Dear Friends of WLC, We are extremely pleased to welcome back students to campus, and I am happy to reach out to our alumni and friends with our first newsletter of 2015! In recent notes, I have discussed interesting courses, innovative study abroad programs, faculty research projects, and general happenings in the Department of World … Continue reading A Note From the Chair
Jim Marks received his PhD in Classics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. He has taught at the Universities of Chicago and Florida before starting at Iowa State in 2014. He is the author of a book, Zeus in the Odyssey (Center for Hellenic Studies/Harvard University Press, 2008) and numerous articles and book chapters … Continue reading New Faces In WLC: Meet Prof. Jim Marks
Professor Elisa Rizo, Associate Professor of Spanish at WLC, devotes her research to the literatures of Hispanophone Africa and the African Diaspora. In 2014, Prof. Rizo published two major research projects and she tells us about them below. Guinea Ecuatorial como pregunta abierta [Equatorial Guinea As An Open Question]. Ed. & Intro Dolores Aponte and … Continue reading Prof. Rizo Publishes Two Major Projects on Literatures of Hispanophone Africa and the African Diaspora
Alumni Profile: Theresa McKeon Following a year of working full time and thinking about what I wanted to do in terms of a career and further study, I decided to apply to graduate programs in the United Kingdom. I study European history and I was very interested in applying to universities overseas, given my topic … Continue reading Alumni Profile: Theresa McKeon
How did you decide to become a University professor? As a young child I knew that I loved teachers and wanted to become one. Through a series of events that propelled me further into education, I realized that my biggest impact on the world might not be working directly with children, but working with those … Continue reading Q&A With Prof. Jonathan Webb
A prominent figure during the French Revolution and Napoléon’s Empire, the Marquis de Sade passed away on 2 December 1814. To mark the bicentennial of his death, an international conference with the theme of “Sade Today” was held last month at the University of Amsterdam. Our own Dr. Melissa Deininger was one of the invited … Continue reading Dr. Melissa Deininger Presents at Amsterdam Conference
It wasn’t until I took German 101 in 2010 with Frau Martin that I truly realized how much I actually enjoy learning languages. I didn’t really think anything of it at the time, but even through middle school and high school I was learning languages. Spanish, ASL, even a little bit of Tolkien’s Dwarvish and … Continue reading Alumni Profile: Emery Peyton