Articles by Allie Winegar Duzett

On Monday morning, one University of Iowa professor had three words to say to those conservative students at her university.

A group of College Republicans at the University of California-Merced recently made a video in which they asked fellow students who support redistribution of wealth if they would support redistribution of GPA points.

Prof decries influence of “hillbilly porn” that he seems to have been the only viewer of.

A panel on “Queer Ecology” was featured at the 2011 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA).

While those casually aware of the Modern Language Association (MLA) might assume that a panel on “Queer Studies and the Future of the Profession” would deal primarily with LGBTQ issues, this year, those people would be wrong.

At almost any gathering of the self-described intellectual elite, it seems that irrationally celebrating hatred of Sarah Palin is practically mandatory.  The 2011 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention was no different.

At the Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Conference earlier this year, the Dickens Society partnered with the American Psychoanalytic Association to put on a panel entitled “Dickens and Psychoanalysis.”

With a title like “Graphic Aging,” one might think that such a panel at the 2011 Annual Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention was meant to discuss porn for the elderly.

One of the better lectures at the 2011 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA).

The 2011 Modern Language  Association (MLA) Annual Convention featured more than just lectures on language.  One roundtable, entitled “Transmedia Activism,” dealt with both “technocultural innovation” and the more controversial idea of increasing political activism among students.

Although millions have seen this particular movie, it may be safe to say that few of those viewers have examined Dr. Strangelove with the interpretation offered at the MLA.

Today, Michelle Rhee announced that she has started an organization called “Students First.”