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…
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…
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…
Professor Stanley Sultan came to the Clark English Department in 1959 as an Assistant Professor and by 1968 he became an Associate Professor until his retirement in 2005. After his retirement he continued to teach courses for two years as a Professor Emeritus. Professor Sultan endowed the Betty ’79 and Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest…
Virginia Vaughan is an emeriti faculty member of the English Department. She taught at Clark for 38 years and was the English Department Chair for 11 of those years. Her focus academically has been on Renaissance and Medieval literature and she has written several books on Shakespeare. Professor Vaughan first became interested in studying English…
