SHP Students Now Published Authors

Last year Mr. John Pascal of the English Department was asked by the academic publisher Salem Press and Mark Twain scholar and editor Dr. R. Kent Rasmussen to write a chapter about teaching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in the 21st century classroom for the forthcoming Critical Insights edition on this work.

 

He was chosen because his Writings of Mark Twain Course Honors is arguably the only one of its kind on the high school and college level in the United States.

 

This past year’s Twain class were given detailed worksheets to elicit substantive comments and questions stimulating their critical thinking on selected chapter topics. From class discussions, the questions draw insights on life from the personal experiences of these students and, above all, connections to their present lives.  Their comments are included in his chapter giving them all “published author” status.

 

This is Mr. Pascal's 12th formal publication representing original work in the field of Mark Twain Studies.

 

Students pictured from left to right: Christopher Iheyinwa '23, Berkeley Harsch '23, and Conall Gorman '23.

Students who contributed from last year's class are:

William Akian ‘22

Christopher Amoyaw ‘22

Lawrence Corbo, IV’ 22
Brady Dubee '23Quinn Spillett '22