Faculty Profiles
Jeff
Mann Discusses the Ameliorative Powers of Art, by Laura Dulaney
Jeff Mann, Associate Professor of English and teacher of poetry and fiction in the MFA program, believes fully in the power of art to heal and serve as a guide to society. A writer of both gay and Appalachian themed works, Jeff has seen this belief proved true time and again, both within his own life and the lives of others. | more |
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Chat with Carlos Evia
By Laura Dulaney
If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of getting to know Carlos Evia, Assistant Professor of English, then run, don’t walk to his office in Shanks Hall for an encounter that will surely be as entertaining as it is enlightening. Carlos was born in Mexico, and his heritage is immediately evident in the objects decorating his office, but the true wealth of the diversity that he contributes to the English department comes from his astounding variety of interests and his varied academic background. | more |
Nikki
Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni has received the 2007 Carl Sandburg Literary Award from the Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Chicago Public Library.
The Carl Sandburg Literary Award pays tribute to a writer whose work has helped enhance the public’s awareness of the written word and reflects the Library’s commitment to the freedom of all people to read, to learn and to discover. Previous honorees include David Mamet, John Updike, David McCullough, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Caro and Joyce Carol Oates.
Nikki is the first poet to win the award named for Sandburg! | more |
Virginia
Fowler
Sitting in the office of Virginia Fowler, Professor of English and Director of Literature, Language, and Culture, is always a pleasure. Framed posters of favorite authors, books, and plays cover the walls, intriguing tchotchkes fill the desk, and the scent of 24 Faubourg, her signature perfume, delights the nose. On any visit one is sure to receive her keen, focused attention and scraps of personal wisdom (i.e.: guilt is overrated), but recently I had the added pleasure of discussing her love of contemporary fiction. | more |
Katie Fallon
What I am about to tell you is absolutely true. It is not fiction. It is non-fiction. It is about non-fiction and one woman at Tech who loves it. Katie Fallon is a creative writing instructor and non-fiction writer in the Department of English. She is also known as the woman who kisses birds. On the lips. Well, on the beaks. | more |
Dan
Mosser
Dan Mosser, Professor of English, has been appointed as Leverhulme Visiting Professor at The University of York in the United Kingdom for the fall semesters of 2006 and 2007. While at York, Professor Mosser will teach and research in the university’s Centre for Medieval Studies.
Leverhulme Visiting Professorships are granted by the Leverhulme Trust on a highly competitive basis to “host an internationally distinguished academic from overseas in order to enhance the research skills and work of the host institution.” The host institution nominates and invites the professor. | more |