WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker to Discuss the Language of Clothes in British Wartime Propaganda
Contact:
Dr. Bonnie Roos
Professor of English
Department Head for English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages
806-651-2465
For immediate release
Feb. 28, 2020
Canyon, Texas—Dr. Sarah Cornish, a published researcher in the fields of British and American modernism and the literary and social culture of the interwar period, will be speaking on the campus of West Texas A&M University at 4:30 p.m. on March 11 in the Cornette Library in the Blackburn Room about “Fashion on the Ration: The Language of Clothes in British Wartime Domestic Propaganda.” As a Distinguished Lecture Series event, it is free and open to the public.
Cornish serves as an associate professor of English and the Director of Graduate Studies at the
University of Northern Colorado. She is the academic advisor for UNC’s International Film Series and is also co-director of the Department of English’s Writing Internship Program.
“I am thrilled to have Dr. Cornish visit with us, as I find her research interests to bridge the disciplines of art, literature, theater, rhetoric, communications, and feminism,” said Dr. Bonnie Roos, professor of English and department head for English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages. “She is an incisive and approachable cultural theorist, guaranteed to interest and charm students, faculty, and community members.”
Dr. Cornish will also participate in a lunchtime roundtable on regional teaching from 12:30-1:15 on March 11 in the Blackburn Room of the Cornette Library, co-hosted by DLS and the Teaching Excellence Center.
About WTAMU’S Distinguished Lecture Series
The Distinguished Lecture Series was created to enhance education in the classroom
by inviting people of national prominence to speak to WTAMU students and the community about important issues. For more information, please visit,https://www.wtamu.edu/about/distinguished-lecture-series.aspx