In January, College English (CE), the official journal of the College Section of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), ended its seven-year term of residence at UMass Boston. The scholarly journal has been under the editorship of Professor Louise Z. Smith of the English Department. Her term, which started with the September 1992 issue ended early in 1999; the July 1999 issue will be the last edited by Smith. The newly appointed editor is Professor Jeanne Gunner of California's Santa Clara University.
CE provides a forum in which scholars working within any of the
various subspecialties of English can address a broad cross-section
of the profession. CE is a refereed journal: articles are reviewed
anonymously by scholars with established reputations in the relevant
field. CE covers a wide spectrum of topics relevant to the discipline
at the level of higher education; for example, some of the most
recent issues of CE include articles entitled "Teaching Writing in a
Culture of Technology,"
"(Re)Reenvisioning the Dissertation," and "The Ethics of Teaching
Literature."
A number of faculty members in the English Department have contributed to the success of College English over the years, among them are Anita Anger, Helene Davis, Gillian Gane, Thomas Hurley, Tom O'Grady, Lloyd Schwartz, and G. Patton Wright. Also, various graduate and undergraduate students had the privilege of working as interns at CE . Throughout its term at UMass Boston CE provided a unique opportunity for graduate students in the Master's Program in English to be exposed to scholarly publishing during their internships. Former interns have gone on to pursue successful careers in publishing, teaching, and a variety of other professional fields.
- - By Mark Sheehan