Price’s New Documentary on the Blue River

Posted on 02/24/2020 by jmcward

Michael Price, assistant professor of Journalism, recently completed a documentary on the  Blue River.  It has been shown on KCPT and will have March screenings at the Lakeside Nature Center and the Gorman Conservation Discovery Center.  In January, Price was also on 90.9 The Bridge to discuss the film: https://bridge909.org/shows/mornings-with-bryan-truta/episode/michael-price-the-blue-river.  Below is a trailer for the documentary:

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Alexander Interviews Pedaljets

Posted on 02/14/2020 by jmcward


Danny Alexander, professor of English, has published an album review and story on the Kansas City band Pedaljets for the website of 90.9 The Bridge.  The Pedaljets formed in 1984, broke up, and reformed in 2000.  The band’s most recent album, Twist the Lens, is their second release since reforming.  Alexander’s article, titled “Up For Something More: The Pedaljets Refocus and Blast Through Vast New Expanses” is available at https://bridge909.org/news/pedaljets.

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Alexander on London Calling

Posted on 02/07/2020 by jmcward

Danny Alexander, professor of English, has published a reflection/assessment essay of The Clash’s 1980 album, London Calling.  The opening of the essay summarizes the effect the album had upon Alexander 40 years ago.  Discovering the album in Walmart in 1980 “was better than Christmas.” Four decades later London Calling remains a classic, and Alexander goes track-by-track through the double album, demonstrating the importance of the band and its music, then and now.  Alexander’s essay is available online at https://bridge909.org/news/clash-40-london.

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Great Books Events for Spring 2020

Posted on 01/28/2020 by jmcward


Michael Carriger, Assistant Professor of English, will host three Great Books lectures in the spring:

  • Feb. 5: Patrick Lafferty, Associate Professor of Web Development and Digital Media, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • March 4: Farrell Hoy Jenab, Director of Faculty Development,  A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
  • April 1: Luz Alvarez, Professor of Spanish, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

All Lectures start at noon in the CoLab.

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Future Presentations for College Scholars

Posted on 01/28/2020 by jmcward

Two professors from the English Department will present for College Scholars in the spring:

Ruth Heflin, Adjunct Professor of English: The Magic of Ancient Sex

  • 5:30-6:30 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Hudson Auditorium
  • 12:30-1:30 pm, Thursday, Feb. 13 in the CoLab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information about Heflin’s presentation can be found here:

https://www.jccc.edu/events/2020/0211-ruth-heflin.html

Sayanti Ganguly Puckett, Professor of English: Through A Splintered Looking Glass: Defining the Bengali Babu

  • Monday, April 13 in the Hudson Auditorium (evening presentation)
  • Wednesday, April 15 in the CoLab (day presentation)
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