Latina to hold the position in the organization’s 50+ year history. Her leadership begins in summer 2-25 and continues into the presidency in 2026. Alongside Thomas Crochunis, Rhodes co-hosted a visit from acclaimed author Torrey Maldonado, who spoke at both Shippensburg University…
The English department's faculty member, Cristina Rhodes, contributes chapter on childhood creativity in forthcoming edited collection.
Dr. Jordan Windholz was selected as one of ten poets for the 2024 Poets and Writers “Get the Word Out” Publicity Incubator. Across a series of seminars led by publicist Morgan LaRocca, of Milkweed Editions, each member of the cohort will develop a publicity plan for their forthcoming book. Read more about this exciting development…
Dr. Nicole Santalucia will join fellow award-winning poet Erin Hoover for a book reading and signing at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, on Wednesday, November 15 at 7:00 p.m. Santalucia will read from her most recent publication The Book of Dirt, a collection of poems that chronicles outrage, love, and fear, wed to the terrain…
Dr. Rhodes published an article, “Punk Persistence: Subversive Change and Continued Resistance in Celia C. Pérez’s The First Rule of Punk” in a special issue of Women’s Studies: “Nevertheless, she persisted”: Girls, Literature for Girls, and the Politics of Persistence.” Read it here.
Isabel Weaver ‘22 is planning to depart in late July to begin her English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Taiwan under the Fulbright US Student Program of the US Department of State. “I am hoping to gain teaching experience, more cultural and linguistic knowledge surrounding Taiwan, and learn more about how to pursue translation or teaching…