Writing Professor Imagines New Worlds
Building fictional worlds comes naturally to Emrys Donaldson, Geneseo’s new assistant professor of English and creative writing.
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SUNY Geneseo Expands Teacher Professional Development Days
History professor Justin Behrend at previous Teachers’ Day event (photo provided) SUNY Geneseo has recently expanded professional development opportunities for local K–12 teachers. The annual Teachers’ Day events have drawn participants from Albany to Buffalo for faculty-led workshops on both content and pedagogy, both what to teach and how to teach it. “The history department has been
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Exhibition Highlights Art and Uses of Native Trees
Mark Moroz ’27 created illustrations of native trees for the interdisciplinary exhibition. (SUNY Geneseo/ Matt Burkhartt) Native Trees of the Genesee Valley, a new exhibition at SUNY Geneseo, celebrates native species seen on and near campus. The display is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the departments of geography and sustainability studies, biology, English and creative writing, and Milne Library in support
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Geneseo Prepares Many Grads for Law Careers
Photo by LightFieldStudios via Envato Nearly 40 percent of Geneseo alums who went on to complete a doctoral degree did so in law, according to recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The report covers alums from Spring 2014 through Summer 2023. “In addition, roughly a third of those alums who earned a JD were political science majors at Geneseo,”
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English Students Produce Biannual Literary Magazine
English students review past issues of “Gandy Dancer.” / Photo by Keith Walters ’11 Putting together a literary magazine is no small feat. It involves posting calls for submissions, reviewing each piece that comes in, deciding what makes the cut—which can involve heated debates—sending feedback to authors, copyediting, designing, proofreading, printing, distributing, and marketing. Students
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Samson’s Ransom
Associate professor of English, Sam Fallon (SUNY Geneseo/Matt Burkhartt) Author Samuel Fallon Publication Milton Studies (2025) Abstract Milton’s worldly, prosaic Manoa has won few admirers, and his plot to ransom Samson in Samson Agonistes often elicits puzzlement. This essay situates Manoa in relation to the soteriological anxieties that Milton’s tragedy explores. Drawing on Freud’s psychoanalytic
New English Programs Develop Professional Skills
SUNY Geneseo’s Department of English and Creative Writing is launching a new minor and a menu of microcredentials designed to develop students’ professional skills.
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Geneseo Launches a New Academic Year
Students, faculty, and staff marked the beginning of Fall 2025 at two campus convocations this week.
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Best-selling Author Jeff VanderMeer to Deliver Annual Harding Lecture
New York Times best-selling novelist Jeff VanderMeer will deliver the 2025 Walter Harding Lecture at SUNY Geneseo.
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