Young professionals and students are often prompted to tell their story. But these occasions for professional self-narration have certain underlying assumptions and expectations that often remain opaque to the aspiring candidate. The genre theorist John Swales called these occluded genres. While a quick google search reveals plenty of guides for resumes and cover letters, there […]
The College of Charleston’s student run magazine–The Yard–recently published an inspiring piece on the two beloved colleagues we lost this year. Courtney Eker and Justine Hall write in “Our Wonder Women: The legacies of Conseula Francis and Alison Piepmeier” of these two women–of the extraordinary activism, scholarship, and friendship that they inspired on campus, in the […]
Congratulations to Alex Worthy, whose essay “Bloom’s Footsteps: My Own Dublin Odyssey” has just been published at Hackwriters.com. Worthy, an English major, originally wrote her piece for a class assignment in Dr. Devet’s English Advanced Composition course. Worthy’s publication continues a record of success that Dr. Devet has had in her students find their voice the classroom. Reflecting on her publication, […]
It has arrived! I wanted to share the lovely cover–as well as some choice blurbs, a description of the book, and a list of contributors–from A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line, a collection of essays that I edited with Emily Rosko. Please help spread the word by sharing this post on Facebook and elsewhere. […]