Parfitt releases second edition of Writing in Response
Professor of Rhetoric Matthew Parfitt recently released the second edition of his book, Writing in Response, published by Bedford/St. Martin’s (Macmillan Higher Ed). Writing in Response was written in effort to fill the need for a book that treats critical reading as the first stage of the writing process. Parfitt explains, “That is, the writing that students do in […]
CGS Professors Sam Hammer and Meg Tyler awarded Fulbrights
CGS is thrilled to share that Professors Sam Hammer and Meg Tyler have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for next year. One of the most prestigious awards programs world-wide, the Fulbright Scholarship Program sponsors U.S. and foreign participants for international educational exchanges across disciplines (e.g., the sciences, business, academia, public service, government, and the arts), with the […]
Bringing Social Media into the Classroom
We’ll admit that we’re ready for the nice spring weather. But, we haven’t only been experiencing snow flurries at CGS this winter. Over the past few months, there’s been a regular flurry of tweets mentioning @BUCGS with photos of our students having fun while doing their science lab work. It was also a fun surprise to see students tweeting about urban […]
Coffman Releases Groundbreaking Book on Acclaimed Author William T. Vollmann
CGS Humanities Lecturer Christopher Coffman’s new book, William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion, which was co-edited by Daniel Lukes, was released today, December 19. The book is a collection of twelve scholarly critical essays that argue Vollmann to be the most ambitious, productive, and important living author in the U.S. Jonathan Franzen, James Franco, and Michael Glawogger are […]
Welcoming People with Disabilities at Universities: Dean Megan Sullivan’s POV
BU Today featured an opinion piece written by College of General Studies Dean Megan Sullivan, focused on welcoming people with disabilities. While universities around the nation provide accommodations, Sullivan provokes the question on if universities truly welcome people with disabilities. She shares illustrative, relatable examples of how universities could better welcome this population, both inside and outside of the […]
Leavitt and Hallstein Awarded for Outstanding Work
Last Friday, CGS announced the recipients of this year’s annual faculty awards: Neal Leavitt and Lynn Hallstein. Leavitt was honored with the Dr. Ismail Sensel Award, which funded by the Estate of Dr. Ismael Sensel and is traditionally given to a faculty member who has had a particularly outstanding year in terms of publication and teaching. Leavitt […]
Davida Pines Presents Lecture on History, Memoir, and Comics
View her talk on graphic novels about Sept 11.
Dean Honors Faculty With Awards
At a faculty celebration marking the start of the 2008-2009 academic year, College of General Studies Dean Linda Wells named the recipients of top faculty honors, Associate Professor Megan Sullivan and Assistant Professor Joellen Masters. Associate Professor of Rhetoric Megan Sullivan, who has been with the College of General Studies since 1996 and received tenure […]
Professor Robert Wexelblatt’s novel Zublinka Among Women wins a prize.
Professor Robert Wexelblatt’s newest book is Zublinka Among Women, a novel published in February 2008 by Ken Arnold Books. Zublinka Among Women has won the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Award grand prize for fiction. In the last year, Professor Wexelblatt has also published eight poems in The Café Review, Taj Mahal Review, The Cape […]