Profession 2012

by Rosemary G. Feal (Editor), Russell A. Berman (Introduction), Jack Halberstam (Contribution by), Imani Perry (Contribution by), Christopher Freeburg (Contribution by)

Overview

This issue of Profession contains Russell A. Berman's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Language, Literature, Learning, held at the 2012 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Christopher Freeburg, Jack Halberstam, B. Venkat Mani, and Imani Perry. To mark the journal's thirty-fifth anniversary, the issue also features a retrospective sampling of articles that illustrate the evolution of the profession and of the professional issues the journal has addressed since its inception in 1977. The retrospective section includes articles by Leon Anderson; Wayne C. Booth; Heidi Byrnes; James A. Castañeda; Erik D. Curren; Reed Way Dasenbrock; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Gerald Graff; John Guillory; Carolyn G. Heilbrun; Mara Holt; Dorothy James; Claire J. Kramsch; George Levine; Philip Lewis; Alan Liu; Helene Moglen; Christopher Newfield; Mary Louise Pratt; Judith Ryan; Jack H. Schuster; and Domna C. Stanton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603291590
Publisher:	Modern Language Association
Publication date:	12/01/2013
Series:	Profession
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	305
Sales rank:	831,386
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About the Author

In 1978, the author was professor of Spanish at Rice University. He remained in that position until the time of his death, in November 2008.


In 1983, the author was professor of English literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is now professor emerita of literature and feminist studies at Santa Cruz.


In 1987, the author was professor of foreign language acquisition and head of the Foreign Languages and Literatures Section at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is now professor of German and foreign language acquisition at the University of California, Berkeley.


In 1992, the author was W. E. B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities and director of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is now Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., University Professor and continues to direct the W. E. B. DuBois Institute at Harvard.


In 1994, the author was a graduate student in English at the University of California, Irvine, and president of the Graduate Student Caucus. He is now a solar power developer, Web designer, and online marketing consultant and a member of the City Council of Staunton, Virginia.


In 1996, the author was professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. He is now Silver Professor of English at New York University.


In 1998, Mara Holt was associate professor of English at Ohio University. She continues in that position.


In 1999, the author was professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He remains in that position.


In 2003, the author was Silver Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and professor of comparative literature at New York University. She is now also professor of social and cultural analysis. She served as president of the MLA in 2003.


In 2005, the author was Distinguished Professor of French at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She remains in that position and is also now affiliated with the Renaissance Studies Certificate Program and the Women's Studies Certificate Program at the Graduate Center. She served as president of the MLA in 2005.


In 2011, the author was vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa. He remains in that position.

Table of Contents

From the Editor

Presidential Forum: Language, Literature, Learning

Introduction

Russell A. Berman

Unlearning

Jack Halberstam

Of Degraded Talk, Digital Tongues, and a Commitment to Care

Imani Perry

Teaching Literature and the Bitter Truth about Starbucks

Christopher Freeburg

Dreaming in Foreign Tongues

B. Venkat Mani

Reading (and Writing) Online, Rather Than on the Decline

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

In Retrospect: 35 Years of Profession

Introduction

Rosemary G. Feal

[1977] An Arrogant Proposal: A New Use for the Dyshumanities

Wayne C. Booth

[1978] The Future of Foreign Language Study in American Colleges and Universities

James A. Castañeda

[1981] Women, Men, Theories, and Literature

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

[1983] Erosion in the Humanities: Blowing the Dust from Our Eyes

Helene Moglen

[1986] Taking Cover in Coverage

Gerald Graff

[1987] The Missing Link in Vision and Governance: Foreign Language Acquisition Research

Claire J. Kramsch

[1991] Skinside Inside: The National Literature Major versus Comparative Literature

Judith Ryan

[1992] Pluralism and Its Discontents

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

[1993] The Real Trouble

George Levine

[1994] No Openings at This Time: Job Market Collapse and Graduate Education

Erik D. Curren

[1995] Speculating about the Labor Market for Academic Humanists: "Once More unto the Breach"

Jack H. Schuster

[1996] Preprofessionalism: What Graduate Students Want

John Guillory

[1997] Bypassing the Traditional Leadership: Who's Minding the Store?

Dorothy James

[1998] The Way We Work Now

Mara Holt and Leon Anderson

[1999] Knowledge in the Age of Knowledge Work

Alan Liu

[2002] The Cultural Turn in Foreign Language Departments: Challenge and Opportunity

Heidi Byrnes

[2003] Building a New Public Idea about Language

Mary Louise Pratt

[2004] The Publishing Crisis and Tenure Criteria: An Issue for Research Universities?

Philip Lewis

[2005] On Linguistic Human Rights and the United States "Foreign" Language Crisis

Domna C. Stanton

[2009] Ending the Budget Wars: Funding the Humanities during a Crisis in Higher Education

Christopher Newfield

[2011] Undergraduate Education: Cash Cow or Core Competency?

Reed Way Dasenbrock