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[EnglishMA] Info about CR/NC option for grad students
by Caroline K. Hong 22 Dec '20

22 Dec '20

Dear Graduate Students, Hope your semesters wrapped up relatively smoothly and everyone is enjoying some much-needed rest and relaxation! I'm writing to alert you to a recent change in CUNY's grading policy, in case you hadn't already heard. CUNY and QC have announced a flexible grading policy for Fall 2020 that allows students to convert their letter grades to Credit or No Credit (CR/NC) between *Dec. 24 and Jan. 12*. For English MA students, this means, after grades are posted, you can convert any grade you receive between a B+ and C- to a grade of Credit (CR), and it will not impact your GPA. (The only course that you cannot choose the CR/NC option for is ENGL 791.) For more info, please visit https://provost.qc.cuny.edu/flexible-grading-policy. As always, please feel free to email both me and Hillary if you have any questions or need advising. Starting tomorrow, we will be on break and off email through the holidays, but one of us will be sure to respond early in the new year. Till then, Happy Holidays and wishing you all a restorative winter break! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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[EnglishMA] End-of-semester updates
by Caroline K. Hong 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

Dear MA students, Now that classes are done, we hope your fall semesters are winding down as smoothly as possible, all things considered. Please read on for some important end-of-the-semester announcements and updates. TAKING AN INC If you are unable to complete a final course assignment and want to take an incomplete, please discuss this and make arrangements with your professor. Keep in mind that an incomplete is a temporary grade and should be resolved ASAP. All INCs must be completed within 1 calendar year (so an INC in Fall 2020 must be resolved before the end of Fall 2021). COURSE WITHDRAWAL Another option available to students who may have fallen behind this semester is to withdraw from a course. The withdrawal deadline for Fall 2020 is *December 13*, which means you can choose to withdraw from a course without academic penalty till then, and a W will not affect your GPA. (Note however that withdrawals may affect your financial aid, so please consult the QC Hub <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/studentlife/services/qchub/Pages/default.aspx> before choosing this option.) REGISTERING FOR SPRING 2021 CLASSES Please register for your spring classes via CUNYfirst ASAP, if you haven't already. Courses that are under-enrolled will be under extra scrutiny and in danger of being canceled by the College administration. There are still open seats in ENGL 701, 703, 720, 736, 742, and 781-04. Just in case, I've attached the course descriptions again. Please note that all Spring 2021 English MA courses will be online. REGISTERING FOR ENGL 791 & ENGL 795 A reminder that, for anyone planning to take ENGL 791 or ENGL 795 in Spring 2021, the sign-up forms and proposals are due by email to caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu by *Thursday, January 7, 2021*, at the latest. As always, if you have any questions or need advising, please email us both, and one of us will respond as soon as we're able. Please continue to stay safe and healthy, and we wish you a peaceful and restorative winter break! Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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[EnglishMA] Signing up for ENGL 791/795 in Spring 2021
by Caroline K. Hong 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

Dear Graduate Students, Hope you are all continuing to take care as best you can and are staying safe and healthy. A reminder that Hillary and I are here if you need any advising or have questions as the semester wraps up. We may be a little slower than usual to respond in these challenging times, but if you email both of us, one of us should reply within a few days. (If you don't receive a reply within a week, please feel free to follow up.) If you are planning on signing up for ENGL 791 or 795 in the Spring 2021 semester, please read on for more info. ENGL 791: THESIS COURSE If you are planning to register for ENGL 791 and write your thesis essay in Spring 2021, please *fill out this Doodle poll* with your full name and availability for a virtual info session: https://www.doodle.com/poll/z69ib87rrh8vntpi?