Faculty Scholarship

Marie Bongiovanni

  • Presented "Connecting the Global to the Local: Enhancing the Study of International Cultures through Community Partnerships Both at Home and Abroad" in conjunction with a workshop sponsored by the Center for Urban and Global Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT on January 16, 2009.

  • As a Visiting Professor of English at Umbra Institute in Spring 2008, developed and taught Comparative Journalism to students from Italy and the United States.

  • In Spring 2008 enrolled as a full-time student immersed in Italian studies with an emphasis on linguistics and literature at the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia.

  • Since January 2007 have written a biweekly newspaper column focused on natural history and other aspects of life along the Quittapahilla Creek.

  • In conjunction with research on "A Sense of Place," periodically write articles and essays focused on travel and the outdoors for The Sunday News in Lancaster, Pa. and other newspapers.

  • Contributed an article entitled "Students Studying Abroad" to Central PA Magazine in November 2006.

  • In summer 2006 earned certification in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Interlingue TEFL International Center in Rome, Italy to complement certification in TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Philip Billings

  • Gave a reading from and facilitated discussion about his third book, When We Talk About War (October 2008), at Covenant United Methodist Church in Lebanon as part of their "Vista" series.

  • Gave a reading from and facilitated discussion about When We Talk About War (July 2006) at Mt. Gretna as part of their summer cultural program.

 

Laura Eldred

  • Presented "Truth and . . . Verisimilitude: The Challenge of Ethical Memory in Patrick McCabe's Call Me the Breeze" at the Mid-Atlantic American Conference for Irish Studies, New York, NY, from October 17-18, 2008.

  • Presented "Compromise after a History of Violence: A Book Review of Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA by Richard English" at the Cornwall Manor Book Review Series in Cornwall, PA on July 7, 2008.

  • Published "Martin McDonagh and the Contemporary Gothic" in Martin McDonagh: A Casebook (Ed. Richard Russell. New York: Routledge, 2007, 111-130).

  • Chaired "The Contemporary Gaelic Gothic" at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in Charlotte, NC from November 10-12, 2006.

  • Published "Francie Pig Versus the Fat Green Blob from Outer Space: Monsters and Horror Films in McCabe's The Butcher Boy" in The New Hibernia Review 10.3 (Autumn 2006: 53-67).

  • Published "Martin McDonagh's Blend of Tradition and Horrific Innovation" in The Theatre of Martin McDonagh: A World of Savage Stories (Eds. Lillian Chambers and Eamonn Jordan. Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2006, 198-213).

  • Awarded the University of North Carolina's Douglas MacMillan Dissertation Award for best dissertation in the English department in 2006.

  • Wrote multiple film reviews for RevolutionSF.com.

 


Gary Grieve-Carlson

  • "'The House-Top': Melville's Poem of Force," presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention, February 2009.

  • Published "Enlightenment Values: Good for What Ails Us?" in Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (9.1, Winter 2008, 112-17).

  • Presented "Delineating American Identity: 'In the American Grain' and 'The Maximus Poems'" at the Canadian Association for American Studies. Conference in Montreal, Canada on November 8, 2007.

  • Published Olson's Prose, an edited collection of essays, in October 2007 through Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Newcastle, UK).

  • Presented "Towards an American Avant Garde" at the Northeast Modern Language Association conference in Baltimore, MD, on March 2, 2007.

  • Published "Willy Loman's American Dream" in American Dreams: Dialogues in U.S. Studies (Ed. Ricardo Miguez. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007).

 

Mary Pettice

  • Published five poems ("How I Read a Map," "Two Gardens," "Fertility Spell," "An Rud Céanna Arís (The Same Again)," and "Our Penance, Our Blessing") in the Spring issue of Miranda Literary Magazine, an online and print literary journal.
  • Presented a paper, "Toward a Magical Realist Critical Aesthetic for Creative Nonfiction," at the 2009 College English Association Conference in Pittsburgh on March 27, 2009.

  • Published a review of Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition in The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (Volume 12, winter 2006-2007).

 

Kevin Pry

  • Serves as the current dramaturge for Theatre Harrisburg (ongoing since 1987).

  • Serves as the current chairman/presiding workshop mentor for the Playwright's Alliance of Pennsylvania (PAPA).

  • Played the role of Lord Brockhurst in "The Boy Friend" (June-July 2008).

  • Wrote dramaturgical consulting/program notes for the following performances:
    • Social Security, a comedy (September 2008).
    • The Boy Friend, a British pastiche 1920's musical (June 2008).
    • The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (May 2008).
    • Over the River and Through the Woods (April 2008).
    • Ain't Misbehavin', a Fats Waller musical revue (February 2008).
    • State of the Union, a political comedy/drama (October 2007).
    • The Full Monty, a musicalization and Americanization of the hit British movie (September 2007).
    • Steel Magnolias, a comedy/drama (April 2007).
    • The Secret Garden, a musical (March 2007).
    • Nunsense A-men, a drag version of the popular franchise musical (February 2007).
    • Fools, a Neil Simon comedy (October 2006).
    • Dreamgirls, a Motown musical (September 2006).

 

Jeff Ritchie

  • Published "Introduction: Beyond Boundaries..." in The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal (Vol. 5, number 1, Fall 2008).

  • Published "Navigating the Gap: The Rhetoric of Digital Space and Interactive Narratives" in The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal (Vol. 5, number 1, Fall 2008).

  • Published "Digital Media and Change: A Literary/Historical Perspective" in The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal (Vol. 4, number 1, Fall 2007).

  • Awarded The International Digital Media and Arts Association's Distinguished Service Award in 2007.

  • Published "Review of Anthony Wilhelm's Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society." In the Journal for Cultural and Religious Thought. (Vol. 8, number 1, Winter 2006).

  • Presented "Navigating the Gap" at the Midwest Modern Language Association in Chicago, IL on November 11, 2006.

  • Presented "Mind the Gap" at the Midwest Popular Culture Association in Indianapolis, IN on October 29, 2006.

  • Published "A Media in its Infancy and 'Plaintext' in the Ivory Tower" in The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal (Vol. 3, number 1, Fall 2006).

  • Named to The International Digital Media and Arts Association's Advisory Board in 2006.

  • Awarded The International Digital Media and Arts Association's Leadership Award in 2006.

  • Serves as conference coordinator for the The International Digital Media and Arts Association (iDMAa) from 2005 to the present.

  • Serves as the Assistant Editor for The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal from 2005 to the present.

 

Catherine Romagnolo

  • Presented "Recessive Origins and Narrative Beginnings in Alvarez's Garcia Girls." Narrative: An International Conference, Austin, TX, May 2008.

  • Presented "Circularity and Post Modern Narrative Beginnings in Toni Morrison's Beloved." Narrative: An International Conference, Washington, DC, April 2007.

  • Participated as a panelist in Project Narrative's Symposium: "Multicultural Narratives and Narrative Theory." Ohio State University, October 25-26 2007.

  • Presented "Where to Begin: Toni Morrison's Beginnings." April 2006 Narrative: An International Conference, Ontario, Canada.

  • Received HyPE Teacher Appreciation Award, Lebanon Valley College, 2006.