Commentary

The Harlem Hellfighters of WWI: A Continuing Tradition

The Harlem Hellfighters of WWI: A Continuing Tradition

In spring 2021, students in English 309 studied the history and literature of World War I. A few students elected to fulfill Stony Brook’s experiential learning requirement (EXP+) by visiting, researching, and writing about a WWI memorial on Long Island or in NYC. In the second of these posts, English major Joshua Balan writes about […]

Community College Job Applicants: Know the (Diverse and Rewarding) Culture

In an increasingly tenuous academic job market, an applicant to a community college should heed this golden rule: Know the culture. And then tailor your application and interview to it. While this advice rings sound for any job to which one might apply, it is especially crucial for community colleges, where the best candidates know […]

42 Great Teaching Ideas With Cathy Davidson

Screen Shot from Zoom Chat, Feb. 03 2021

Near the conclusion of her inspiring virtual Run Run Shaw lecture at the Humanities Institute on “Revolutionizing Learning,” Distinguished Professor Cathy N. Davidson (CUNY), asked the Zoom attendees to post in Chat their favorite class activities for “empowering all students.” This 90-second activity was itself an example of  transforming attendees into participants through active learning. […]

Q & A with Scott Zukowski: A Hero’s Journey into Academia

Taking a nap or building a life-long love of books?

This summer I had the real pleasure of working as a Research Assistant on Dr. Newman’s project, The High School Canon: A Readers’ History (seriously, if you want to peek into a well-organized, multi-faceted project speaking to multiple audiences, work with Dr. Newman). As we were focusing on how high school students, alumni, and teachers remember, […]

Toward Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Practice and Community

“Education is a Treasure,” A drawing from Negro American Heritage (1968), a textbook edited by Arna Bontemps. On Archive.Org.

The English Department and Graduate English Society support Black Lives Matter and the ongoing protests against systematic and institutional racism, sparked by the murders of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery and others. As teachers and scholars, we welcome the urgent, amplified attention to issues of equity and social justice. And […]

Heidi Hutner on Earth Day, Ecofeminism and Racial Injustice in the Year of the Plague, COVID-19 – Ms. Magazine

In case you missed it, Stony Brook English and Sustainability Professor Heidi Hutner published this essay last month in Ms. Magazine. Source: Earth Day, Ecofeminism and Racial Injustice in the Year of the Plague, COVID-19 – Ms. Magazine Earth Day, Ecofeminism and Racial Injustice in the Year of the Plague, COVID-19 4/22/2020 by Heidi Hutner […]

I’m Taking the CELT Online Teaching Certificate Course, So You Don’t Have To (?): Part I

I'm Taking the CELT Online Teaching Certificate Course, So You Don't Have To (?): Part I

With Monday’s announcement from the Chancellor of the California-State University system, it seems increasingly likely that SUNY will similarly be delivering instruction almost entirely online in Fall 2020. As we collectively prepare our courses for this contingency, if only the English Department had its own virtual forum for discussing and sharing ideas and resources for […]

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