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Amanda Eads, Conference

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Feb 19, 2016

Grace Taylor, Conference

First-year MA Rhetoric and Composition student, Grace Taylor, presented her paper, “Latino/a Students and College Composition: Assumptions and Communication” at the 16th Annual UNC- Charlotte Graduate Student Conference Culture and Contact in Charlotte, NC, on February 5th, 2016.

Feb 19, 2016

Melody Owens, Conference

First-year MA Rhetoric and Composition student, Melody Owens, presented her paper, “Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom: An exploration of the Pedagogy of Contrastive Analysis” at the 16th Annual UNC-Charlotte Graduate Student Conference Culture and Contact in Charlotte, NC, on February 5th, 2016.

Feb 19, 2016

Melody Owens, Conference

First-year MA Rhetoric and Composition student, Melody Owens, presented her paper, “Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom: An exploration of the Pedagogy of Contrastive Analysis” at the 16th Annual UNC-Charlotte Graduate Student Conference Culture and Contact in Charlotte, NC, on February 5th, 2016.

Feb 17, 2016

Eric Wilbanks, Conference

Second-year MA Linguistics student, Eric Wilbanks, presented his paper, “Spectral Trajectories of Spanish /s/: Temporal Variability, Vowel Context, and Duration” at the Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina- Spanish Linguistics in the SouthEast Conference on February 6th, 2016.     

Feb 17, 2016

Outstanding TA Award Nominees

The graduate programs are pleased to announce the six nominees for the 2015-2016 Outstanding TA Award: Rachel Amity (MS Tech Comm): Professional CommunicationKartika Budhwar(MFA Fiction): CompositionChelsea Krieg (MFA Poetry): CompositionRae Meade (MA ENG—Rhet/Comp): CompositionJames Moran (MFA Poetry): CompositionWill Tolbert (MA ENG–Literature): Composition These exemplary teachers will be considered by the UGSA Teaching Effectiveness Committee for university-level awards.  Congratulations to…

Feb 9, 2016

Alumni Panel on Career Paths in Education, February 26, 2016

Our graduate programs are proud to present an alumni panel on career paths in education on Friday, February 26, 2016, from 12-2 pm in Caldwell M-8.

Jan 29, 2016

Zack Smith, Publication

Zack Smith, a first-year MA student in Film, published his story, “I was 35 when I discovered I’m on the autism spectrum.  Here’s how it changed my life,” on vox.com.  His story can be found here: http://www.vox.com/2016/1/29/10860714/autism-diagnosis-adult

Jan 28, 2016

Karen Eisenhauer, Research Featured in the Washington Post

Karen Eisenhauer, a first-year MA student in Linguistics, was interviewed by the Washington Post about research on gender roles in Disney movies. The interview with Karen and her co-author Carmen Fought (Pitzer College) can be found here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/25/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies/

Jan 28, 2016

Graduate Research Symposium Participants

The MA and MS programs are pleased to announce the nominees for the Eleventh Annual NC State University Graduate Student Research Symposium: MA Eric Wilbanks “(str) Retraction in Raleigh: “identiacal” variants implicated in two separate sound changes” Advisor: Erik Thomas MS Arthur Berger “A study of a commercial contracting” Advisor: Huiling Ding Rachael Graham “The Role…

Nov 25, 2015

Amanda Eads, Conference

Amanda Eads, a second year MA student in Linguistics, presented “Lebanese-American in the South: Transition from Diasporic to Hyphenated Identity” at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association on November 23rd in Denver, CO.