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link. (If those days/times don't work for you, please email us and we can send you the info and/or meet with you individually.) In the info session, we'll go over the ENGL 791 Guide and discuss the thesis essay process and requirements, including how to sign up for ENGL 791 (see the sign-up form attached here), write an effective proposal, find an advisor and second reader, etc. It'll also be a great opportunity to connect with your peers who'll be going through this process with you in the spring. And in the meantime, you can find general info about the thesis essay on our website <http://english.qc.cuny.edu/graduate-programs/ma-in-english/ma-thesis/>. Please note the spring deadline to submit your ENGL 791 sign-up form and proposal to me (at caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) is *Thursday, January 7, 2021*. Once your form/proposal has been approved, you will be registered for 791. ENGL 795: INDEPENDENT STUDY If there is a particular topic or field you're interested in that hasn't been taught recently in our regular course offerings, you can email a full-time English faculty member <http://english.qc.cuny.edu/people/> with expertise in that topic/field and ask if they might be available and willing to do an independent study with you. If they agree, please fill out the ENGL 795 sign-up form (see attached) together with your professor, outlining the aims, scope, content, and assignments of your proposed study. The spring deadline to submit your ENGL 795 sign-up form to me (at caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) is *Thursday, January 7, 2021*. Once your form/proposal has been approved, you will be registered for 795. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us. Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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[EnglishMA] Fwd: Everyone is invited! A Public Writing Convo with Sarah Blackwood and Bri Hopper on Wed Nov 18 at 4.30 (link to register below)
by Caroline K. Hong 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Hi again, all! Please see below re: a fantastic event tomorrow on public writing with Prof. Sarah Blackwood (who was a keynote speaker for our MA conference back in 2018!) and our own Prof. Briallen Hopper. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Dear colleagues, I'm delighted to invite you to my next public writing conversation! I'll be talking with writer, editor, and scholar Sarah Blackwood. *This event is open to all CUNY grad students and faculty, **so please forward this email to your students! * Among many other things, Sarah is one of the founders of *Avidly*. If you want to get a sense of what Sarah is about in terms of public writing, you can read the *Avidly *manifesto "The New Enthusiasm <https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2014/05/08/the-new-enthusiasm-a-manifest…> !" and/or some of her pieces <https://muckrack.com/sarah-blackwood/articles> for *The New Yorker* and elsewhere. Link to register and deets below! The Writing Center at the Grad Center is pleased to announce the second and final event in its Writing for the Public Speaker Series, featuring Sarah Blackwood. It will be held over Zoom on November 18, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. This event is open to all members of the CUNY community. *To register* for this event, go to https://gc-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrd-qrqz0rGdNP9BtHH4oV9jhJDomReb… Sarah Blackwood is associate professor of English at Pace University and author of *The Portrait’s Subject: Inventing Inner Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States* <https://bookshop.org/books/the-portrait-s-subject-inventing-inner-life-in-t…> (Studies in U.S. Cultures Series, University of North Carolina Press, 2019). She is co-editor of the Avidly Reads short book series with NYU Press <https://nyupress.org/avidly-reads/> and wrote the Introduction for the Penguin Classics centennial edition of Edith Wharton’s *The Age of Innocence* <https://bookshop.org/books/the-age-of-innocence-9780140189704/9780140189704>. Her public writing has appeared in *The New Yorker, The New Republic, Slate, The Hairpin, *and *Los Angeles Review of Books. * Sarah will be interviewed by Briallen Hopper, an Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY who is currently teaching "Public Writing for Academics" at the GC.

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[EnglishMA] Awesome events today and Thursday!
