Spring is coming and so is registration! Below is a sampling of our upper-division courses for FALL 2018. Please visit plus.hope.edu for a complete list – we’d love for you to join us! English 355: Intermediate Poetry, Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 – 1:20 p.m., Pablo Peschiera Poetry, rap, music lyrics: when are they different? When are …
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“To Reclaim Reading”: A Faculty Feature from Dana VanderLugt (’01)
As an English teacher who races from my 8th grade classroom over to Hope to teach a late afternoon composition class, I spend a lot of my time with young people in life’s messy middles: in the midst of adolescence, in the midst of the semester, in the midst of the academic year. When we’re …
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Alumni Feature from Sara Sanchez ’14
Since graduating three and a half years ago, I have been called Ms. Sanchez, Sanchez, or Sanchi at Holland Christian high school, teaching Spanish Language Arts and Psychology for two of those. And in the middle of that two-year teaching stint, I was a full-time M.Ed student at Calvin College. My intended plan after earning my …
A Multidisciplinary Student Group Presents at #SAMLA89: An Undergraduate Research Forum Experience
–Dr. Kendra R. Parker The Undergraduate Research Panel, “Gender and Race: Beyond Art, Entertainment, and Fashion” at the 89th Annual South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA 89) Convention was the first undergraduate panel I singlehandedly organized and moderated. Twice before, at the College Language Association Convention in 2015 and 2016, I co-organized a cross-campus undergraduate …
“From One Side of the River to the Other”: a Faculty Feature from Pablo Peschiera (’93)
Associate Professor Pablo Peschiera (’93) teaches many different courses, but his heart lies split between two: poetry writing courses and literary translation courses. Pablo writes his own poems in English, and he translates from Spanish to English. His ongoing translation project is on the work of Manuel Ramos Otero (1948 –1990), the Puerto Rican poet, …
Faculty Feature: Dr. Elizabeth Trembley
Registration? Fear Not – English Department Has Your Back
Courses for Spring 2018 REGISTRATION! It strikes fear into the hearts of even the hardiest of students, but you, oh lovers of literature, have no worries. Why? Because the English department offers so many terrific courses, you can’t go wrong! Check out these unique offerings in literature and creative writing for Spring 2018: The Beatniks …
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Faculty Feature: Welcome to Dr. Christiana Salah, Assistant Professor of English
What do you enjoy most about teaching? The number one thing? Conversation. To me, there are few things in life more fun than discussing a good story. Maybe that’s because I grew up in a family of very, very talkative bookworms! I still talk to my sister and brother about books all the time, and—like …
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after the birth of the simple light
At the 2017 Pre-College Conference, Dr. Jesse Montaño shared his poem, “after the birth of the simple light,” which he wrote for the Hope College community. I encourage you to read this beautiful piece and reflect on the power of words. Enjoy!
Some Words For The Summer
A Flight for Time By Dana Lamers VanderLugt A friend once told me that if you really want to do something, first write down all the good excuses you’ve got not to do it. When it comes to writing, I’ve got a few: ● All the words have been said. ● I don’t have the …