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Dr. Matthew Cella will give a presentation on Thursday, 11 April at 3:30 in DHC 051. The title of his talk is "You Don't Have to Hike the Trails to Care About the Forest: Disability Narratives and the Environment."

The talk examines how autobiographical narratives by people with disabilities challenge normative (even ableist) constructions of the body-environment relationship. The study of these disability narratives therefore provides an opportunity to develop a richer and more inclusive ecological criticism.

Matthew J.C. Cella is an assistant professor in the English department at Shippensburg University. He has published articles and reviews in a variety of journals, including Western American Literature, MELUS, and ISLE. His book, Bad Land Pastoralism in Great Plains Fiction, was a finalist for the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize in 2011.
 

 

 

 


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Contact Information

Dauphin Humanities Center, 128
Shippensburg University
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg, PA  17257
Phone: 717. 477.1495
Fax: 717.477.4025

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Raymond E. Janifer, Sr.

Professor of English and Ethnic Studies

Office: Dauphin Humanites 103
Phone:  477.1493
Email:rejani@ship.edu
Web Page
Janifer

Education/Degrees:
BA English, Millersville University; MA, English Language and Literature, with an emphasis in Creative Writing, from the University of Chicago; M.F.A. in Professional Writing, with emphases in Journalism and Cinema, from the University of Southern California; Ph.D. in English specializing in Rhetoric and Composition from the Ohio State University.

Research/Teaching Interests:
African-American literature, Criticial theory; Afrocentrism, Postmodernism, African-American folklore, and Black Nationalism as critical methodology.
Selected Publications:
He has been writing journalistic articles about the African-American experience for over 27 years, and recently published two short stories, "Howdy Doody and the Kung Fu Man" and "The Convent," several journalistic articles, and a scholarly article, "Ebonics, Education, and Popular Culture." His response to The Chronicle of Higher Education's Colloquy question, "Should Professors be Held Responsible for Statements That Inflame Racial Tensions on Their Campuses," was voted one of the Best of 1997. He delivers papers regularly at regional, statewide, national, and international conferences including The American Literature Association's Annual Conference, The English Association of the Pennsylvania State Universities Conference, The Committee on Institutional Cooperation of the Big 10 Universities Fellows Conference, and Writers of African Descent Speaks International Conference.