Professional Activities

Mark C. Long (English and American Studies) was a keynote speaker at the conference, “Conversations on Moving to Four-Credit-Hour Courses” at Lynchburg College, and he presented a paper, “American Literature, Disciplinarity, and the Environmental Humanities,” at the annual American Literature Association in Boston. Mark also traveled to the Eighth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment in Victoria, British Columbia, where he was a contributor to a half-day workshop, “Approaching the Academic Job Search,” and a panelist in the session, “Finding Your Niche: Thoughts on Negotiating the Job Market.” As the coordinator of the ASLE Mentoring Program, Mark also designed and conducted a half-day workshop (with John Tallmadge) titled “Staying Alive: A Workshop for Academic Professionals.

During the spring, Jose Lezcano (Music) played solo guitar recitals at Hingam Library (Boston Guitar Society’s “Sunday Sounds”), Dartmouth College (Vaughan Series), Nashua’s Studio 99, and in Florida (Delray Beach and Sarasota). He also performed chamber concerts in New Jersey (Burlington Community Concerts) and in Pittsford, NY (Rochester Folk Art Guild), and was a guest speaker to high school students and families at Destination College in Manchester, NH, on the topic, “Preparing for College Music Auditions.”