I’ve had the pleasure of teaching quite a few students over the years. Hundreds, certainly. I don’t think I’m up to thousands yet, though that day will assuredly come. I’ve taught at three institutions, with students at all levels of experience: from wide-eyed freshmen to serious-minded PhD candidates to long-out-of-school …
I just returned from a long, internet-free weekend spent in Spartanburg, SC at the SEMA Conference. Met many old friends, made several new ones, and heard some great papers. My own presentation was well received, as were those of the two undergraduates I dragged along. I’m very proud that they …
Melissa Smith has had her paper “At Home and Abroad: Éowyn’s Two-fold Figuring as War Bride in The Lord of the Rings” accepted for publication in Mythlore. This paper was written for my course “Tolkien: The Myth and Epic of Middle-Earth” at the University of Rochester in the Spring of …