As the position [at the University of Virginia] is unique to both the university and in academia, it makes the work I create all the more meaningful that people have taken its challenges seriously.

UIS English alum Courtney Cox is helping students find their voices in the composition classroom.

Cox is a doctoral student at Illinois State University’s PhD in English Studies with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition. While taking graduate classes Cox also teaches two sections of English 101: Composition as Critical Inquiry, the program’s first-year composition class.

Katie Brethorst loves history and theatre! The University of Illinois Springfield junior recently wrote her own play about the life Susan Lawrence Dana, who commissioned Springfield’s famous Frank Lloyd Wright home, and performed it on campus. Brethorst is also involved in the UIS Theatre Program, works for the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office, and is a staff writer for the student newspaper.

SOA Faculty presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington D.C., Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2017. SOA faculty members Sharon Graf and Lynn Fisher presented papers at the annual AAA meeting. Dr. Graf discussed her new research on tourism and cultural performance in Polynesia, and Dr. Fisher spoke as part of a panel on teaching about “race” in the anthropology curriculum.

SOA faculty member Tiffani Saunders received the Star Staff / Faculty award at the 10th Annual Good as Gold Volunteer Awards Ceremony, April 23,