Laurence E. Musgrove

Director, General Education Program

Associate Professor of English

Department of English and Foreign Languages

Telephone:  (773) 298-3241  Office:  N219

musgrove@sxu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Teaching

First-Year Seminar: “Dangerous Reading,” Spring 2009

Advanced Writing, Spring 2009

 

Recent Conference Papers and Workshops

“Picturing Reading Relationships.” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, November 20-23, 2008, San Antonio, Texas.

“Picturing Violence in Reading Relationships.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, November 8, 2008, Pomona College, Mason Hall, Claremont, California.

Meeting Faculty Minds: Audience, Value, and Metaphor in General Education Reform,” The Promise of Reason: The New Rhetoric After 50 Years. An International Conference on The New Rhetoric, University of Oregon, May 19, 2008

 

Featured Publications

“Syllabus.” Inside Higher Ed. January 7, 2009. A poem.

“People Get Ready.” Reprint. Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning. Winter 2008-2009.

“Mystery and Humility in General Education.” The Chronicle Review. Vol. 54, No. 36. p. B28. May 16, 2008.

Overseeding.” Inside Higher Ed. April 16, 2008. A poem in response to graffiti threat at Saint Xavier University.

“A Real Charge for Faculty Service.” Inside Higher Ed. March 18, 2008.

“The Metaphors We Gen-Ed By.” Liberal Education. Vol. 94, No. 1. Winter 2008.

“People Get Ready.” Inside Higher Ed. July 23, 2007.

Book Review: Sinners Welcome. Mary Karr. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.  Christianity and Literature, Summer 2006.

"Metaphors We Read By." Inside Higher Ed.  August 4, 2006.

“What Happens When We Read: Picturing a Reader’s Responsibilities.” Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning. Winter 2005-2006.

 

International Travel

Rome Trip Winter 2005

Rome Trip Spring Break 2003

 

A New Poem: “Finals”