by Caroline K. Hong 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Dear Graduate Students, I'm behind on email and will be in touch with more updates soon, but in the meantime please note these two awesome, not-to-be-missed events happening this week! + TODAY, *Tuesday, November 10, from 7:00-8:00pm*, as part of the Kupferberg Center's Off the Page series, our department's own brilliant creative-writing professors, *Maaza Mengiste and Kimiko Hahn*, will be reading from their recent works and in conversation with each other, moderated by our own Prof. Vanessa Pérez Rosario. You can find more info and the links to the YouTube and Facebook pages where the event will be livestreamed at http://kupferbergcenter.org/event/off-the-page-maaza-mengiste-and-kimiko-ha… . + This *Thursday, November 12, from 12:15-1:30pm*, we're kicking off our department's new seminar series for our students on the topic of "*Decolonizing the Curriculum*." Thursday's speaker is Prof. *Shanna Benjamin*, who will be discussing her forthcoming biography of Nellie McKay, a trailblazing scholar of African American literature. McKay also received her BA in English from our department in 1969 (!), and Prof. Benjamin will be sharing some of that history. You can join via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88234573515. Hope to see you (virtually) at these events, and more updates coming soon! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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[EnglishMA] Preregistration for Spring 2021 (Oct. 26-30)
by Caroline K. Hong 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Dear Graduate Students, Preregistration for Spring 2021 English graduate courses will take place next week, *Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30*. Matriculated graduate and accelerated students in good academic standing (i.e., minimum 3.0 GPA and no INCs) should take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes. (Non-matriculated/non-degree students are not eligible for preregistration.) Please read carefully the attached (and pasted below) preregistration instructions and FAQs, including a breakdown of program requirements, as well as the attached Spring 2021 course descriptions. As always, please email us if you have any questions or need advising before preregistration. Hope you're all taking care and staying safe and healthy. Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time. -- Preregistration for English MA Courses 2021 SPRING Preregistration for Spring 2021 English MA courses will take place *Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30, 2020*. Matriculated graduate and accelerated students in good academic standing (i.e., minimum average 3.0 GPA and no outstanding INCs) are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to sign up early for classes. Below are preregistration instructions and FAQs, including a breakdown of program requirements for MA, MS Ed, and MAT students. Spring 2021 course offerings and descriptions are attached separately. If you have any questions or need advising, please email the current Directors of Graduate Studies in English—Prof. Caroline Hong (caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) and Prof. Hillary Miller (hillary.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu) *Instructions for Preregistration via Email* During the preregistration period of October 26–30 only, please email Prof. Caroline Hong (caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) or Prof. Hillary Miller ( hillary.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu) with the following info: 1. Your full name 2. Your program (MA, MS Ed, MAT, or accelerated) 3. Your 8-digit CUNY ID# 4. The courses you’d like to register for, with their 4- or 5-digit class codes (e.g., ENGL 636, code 44865) Students can preregister for up to *3* classes. Email preregistration requests will be processed within 24 hours and in the order they are received. You will receive a confirmation email once you’ve been registered, asking you to log onto CUNYfirst and double-check your schedule. *Preregistration FAQs* *Who is eligible to preregister for Spring 2021 classes?* All matriculated MA, MS Ed, and MAT students, as well as accelerated students, who have an active CUNYfirst account and are in good academic standing are eligible to preregister for courses. If your GPA has fallen below 3.0 or if you’re carrying incompletes on your record from a previous semester, you will need to seek advising with one of the Directors of Graduate Studies in English, Prof. Caroline Hong or Prof. Hillary Miller, before being permitted to preregister. If you have any holds on your CUNYfirst account for any reason, however unwarranted, CUNYfirst will not allow you to be preregistered for classes. Please check your account before the start of the preregistration period and make sure that all holds have been resolved. Non-matriculated/non-degree students are *not* eligible to preregister and must wait to register themselves during their registration appointment period on CUNYfirst. *Can I take a course with the same number twice for credit?* Courses titled “Studies in…” may be repeated for credit as long as the specific course topics and course materials are substantially different (see course titles at http://english.qc.cuny.edu/graduate-programs/) For example, ENGL 720, 726, 736, and 742 may all be repeated for credit. ENGL 781 (Special Seminars) may also be repeated for credit, as long as the specific course topics and course materials are substantially different. ENGL 636, 638, 701, 702, and 703 *cannot* be repeated for credit. *What are my English course requirements?* For MA students: § ENGL 701 § ENGL 636 § 7 open electives (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–763, which are reserved for MFA students*) § ENGL 791 (thesis essay) For MS Ed students (admitted Fall 2012 or after): § ENGL 702 or 703 § 2 pre-1900 electives § 1 open elective (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–763, which are reserved for MFA students*) § ENGL 781 For MAT students: § 1 pre-1900 elective § 1 open elective (any English graduate class offered at the 600 or 700 level, *excluding the creative writing workshops and craft classes, ENGL 751–763, which are reserved for MFA students*) § ENGL 781 *For MS Ed and MAT students, what courses fulfill the pre-1900 requirement?* In Spring 2021, the following courses fulfill the pre-1900 requirement: ENGL 720 with Prof. Robin Hizme (code 44871), ENGL 726 with Prof. Siân Silyn Roberts (code 45208), and ENGL 742 with Prof. Miles Grier (code 50979). *Can I preregister for ENGL 791, the thesis course, or ENGL 795, the independent study course?* English 791 and English 795 require additional advising and paperwork, so these are not courses for which you can preregister. Please communicate with the Directors of Graduate Studies in English, Prof. Caroline Hong ( caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu) and Prof. Hillary Miller ( hillary.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu) if you’re planning to take one of these courses in Spring 2021.

