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5 Things No One Can Prepare You For Once You’re In A Faculty Appointment For The First Time

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

  1. All. The. Emails. Truly, while I was thinking about being a full-time professor with a full-time workload, I was thinking about all of the papers, and the meetings, and the paperwork, and the meetings, and the class preps, … Continue reading →

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The View From My Desk: Week Two Of Classes

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hello to you! Today marks the second half of the second week of the term here at Lindenwood, and I’d like to welcome you to the chaos; everything from planning and preparing for what we’re doing in five different classes at three … Continue reading →

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New Places, New Spaces, New Faces: The First Week of a Newly-Appointed Assistant Professor of English and Medieval Literature

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

After a busy summer of traveling and sorting out logistics, I have relocated from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by way of Leeds, UK (for the International Medieval Congress) and Kent, Ohio (for the National Endowment for the Humanities seminar on Chaucer’s … Continue reading →

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