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Mar 22, 2012
UNH Scholar Explores What Prisons Say About American Society
Prison is an institution that the humanities should have something to say about, says Courtney Marshall, assistant professor of English and women’s studies. With over 2 million Americans behind bars, the most by far of any country in the world, incarceration is that aspect of American life that seldom makes it to the forefront of public concern.Marshall is exploring the different ways in which... Read more
Dec 05, 2011
UNH Professor's New Book Outlines Why Students Learn More By Reading Slowly
Thomas Newkirk, professor of English at UNH, suggests that students get more enjoyment out of and have greater success with reading when they slow down. Newkirk outlines how to boost student enjoyment of reading in his new book “The Art of Slow Reading.”“This book challenges popular notions of reading—the idea that quick, extractive reading is the goal for students. I argue that traditional acts... Read more
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Sep 12, 2012
New Books by English Professors Focus on Women's Contributions to Society in the 17th and 19th Centuries
Rachel Trubowitz and Brigitte Bailey have published new books that focus on the contribution of women to society in the 17th and 19th centuries. Read morePosted in: Humanities & the Arts, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2012, Brigitte Bailey, Dept of English, Nation and Nurture in Seventeenth-Century English Literature, Rachel Trubowitz, Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth Century American Women Writers & Great Britain