Friends of
Rutgers English Fall/Winter 2004
A Newsletter for Alumni and Friends of the Department of English

Inside This Issue
Mellon Grant Supports Research in English
From the Chair
Roz Retires
Alicia Ostriker Retires
Ann Baynes Coiro Wins Fellowship
Kingston's Birthday Reading
A New Reader for Readers
Prize-Winning Parody
Faculty Bookshelf

Alumni Authors Wanted

New Faculty Profile: Sonali Perera
New Faculty: Josie Saldaña
A Job Well Done
Adrienne Rich Visits
Teacher, Playwright: Ken Urban
A History of Rutgers English
A Scholarly Treat
More About Friends of Rutgers English

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More About Friends of Rutgers English

More than 7000 Rutgers English majors live within driving distance of our campus, and thousands more live worldwide. We'd like to bring together as many of you as we can. We imagine a Friends network that will inform alumni about all Department-sponsored events, help alumni share personal news with classmates, and even allow alumni to continue participating in the intellectual life of the Department through special seminars or local book clubs.

Like many book-readers, our imagination gets ahead of us. What we need now is to build, person by person, the roster of interested Friends, and to hear more about what you imagine for our future. So please, if you haven't already, sign up for Friends of Rutgers English.

You call us at 732-932-7612, or visit our website at english.rutgers.edu/alumni. Signing up is fast and easy and free, and we'll be able to keep you informed of future developments as Friends of Rutgers English continues to grow.

Supporting the English Department

Rutgers University receives approximately one-third of its budget from New Jersey state appropriations, and twenty-three percent from student tuition and fees. Only generous gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations can maintain the status of Rutgers as one of the top public universities in the nation.

If you’ve been following the news about Rutgers, you know that for the last several years, budget cuts have been severe. Because the English Department serves so many students and runs so many different programs, we make good use of every last dollar. Ironically, the operating efficiency of humanities disciplines makes them particularly vulnerable to budget cuts, and small amounts of money can make a big difference. The English Department needs and appreciates your financial support. A donation in any amount makes you a supporting Friend of Rutgers English.

You can make a tax-deductible gift to the English Department in three ways:

  1. You can mail us a check directly. Make checks payable to “Rutgers University Foundation,” and mail it to the address on this printable form.
  2. You can donate with a credit card online. Please see our website for instructions.
  3. You can designate us as the recipient of your annual gift. Whenever you make a pledge to The Rutgers Campaign, make sure you specify that you’d like your gift to go to the English Department.

If you’d like more information about supporting Friends of Rutgers English, or would like to set up a designated use for your gift, give us a call at 732-932-7612, or write us at FOR.English@rutgers.edu.

Thanks to Our Friends

Many thanks to the generous donors who have made supporting gifts to Friends of Rutgers English.

The following donors have contributed to the English Department between July 2003 and November 2004. Thanks also to the corporations and foundations that have supported Rutgers English, through matching donations and grants. If we have missed the chance to recognize your contribution, we apologize. Please contact us and we will thank you in future newsletters.

