English

Kevin Boyle's poem "The Lullaby of History" has been included in a book called Literary Trails of North Carolina, published by UNC Press.

Professor Kathy Lyday-Lee presented a paper titled "The Melungeon's Will Get You If You Ain't Nice: The Myth of the Melungeons in Literature and Pop Culture" at the Popular Culture Association of the South on Oct. 7 in Savannah, Ga.

Paula Patch, a lecturer in English, delivered a presentation titled “What Do They Know?: (Further) Analysis of Student Essays about Wikipedia” as part of a panel discussion on Teaching English Composition at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, held Oct. 14-16 in Albuquerque, N.M.

Lynne Bisko, nonprint librarian, and Rebecca Pope-Ruark, assistant professor of English, published an article titled "Making the Video: Tips for Successful Library-Class Collaborations," in the October 2010 issue of College & Research Libraries News.

First-year college students do most of their writing via text messaging and social networks, but it’s not always a type of writing they say they most value, according to new research co-authored by a team of Elon University professors. That leads to the next questions in what promises to be an ongoing project: why do they value what they value, and how can academia catch up with their use of writing technologies?

“Text as the Basis for Text-less Music: 11th Century Poetry Meets a 21st Century Composer,” a symposium sponsored by Elon University's Department of Music with contributions from the Department of English, takes place Sept. 13-15 to address the way in which instrumental music evokes, interprets and represents poetic texts, and the process by which composers craft “abstract” sounds from written sources.

Associate professor of English Drew Perry’s debut novel “This is Just Exactly Like You” has been named one of seven finalists for the 2010 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.

Jessie L. Moore, associate professor of professional writing & rhetoric in the Department of English, has been elected to the Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee. CCCC is the world's largest professional organization for writing studies.

Janet Myers, Coordinator of National and International Fellowships, participated in a regional conference sponsored by the National Association of Fellowship Advisors.