Literary House Celebrates Faculty Authors With Open House Saturday, September 29

CHESTERTOWN, MD—The Rose O’Neill Literary House at Washington College invites the community to meet seven faculty authors at a special event Saturday, September 29, at 2 p.m.  Please stop by the House, located at 407 Washington Avenue, to visit with the following faculty members and learn about the books they have published in the past two years:

Emily Chamlee-Wright

The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery: Social Learning in a Post-Disaster Environment

Routledge, 2010.

The Political Economy of Katrina and Community Rebound

Edward Elgar, 2012.

Jehanne Dubrow

Red Army Red: Poems

Northwestern University Press, 2012.

Stateside: Poems

Northwestern University Press 2010

Meredith Davies Hadaway

The River is the Reason: Poems

Word Press, 2011

Alisha R. Knight

Pauline Hopkins and the American Dream: An African American Writer's (Re)Visionary Gospel of Success

University of Tennessee Press, 2012.

Kathryn M. Moncrief

Performing Pedagogy in Early Modern England: Gender, Instruction and Performance

Co-edited with Kathryn R. McPherson

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011.

Gary S. Schiff

In Search of Polin: Chasing Jewish Ghosts in Today's Poland

Peter Lang Publishing, 2012. 

Richard Striner

Lincoln and Race

Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.

Supernatural Romance in Film: Tales of Love, Death, and the Afterlife

McFarland & Co., 2011.

Lincoln's Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power

Rowman & Littlefield, 2010

Professor Moncrief Co-Edits New Volume On Lessons from Early-Modern English Dramas

CHESTERTOWN, MD — Dr. Kathryn M. Moncrief, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Washington College, is co-editor of a new scholarly exploration of how performances during Shakespeare’s time taught lessons in gender, conduct, social status and religion. Performing Pedagogy in Early Modern England: Gender, Instruction, and Performance, published earlier this month by England’s Ashgate Publishing Company, is Moncrief’s second collaboration with Dr. Kathryn R. McPherson of Utah Valley University and something of a companion volume to their 2007 book, Performing Maternity in Early Modern England.

The 15 essays in the new book explore how models of childhood education, particularly for girls, were applied in domestic, religious and school settings and rehearsed in dramas by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The collection breaks new ground as the first book to explore the rich and provocative intersection of gender, pedagogy, and performance.

“In early modern England, attention to education on both the stage and the page flourished,” says Moncrief. “Much of that instruction, occuring in the wake of both humanist and Protestant religious reforms, was guided by printed texts that explored pedagogical methods and the purpose of education for both boys and girls. The essays in this collection question the extent to which education itself — an activity rooted in study and pursued in the home, classroom, and the church — led to, mirrored, and was perhaps even transformed by moments of instruction on stage.”

In addition to co-editing the book, Moncrief wrote one of its chapters and co-wrote another with McPherson. She focuses much of her research and teaching at Washington College on early modern English drama (Shakespeare and his contemporaries) and 16th- and 17th-century English literature and culture, with a special focus on gender and performance. She holds a B.A. from Doane College, an M.A. from the University of Nebraska, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. For more information: http://english.washcoll.edu/faculty_kathrynmoncrief.php.

Washington College Establishes Equestrian Club

Chestertown, MD, May 3, 2001 — As of Spring 2001, Washington College has established an Equestrian Club open to all students. Students Christine Solle '03, Morgan Baker '04, and Lauren Marini '02 will serve as co-presidents for 2001, assisted by Barbara Heck, associate vice president for development, who will act as administrative advisor, and Dr. Kathryn Moncrief, assistant professor of English, who will act as faculty advisor to the club.

"The Equestrian Club allows Washington College students of any level of riding ability, even beginners, to participate in educational field trips, monthly trail rides, riding lessons, and competitions sponsored by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association," said Heck. "Many students have wanted to establish this club for years. We are proud of how quickly the club has taken root this semester and attracted a large number of interested students."

The Washington College Equestrian Club will function as both a club and as a team. Interested students will be able to compete and represent Washington College in Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competitions. The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association has competitive opportunities for all levels, from beginning to advanced, and students do not have to own a horse to participate, explained Moncrief.

Along with Moncrief and the student leaders, Heck will help the club to gain funding as well. "The program is driven by member fees," Heck said. "Students must pay for their lessons, but the club will also be working to raise money for students who cannot afford to pay for lessons and to fund other club activities."