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[EnglishMA] Preregistration next week + Writing for the Public event
by Caroline K. Hong 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Dear Graduate Students, Hope this email finds you safe and healthy and taking care as best you can. FYI, *preregistration* for Spring 2021 will be taking place via email next week, *October 26-30*. We're still finalizing the schedule, but as soon as it's ready, we'll be emailing out the spring English MA course descriptions and instructions on how to register early for the classes you want. Please look out for that announcement before the end of the week. In the meantime, please review your requirements (see the *advising worksheet* attached here) and reach out to me and Hillary if you have any questions or need advising. Please also see below for an announcement from Prof. Briallen Hopper about this Wednesday's event in the Writing for the Public Speaker Series, open to CUNY/QC students. Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Anecdotal evidence suggests that academics, especially those early in their career, are more attuned than ever to the importance of reaching beyond the ivory tower and engaging with a wider public. This semester, the Writing Center is hosting a two-part speaker series featuring trained academics who write for a wider public. These events will follow an interview format and will open up to questions from the audience. The first event, featuring Scott Poulson-Bryant, will take place on *October 21 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM*. To attend this Zoom session, you must first register here <https://gc-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrd-moqjsvE9MzXTndnzYba60nq11VLS…> . Scott Poulson-Bryant is Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. He is a cultural historian and critic with areas of specialization in African American popular culture and Performance Studies. His teaching and research focuses on Hollywood film, black popular music, 20th and 21st century U.S. drama, genre fiction, gender and sexuality studies, and creative nonfiction writing. His research has appeared in *The Journal of Popular Music Studies, American Studies, Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, *and* Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly*, and he is currently finishing his monograph *Everybody is a Star: Cultural Citizenships and the Glamour of Blackness in 1970s US Popular Culture.* He has also published articles in *The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice*, and other publications, and he was one of the founding editors of *VIBE Magazine*. His public-facing books include *HUNG: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America *(Doubleday) and *The VIPs: A Novel *(Broadway/Random House). The interview will conducted by Briallen Hopper, who teaches a new Professional Development course at the GC, “Public Writing for Academics.” Briallen is Assistant professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. She is the author of *Hard to Love *(Bloomsbury, 2019), a collection of essays about love and friendship. Her essays, reviews, op eds, profiles, listicles, and sermons have appeared in *Avidly*, *Beliefnet*, *Black Business Now*, *The Chronicle of Higher Education*, *Columbia Journal*, *The Conversation*, *Crosscurrents*, *Document Journal*, *HuffPost*, *KtB*, *Los Angeles Review of Books*, *The* *New Inquiry*, *The* *New Republic*, *Newsweek*, *New York Magazine/The Cut*, *Not Coming to a Theater Near You*, *Religion & Politics*, *Sacred Matters*, *The* *Seattle Star*, *The* *Stranger*, *Take Part*, and *Talking Points Memo*. She is the editor of the online literary magazine *KtB *and an associate editor at the UK-based independent press And Other Stories.

