This semester Professor Kasmer offered a new special topics course in 19th Century British Literature titled Queer Victorians. This course has worked on exploring the ways queer sexuality and gender were viewed during the Victorian Era which can be studied through the themes present in many Victorian works. In this interview, Professor Kasmer describes…
Rediscovering Influential English Faculty The English Department’s Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest is named in honor of a much loved Professor of English at Clark who taught from 1904 till his death in 1920. He is reported to have been devoted to his students through not only teaching them English, but also coaching them in…
I was recently able to interview Senior English and Studio Art Major, Mal Sklar, about their upcoming thesis. Mal is heavily involved in many clubs across campus, formerly being in charge of Clark University Player’s Societies prop, set and costume design, and currently working with both the Clark University Film Society and the Beekeepers Club.…
Loring Holmes Dodd first arrived at Clark University in 1910 as an English Professor though he went on to teach in both the English and Fine Arts Departments till his retirement in 1949. He served as the Chairs of both departments and also directed many student plays. He established the Clark Fine Arts Program in…
