SHANNON CARTER
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE
English plus History: Synergy!
Today, a potential student with a BA in history reached out to see if anyone ever goes into an MA program in English with this background. I’m taking up a new role as MA/MS Director in the fall, so I’m getting my feet wet in these conversations going forward while I “shadow’ our current MA/MSContinue reading “English plus History: Synergy!”
EIGHT MORE DAYS LEFT TO APPLY!
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR FOUR-WEEK NEH SUMMER INSTITUTE ON THE NEW-DEAL ERA FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT (DUE MARCH 1): With all the talk of a Green New Deal and an Academic New Deal and calls for a renewed WPA for artists, writers, actors, and musicians, there couldn’t be a better moment than this one to studyContinue reading “EIGHT MORE DAYS LEFT TO APPLY!”
Texas Tribune, 2/20/2021
WINTER STORM 2021 Already hit hard by pandemic, Black and Hispanic communities suffer the blows of an unforgiving winter storm Texans of color, disproportionately devastated by death and unemployment during the last year, tend to live in neighborhoods with older homes, more vulnerable pipes and fewer food options. That’s made it harder to withstand theContinue reading “Texas Tribune, 2/20/2021”
