Faith Drazga plans to return to University of St. Andrews for doctorate

Faith Drazga recently finished her Master of Literature in Shakespeare at Scotland's University of St. Andrews, where she met fellow Alumni and former Sophier Kerr prize winner Liam Daley. She wrote her dissertation on early modern manuscripts of Shakespeare's sonnets, which afforded her the opportunity to visit numerous extraordinary libraries here and in the U.K.

Although currently taking a year off, she has been accepted into St. Andrews for her doctorate and will be working under Dr. Andrew Murphy, an early modern readership specialist.

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Dean Christopher Ames published in Literature/Film Quarterly

Christopher Ames, Provost and Dean of Washington College, published an article, "The Hollywood Novel at the End of the Twentieth Century," in the Literature/Film Quarterly (Volume 36, number 3). You can order a copy and view the issues' other published articles here.

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Meredith Davies Hadaway authors numerous published articles

Meredith Davies Hadaway M'96 will be a featured author for Gunston Day School's annual "In Celebration of Books" festival in October. She has received a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts for a residency there in November. Recent publications include poems in Gulf Stream, Zone 3 and Eclipse, as well as in the Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry.

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Johanna Schaeffer '06 has Samuel Beckett Centenary article published

Johanna Schaeffer's article on the Fall 'o6 Samuel Beckett Centenary Celebration has been published in the Spring '07 issue of the The Beckett Circle/Cercle de Beckett, the Beckett Society's official newsletter.

In celebration of the Irish writer's 100th birthday, Washington College played host to a series of Beckett events. Over the Fall '06 semester there were four speakers who either lectured or read to an enthusiastic audience.

In the picure: Johanna Schaeffer and the event's first speaker, Raymond Federman.

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Corey Olsen welcomes the birth of son Matthias

On March 29th this Spring, Professor Corey Olsen and his wife welcomed the birth of their second son, Matthias Tom Olsen. The couple's first son, Nicholas, is five years old.

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Jehanne Dubrow and Sean Meehan join Washington College faculty

This year Jehanne Dubrow and Sean Meehan have joined Washington College's faculty as Visiting Assistant Professors of English. This year Dubrow received her Ph.D., in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Meehan received his in 2002 from the University of Iowa. You can check out their faculty pages here for further information: Jehanne Dubrow and Sean Meehan.

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Will Grofic '06 enrolled in Bennington College's low-residency M.F.A. program in writing and literature

Will Grofic '06 is currently enrolled in Bennington College's low-residency M.F.A. program in writing and literature with a concentration in poetry. He is also an Editorial Intern for the Potomac Review, where he sifts through submissions and, last April, helped market the Conversations and Connections Writer's Conference held in D.C.

Will, who earned a degree in English and a minor in Creative Writing, received Departmental Honors for his Senior Thesis, which was a collection of poetry. He was also the Features Editor for the Collegian his senior year.

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