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[EnglishMA] Exciting upcoming events!
by Caroline K. Hong 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

Dear Graduate Students, Hope you are all continuing to take care as best you can in these challenging times. Please remember that Hillary and I are here for you if you need advising or support, so don't hesitate to email both of us. Please see below for an announcement from Prof. Briallen Hopper about an awesome speaker series she's put together for her students. These are special events that are not open to the public, so check them out! I've also attached the flyer for this semester's MFA events, including a reading with our very own QC English Profs. Kimiko Hahn and Maaza Mengiste! (Maaza's latest novel *The Shadow King* was just shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize <https://thebookerprizes.com/fiction/2020>!) Also, if you're up for it, there are a ton of exciting (and free) literary events happening this fall that you can join from the comfort of your home. For example, this week is the Schomburg Center Lit Fest <https://www.schomburgcenterlitfest.org/copy-of-fest-online-1>, this weekend is the National Book Fest <https://www.bigmarker.com/s/nbf-2020-series-registration/home>, and next week is the Brooklyn Book Fest <https://brooklynbookfestival.org/>. You can also check out programming through NYU's creative writing program <https://as.nyu.edu/cwp/reading-series/virtual-events.html>, the NYPL <https://www.nypl.org/events/live-nypl>, QC's own library <https://qc-cuny.libcal.com/calendar/events/>, and independent booksellers like Powell's <https://www.powells.com/eventsupdate>. Many of these events are also recorded and posted online so you can watch later. Hope these events bring some much-needed joy and inspiration! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Briallen E Hopper <Briallen.Hopper(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:20 PM Subject: You're Invited to a Public Writing Conversation Series at the Grad Center! First event *tomorrow* Sept 23 at 4.30! Dear QC MA students, I'm teaching a class on Public Writing for Academics at the Grad Center this semester, and I've invited a wonderful group of cultural critics, literary journalists, and editors, some of whom are also poets, translators, and novelists, to come and talk with grad students about their writing lives! They will each reflect on their non-linear writing and publishing careers, share craft and professional advice, and answer any questions you may have. All Queens College MA and MFA students are warmly invited to attend and participate in any or all of the conversations! (These events aren't open to the public, though, so please don't share the Zoom link beyond this list.) All events are at 4.30 and will last about an hour. The Zoom link is at the very end of this email and it will work for every event. Our first guest, Jennifer L. Wilson, is profiled below along with the others. I'm asking each guest to share a couple pieces they've written in case you'd like to read them in advance-- links to Jenn's are below! 1. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-unlikely-history-of-tolstoy… 2. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/opinion/when-the-harlem-renaissance-went… 3. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/10/31/in-russia-the-ultimate-scary… Really looking forward to seeing some of you tomorrow and/or in the weeks to come! Bri ----- *September 23: * *Jennifer L. Wilson* Jennifer L. Wilson is a contributing writer for *The Nation*. Her work has also appeared in *The New York Times*, *The New Republic*, *The New Yorker* , *Vogue*, *The Paris Review*, and elsewhere. She has a PhD in Russian Literature. *September 30: Carina Del Valle Schorske* Carina Del Valle Schorske is a writer, editor, and translator whose poems, essays, reviews, translations, and interviews have been published at the *New York Times Magazine*, *The New Yorker* online, *VQR*, and elsewhere. She is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Columbia University and is at work on her first book, a psychogeography of Puerto Rican culture forthcoming from Riverhead. *October 7: Craig Fehrman* Craig Fehrman is the author of *Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote (*Simon and Schuster, 2020*)*. He has written for *The New York Times*, *The Washington Post*, and *The Wall Street Journal*, among others, and has been interviewed on NPR’s *Morning Edition* and *All Things Considered*. Before becoming a full-time writer, he pursued graduate work in English. *October 21: Scott Poulson-Bryant* Scott Poulson-Bryant is a cultural historian, critic, and novelist and an Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He is currently finishing his monograph *Everybody is a Star: Cultural Citizenships and the Glamour of Blackness in 1970s US Popular Culture*. Prior to academia, he wrote *HUNG: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America *(Doubleday) and *The VIPs: A Novel *(Broadway/Random House). He has written for *The New York Times*, *Rolling Stone*, *The Village Voice*, and elsewhere, and he was one of the founding editors of* VIBE Magazine. * *October 28: Randi Hutter Epstein* Randi