It feels like summer has just begun, and yet here we are at September. Read on below for a glimpse at some of our colleagues' adventures and achievements from the past couple of months.
Christine Alfano: When not teaching, working with the Septembrists, or attending to other PWR-related tasks, I spent time connecting with friends and family this summer: my mom, my nephews, and my brother-in-law in NY; my college roommates on the outer banks of North Carolina; and close friends at our annual retreat from civilization on an island off the coast of Massachusetts. Add to that also a very intense trip to Seattle to move my daughter across town (from Cap Hill to the U District), you have a good sense of why I might seem a little tired even before the quarter begins. The picture to the right is from a morning trip to Starbucks where my daughter and I were fueling up for a day of packing boxes, lifting boxes, carrying boxes, unpacking boxes, and trying (often unsuccessfully) to find parking near her apartment.
Nissa Cannon: One of my academic projects the past few years has been trying to make some space in the scholarly record for the society journalist May Birkhead, and I'm so excited the first piece on May is finally out in the world! My chapter, "May Birkhead, an American Journalist in Paris" was published in The Edinburgh History of the Transnational British Press in Non-Anglophone Countries, 1800-1914 this summer. Another summer highlight (pictured above) was continuing our family tradition of going somewhere without cell service for the first week of the break.
Jennifer Johnson: For the 5th consecutive summer, Jennifer Johnson served as a proposal reviewer for the American Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference. She served as a reviewer for the following disciplinary strands: “Language, Culture, and Socialization” & “Anti Racism, Decolonization, and Intersectionality for Systemic Transformation”.
Kevin Moore: My longtime partner Erika Carlos and I got married at her parents' home in Tecate, Baja California on July 5.
Kath Rothschild: Being a dance mom has certain perks and benefits, including spending the summer in Boston while my older daughter danced with the Boston Ballet. I let the historical town sink in on several tours from wonderful historians, learning about the serial killers of Boston, the freedom trail, and the history of the north end, where we ate our first cannolis at Modern Bakery. I took the opportunity to interview two more tour guides for my upcoming book about tour guides!
Ann Watters: Taking a break from my ongoing clinical practice, I'll be heading to Istanbul in October to immerse myself in its culture, after stopping at Troy, Rhodes, Crete, and Athens. On the academic front, one of my publications, Writing the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Composition (with Linda Adler-Kassner and Robert Crooks) reached 50 citations.
Roberta Wolfson: We've been adjusting well to life as a family of four ever since welcoming our newest member, baby Zachary (now 7 months old). My eldest, Cassidy (now 3.5 years old), is delighted to be a big sister and loves to give her little brother big hugs and wet kisses. Zachary, in turn, could watch Cassidy and her antics all day long - she is easily his biggest source of entertainment! This summer, we've been enjoying hanging out with friends, exploring local attractions, and occasionally traveling out of town to visit family in Oxnard, Los Angeles, and Florida.
