Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

D Y S O N Y E A R I N R E V I E W • 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0 26 MEDIA SPOTLIGHT News & Notes The Portrait's Subject: Inventing Inner Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States Sarah Blackwood, PhD, assistant professor, English An analysis of how nineteenth-century writers and artists used portraiture to imagine new ideas about selfhood Conceptions of Literacy: Graduate Instructors and the Teaching of First-Year Composition Meaghan Brewer, PhD, assistant professor, director, Writing-Enhanced Course Program An exploration of how writing instructors' attitudes and beliefs about literacy determine how they teach writing The Remaking Clay McLeod Chapman, associate professor, Actors Studio Drama School A novel centered on how a ghost story can evolve along with technology Gender, Sexuality, and the Cultural Politics of Men's Identity in the New Millennium: Literacies of Masculinity Robert Mundy, PhD, (co-authored with Harry Denny), assistant professor, English A study of mass media and contemporary culture's impact on masculinity in a post-millennial society Everything and Other Poems Charles North, poet-in-residence and professor, English A collection of poems written from 2012–19 Mapping Digital Game Culture in China: From Internet Addicts to Esports Athletes Marcella Szablewicz, PhD, assistant professor, communication studies A look at how digital gaming culture impacts citizens in urban China Silent Builder: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge, 2nd ed. (2019) Marilyn Weigold, PhD, professor, history The true story of Emily Warren Roebling, who was instrumental in the design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and went on to become one of the most renowned women in the United States Assistant Professor of Psychology Brenna Hassinger-Das, PhD, received the 2020 Award for Research Excellence by Early Career Psychologists from the New York State Psychological Association. Professor and Chair of the Department of English Erica Johnson, PhD, was awarded a spring 2021 fellowship from the Camargo Foundation in France, which fosters study of French and Francophone cultures and the arts. Faculty Awards 7 Must-reads by Dyson Faculty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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