Mr. Scott C. Adams
American Re-Insurance Co.
Eric G. Anderson, Ph.D.
Mrs. Patricia A. Andres
Mr. Christopher J. Andrew
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Ms. Melanie A. Andrich
Dr. Roberta J. Anthes
Ms. Jane E. Ashley
Mr. William Babula
Mr. Nenad M. Baiada
Dr. Joan M. Baranow
Ms. Sandra D. Barletta
Ms. Susan M. Barnes
Professor Louise K. Barnett
Mr. Thomas J. Belasco
Ms. Maren Bencivenga
Berkshire Taconi Community Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Mildred Bernier
Dr. Kristin B. Bluemel
Boncore Consulting, Inc.
Mr. Thomas A. Brennan
Mrs. Michelle Brosius
Professor Wesley Brown
Dr. Christopher Burnham
Dr. Peter J. Caccavari
Ms. Erin M. Calpin
Mr. William J. Cariste
Mr. Louis Carlier
Mr. Thomas J. Cavanaugh, Jr.
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Ms. Adriana D. Clarizio
Ms. Muriel T. Clawans
The CNA Insurance Companies
Dr. John C. Cobb
Dr. Anne L. Coddington
Professor Ann Baynes Coiro
Julie A. Coletti, Esq.
Mr. Michael J. Colligan
Ms. Susan Conlon
Ms. Marilyn Cosgrove-Morgan
Mr. Jack A. Cowan, Jr.
Dr. Susan Crane
Mr. Joseph T. Crapanzano
Mr. Walter Marcus Day
Professor Marianne DeKoven
Ms. Stacy Deluca
Ms. Daria DeNoia
Deutsche Bank Americas
Professor Richard Dienst
Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
Mr. Dean Draemel
Ms. Marie C. Drake
Philip W. Dumont, CPCU
Mr. Dennis C. Earle
Edit Ace Inc.
Professor Katherine Ellis
ExxonMobil Corp.
Mrs. Anne E. Faust
Dr. Anne F. Fleche
Ms. Denise M. Flynn
Mrs. Ingrid Forsberg
Mr. Philip L. Foster
Ms. Kathryn A. Frost
Mr. Matthew Fuentes
Professor William Galperin
Ms. Nancy Gerber
Dr. Robert J. Gill
Robert C. Glinski, Esq.
Dr. Vera H. Goodkin
Mr. Jerome A. Goodman
Ms. Cynthia B. Gordon
Mr. William E. Gorman
Mr. David P. Gould
Dr. Pamela Gray-Bennett
Mr. John A. Graziano, Jr.
Ms. Clara Greco
Ms. Linda L. Greenwood
Ms. Patricia C. Groth
Ms. Faith Raphael Haimer
Ms. Barbara E. Hamilton
Prof. Emeritus Horace E. Hamilton
Ms. Caryl V. Harris
Ms. Carol Hartman
Craig S. Harwood, Esq.
Ms. Faith B. Hibbert
Mark E. Hopkins, Esq.
Mrs. Barbara Howard
Ms. Virginia A. Hoy
Dr. Caroline P. Huber
Mr. John G. Hutchinson
Mr. Michael A. Hyman
Mr. Ronald D. Istivan, Jr.
J.M. Huber Corp.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Mr. Alan Jacobson
Ms. Marianne Jacullo-Brosnan
Ms. Marilee A. James
Ms. Catherine Janjigian
Dr. Michael P. Jones
Mr. Andrew S. Kahan
Ms. Erika C. Kahn
Mr. Jeffrey J. Karnicky
Ms. Kathleen Kaplan
Dr. and Mrs. Basil Kasimis
Mr. Edward Z. Kassakian
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Kenny
Mr. James P. Kerr
Mrs. Georgette Underwood Kinsella
Mr. William T. Kinsella
Mr. Lawrence C. Klein
Lorie B. Konish
Ms. Beth A. Kressel
Mr. Robert S. Kroub
Mr. Paul R. Kurland
Ms. Therese McDonnell Lambert
Ms. Patrice A. Lawall
Mr. Edward D. Lazellari
Ms. Hyunjoo Lee
Mr. Sok Young Lee
Mr. David Neil Levenberg
Professor George L. Levine
Lippincott & Kriegel
Ms. Helen M. Lippman
Ms. Edwina Lonon
Ms. Laurie M. Ludgin
Mr. Lawrence L. Lukenda
Prof. Emeritus Bridget G. Lyons
Ms. Janet M. MacFarlane
Mr. Robert F. Maclay
Ms. Katarzyna Magajewska
Mr. Daniel E. Maldonado
Mr. Michael J. Malik
Mr. Peter O. Maloney
Dean Marc K. Manganaro
Ms. Sylvia S. Marciniak
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Mr. Paul E. Marshall
Major J. William Martin
Mr. Patrick S. McCaffery
Mr. David M. McDermott
Professor Meredith McGill
Dr. Marcia P. McGowan
Mr. Joseph W. McGrath
Ms. Dewanna N. McMurray
Ms. Melissa M. Medina
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Charles C. Mihalek, Esq.
Professor Richard E. Miller
Ms. Patricia Hadley Miller
Janet Hickman Mosbacher
Mr. John E. Mucha
Mr. Richard Naumann
Mrs. Melissa H. Nazario
Dr. Jennie R. Needleman
Mrs. Geralyn Marie Nuber
Mr. Samir S. Patel
Ms. Shawn Perry-Turner
Mr. Charles L. Peterson
Mr. Alan M. Petrov
Stephanie Fox Pierson, Esq.
Mr. Mark D. Pollack
Mr. David L. Portilla
Dr. Adam S. Potkay
Pro-Source Sales, Inc.
Prudential Financial
Dean Barry V. Qualls
Mr. Michael S. Quinn
Ms. Teresa Manfredi Rafferty
Renaissance Diamond Corporation
Mr. John F. Richardson
Ms. Marla Sue Ritchie
Dr. Owen S. Rogal
Mr. Kenneth C. Ronkowitz
Mrs. Felice G. L. Rovner
Mr. William A. Ruetsch
Ms. Emma J. Rumen
Mrs. Ellen-Sue Ryan
Dr. Howard Sands
Mr. Richard D. Sands, Jr.
Mr. Brian A. Sattinger
Mrs. Juleann B. Sattinger
Schering-Plough Corp.
Mr. Gary J. Schultheis
Mr. Earl W. Scofield, Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth M. Sheridan
Mr. Allen L. Shulman
Professor Jonah Siegel
Mr. Richard Peter Sieminski
Professor Carol H. Smith
Mr. Eric J. Smith
Mr. Thomas Michael Smith
Dr. Thomas R. Smith
Ms. Rebecca A. Sobin
Mr. Francisco R. Solis
Mrs. Dorothy M. Stanaitis
Mrs. Marion Douma Start
Mrs. Doris Falk Stillman
Mr. Theodore H. Taub
Dr. Samuel R. Taube
Ms. Evelyn Louise Thompson
Reverend James E. Thyren
Laura Tremper-Jones, RN, WHNP
Dr. Vic Tulli
Mr. Charles B. Underwood
Prof. Emeritus Thomas Van Laan
Ms. Kathleen R. Varga
Mr. Michael R. Varga
Mr. Frank T. Viverito
Ms. Deanna L. Waldron
Professor Cheryl A. Wall
Ms. Christine S. Wasik
Mrs. Deborah G. Weiner
Mr. Brian R. Welch
West Group
Professor Carolyn Williams
Mr. Joshua J. Wolfermann
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Ms. Melissa J. Wyse
Ms. Marie S. Zehler
Miss Betty Jean Zirnite

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