Anderson House has become an icon of the English Department since it was first purchased by Clark University over fifty years ago.
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A New Earth Conversation is a campus-wide initiative that, in exploring our relationship with the climate crisis, seeks to cultivate positive change through our response to climate change. Bringing together various Clark faculty from different departments including English, IDCE, Geography, the program is interdisciplinary, built on the premise that in order to make substantive change,…
By Kourtney Senquiz In AY 19-20, Kourtney Senquiz will be a Visiting Assistant Professor in English at Clark University. In S’19, she is teaching African American Literature II and Radicalism and the Black Arts Movement. Professor James Smethurst taught me everything I know about the Black Arts Movement. As soon as I knew I would…
Zachary Noel, a recent graduate from our English Department, is currently a student in Clark’s Master’s in Teaching Program (https://www.clarku.edu/academics/graduate/programs/masters/teaching/ ) This interview describes his experiences in the program as well as advice for any English majors or minors who are thinking about teaching and considering going into the program. How do you find the…
Gearing Up For those interested in studying abroad, the process of going to a different country may seem arduous. However, there are plenty of steps that you can take in order to make sure you are well informed, and well prepared before you see yourself off. Emily Schutz, the Undergraduate Student Assistant for the Study…
Being an English major, I’ve always thought that even if I can’t always say what I mean, I can write it. But what happens when you communicate with someone who communicates differently? In the summer of 2017, I worked at a Jewish Community Center camp with ten-year-old kids. I applied to the job on a whim…
By Jeremy Shulkin Jeremy Shulkin (’07) is an English teacher at University Park Campus School as well as a freelance writer. My 9th graders know the routine. There to greet them at the beginning of each of my classes is a “starter” – an opinion-based question on the board that gets their brains ready…
