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Department News
- We are sad to report that Alan Grob died suddenly on Friday, 21 September. Rice News has composed an article celebrating his life and works. Also, Alan's obituary in the Houston Chronicle is available through the following link: Alan Gob's Obituary. An on-campus memorial service will be held in the Rice Chapel on Thursday, October 25; there will be no funeral services. Alan has been such an important part of Rice life for so many generations of students and faculty that the family knows many will want to pay their respects. Shirley, Jay, and Julie thank all Alan's friends for their love and support and know that we are thinking of them. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Alan and Shirley Grob Endowment for Shakespeare in Performance. Please contact the Rice University Office of Development by phone at 713-348-4600 or by e-mail at giving@rice.edu for more information.
- Congratulations to Justin Cronin who has had a book trilogy accepted by Random House. As Justin will be busy writing, Kathleen Cambor has taken over teaching ENGL 401: Advanced Creative Writing for the 07-08 academic year.
- Molly Robey has been awarded a Vaughn Fellowship for 2007-08. She is writing a dissertation entitled "Sacred Geographies: Revelation and Nation in U.S.-Holy Land Literature, 1830-1920."
- We are pleased to announce that Joe Clarke will join the department as an Assistant Professor. Joe received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and was most recently a member of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. We look forward to working with Joe in his many areas of interest and expertise.
- Congratulations to Jane Chance who will be the senior guest lecturer on Christine de Pizan ("From Marie de France to Christine de Pizan: Expressing the Female Voice") at the NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers at Historically Black Colleges. The topic of the seminar is "Exploring the Masterpieces: Enhancing the Comprehension, Appreciation, and Teaching of World Literature"; it will be held this summer at Grambling State University.
- Helena Michie's new book, Victorian Honeymoons:Journeys to the Conjugal was released this fall by Cambridge University Press. Congratulations!
- Doris Sommer, the distinguished Americanist from Harvard has agreed to be the third speaker in our Americas series. She will be here April 30.
- Congratulations to Kirsten Ostherr for the publication, in November, of her book, Cinematic Prophylaxis: Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health (Duke UP).
- Lulu Alberto was recently awarded the 2006-07 Chicana/Latina Research Center Dissertation Fellowship from the University of California-Davis.
- Liz Fenton recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English at the University of Vermont.
- Priscilla Ybarra recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English at Texas Tech University.
- Lucie Fultz is the recipient of the 2005 Toni Morrison Society Book Award for her 2003 book, Toni Morrison: Playing with Difference, a penetrating study of Morrison, considered to be one of America’s most influential writers. Described as “one of the most comprehensive studies to date of Morrison,” “Playing with Difference” explores Morrison’s body of work, uncovering the interplay between differences — love and hate, masculinity and femininity, black and white, past and present, wealth and poverty — that lie at the heart of these vibrant and complex narratives.
- Susan Wood's poem "Gratification" has been chosen by poet Billy Collins for inclusion in Best American Poetry 2006, which will be published by Scribner's in Fall 2005. The poem originally appeared in the literary magazine Five Points in the Spring 2005 issue. This is her second time to be selected for a "Best American Poetry" volume.
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