Hutter Epstein is a medical writer who focuses on the interplay between medicine and society. She serves at Yale University as a Writer in Residence at the medical school and lecturer in the English Department, and is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has worked as a medical writer for the London bureau of The Associated Press and was the London bureau chief of Physicians’ Weekly. Her articles have appeared in *the New York Times*, *The Washington Post*, *The Daily Telegraph*, *The Guardian*, *Parents*, *More*, and elsewhere. She is the author of *Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank *(W.W. Norton, Jan 2010) and *AROUSED: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything *(W.W. Norton, 2018). She holds an MD from Yale, an MS from the Columbia School of Journalism, and an MPH from the Columbia School of Public Health. *November 11: Lauren Michele Jackson* Dr. Lauren Michele Jackson is a contributing writer at *The New Yorker* who teaches in the Departments of English and African American Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of *White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue… and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation *(Beacon, 2019). Her work (research, criticism, essays, and – on occasion – poetry) has appeared in *The Atlantic*, *The Awl*, *Feminist Media Studies*, *Hayden’s Ferry Review*, *The Paris Review*, *The Point magazine*, *Rolling Stone*, *Spoon River Poetry Review*, *New York Magazine*’s *Vulture*, and *The Washington Post*, among other places. She is currently at work on a second book with Amistad Press. *November 18: Sarah Blackwood* Sarah Blackwood is an associate professor of English at Pace University in downtown Manhattan, and author of *The Portrait’s Subject: Inventing Inner Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States *(University of North Carolina Press, 2019). She is co-editor of the Avidly Reads short book series with NYU Press, and wrote the Introduction for the Penguin Classics centennial edition of Edith Wharton’s *The Age of Innocence. *Her essays and criticism have appeared in *The New Yorker*, *The New Republic*, *Slate*, *The Hairpin*, and* Los Angeles Review of Books* as well as *American Literature* , *The Henry James Review*, and *MELUS: Multiethnic Literature of the United States*. *December 2: Philip Leventhal* Philip Leventhal is a Senior Editor at Columbia University Press who acquires in Film and Media Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies. ZOOM! Note: the Zoom meetings start at 4 since I'm meeting with my Public Writing students at the Grad Center then, but the speaker events start at 4.30 so you should come then. Briallen Hopper is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Public Writing Time: Sep 23, 2020 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every week on Wed, until Dec 9, 2020, 12 occurrence(s) Sep 23, 2020 04:00 PM Sep 30, 2020 04:00 PM Oct 7, 2020 04:00 PM Oct 14, 2020 04:00 PM Oct 21, 2020 04:00 PM Oct 28, 2020 04:00 PM Nov 4, 2020 04:00 PM Nov 11, 2020 04:00 PM Nov 18, 2020 04:00 PM Nov 25, 2020 04:00 PM Dec 2, 2020 04:00 PM Dec 9, 2020 04:00 PM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Weekly: https://zoom.us/meeting/tJctfuyrrTMrHNaRWSumbXgs8OB7I5jOGTNl/ics?icsToken=9… Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93095338162?pwd=TmhyaThpVW8vMHZmdi95RFdWdUFUdz09 Meeting ID: 930 9533 8162 Passcode: 209583 One tap mobile +16468769923,,93095338162# US (New York) +13017158592,,93095338162# US (Germantown) Dial by your location +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 930 9533 8162 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad9l3incgl

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[EnglishMA] Fall 2020 beginning-of-semester announcements
by Caroline K Hong 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Dear Graduate Students, Fall 2020 officially begins next Wednesday, August 26. As we all know, this semester is going to look very different from every other semester. But our hope is that we will still find fruitful ways to learn together and be in community virtually. And Prof. Hillary Miller (who is joining us as the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies this academic year) and I are here to support you as best we can. Please read carefully through these important beginning-of-the-semester announcements (attached and pasted below). FYI, for info and policies specific to the English MA program, please see our most recent handbook, attached here. For info regarding QC's general academic policies and procedures, please consult the Handbook for Graduate Students<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/GradStudies/Documents/Graduate-Handbook.p…>. You should've also received this email from our new QC President Frank H. Wu<https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Message-Regarding-the-Fall-Se…> with info re: student services. Hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy, and wishing you a wonderful fall semester, all things considered! Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY she/her/hers * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time. -- QC English MA Program Fall 2020 Announcements CALENDAR The Fall 2020 semester begins on Wednesday, August 26. You can find the academic calendar with important dates and deadlines at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/pages/calendar.aspx. The last day to DROP classes for a 100% tuition refund is Tuesday, August 25. The last day to ADD classes is Tuesday, September 1. Other important dates to keep in mind: - There are no classes on September 7 (Labor Day); September 18–20 (Rosh Hashanah); September 28 (Yom Kippur); October 12 (Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day); and November 26–29 (Thanksgiving weekend). - On Tuesday, September 29, and Wednesday, October 14, classes follow a Monday schedule. - On Wednesday, November 25, classes follow a Friday schedule. - Wednesday, December 9 is the last day of classes, and the fall semester officially ends on December 20. FALL 2020 ADVISING Because of the campus closure due to the pandemic, we will primarily be advising via email. If you have any questions or need help, please email both of us to ensure that you get the quickest possible response. Prof. Caroline Hong, Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Email: caroline.hong(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu> (or carolinehong.qc(a)gmail.com<mailto:carolinehong.qc@gmail.com>) Prof. Hillary Miller, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies Email: hillary.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:hillary.miller@qc.cuny.edu> Email is the easiest and fastest way to reach us, but if you would like to request a virtual appointment (via Google Meet or Zoom), please email us with your availability and we will do our best to accommodate you. Please be sure to check your QC email regularly, as the College and your professors may be communicating with you that way. For routine inquiries (e.g., for faculty contact info), please consult the English Department website at http://english.qc.cuny.edu/ or contact the English Department Office (english(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:english@qc.cuny.edu>). CHECK (AND DOUBLE-CHECK) YOUR SCHEDULE Before the semester begins, please take a moment to log-in to your CUNYfirst account and check that you’re registered for your courses. If for some reason your registration has been canceled by the Bursar, or if you’re registered for the wrong courses, it’s much easier to sort out any issues if they’re caught before the semester begins. All QC English courses will be taught online/remotely in Fall 2020. If, by the first day of the fall semester, you haven’t yet heard from your professors about how to join and access their classes online, you can email them to ask for this information. Faculty contact info can be found on the department website at http://english.qc.cuny.edu/people/. ADDING A COURSE / REQUESTING AN OVERTALLY If you’re looking to add a fall course, there are still a few with open seats, including ENGL 719 on Violence in the Middle Ages (class code 34524), ENGL 781-01 on Italian American Literature (code 34591), and ENGL 781-04 on Chicana/Latina Feminisms (code 34597). Course descriptions are available on the English Department website at http://english.qc.cuny.edu/graduate-programs/current-graduate-courses/. Please confirm current availability by checking the Schedule of Classes on CUNYfirst. If you wish to overtally into a class that is already closed, please email the course instructor and ask for their permission to overtally and/or to be placed on the course waiting list. Please keep in mind that instructors have no obligation to overtally you into classes once they’re full and that all instructor decisions are final. QC HUB The QC Hub is a centralized location where you can get answers to questions or resolve any issues related to financial aid, registration, student records, and other bureaucratic matters. Since the QC Hub is currently operating virtually, you can reach them via email at QChub(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:QChub@qc.cuny.edu> or live-chat with them by clicking on the “Live Support!” link at https://www.qc.cuny.edu/admissions/fa/Pages/default.aspx. QCARD If you don’t yet have a QCard (the QC student ID), you’ll need to request a barcode so that you can remotely access the library’s research databases and other resources. Once you’ve activated your QC/CAMS account, use your official QC email account to email your request for a barcode to qcard(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:qcard@qc.cuny.edu>.

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[EnglishMA] 8/03 deadline to sign up for ENGL 791/795
by Caroline K Hong 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

Dear Graduate Students, If you are planning to take ENGL 791 (the thesis essay) and/or ENGL 795 (an independent study) in Fall 2020, please note that the deadline to submit your sign-up forms/proposals via email to me is this coming Monday, August 3. I've attached the sign-up forms here just in case. Hope you're all continuing to take care! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY she/her/hers * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. At this time, there may be a delay in response time.

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