Earlier this year, the Delegate Assembly forwarded a proposal for a constitutional amendment to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. The amendment establishes a 1 September deadline for the submission of motions and creates a new category of emergency motions. The next step in the amendment process is for the Delegate Assembly to consider… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Nominations for the 2020 Forum Executive Committee Elections
When the executive committees of the MLA’s forums meet during the January 2020 convention in Seattle, they will take up the matter of nominations for the executive committee elections that will be held in fall 2020. Though the executive committees are responsible for making nominations, each committee is required to nominate at least one candidate… Read more »
Comment on a Proposed Delegate Assembly Resolution
A resolution has been proposed for consideration by the 2020 Delegate Assembly. Members are invited to share their thoughts on both the wording and the substance of the resolution with the members of the Delegate Assembly Organizing Committee and the Executive Council. Comments on the resolution will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on 15 October…. Read more »
MLA Members Receive NCTE Leadership Awards
The Modern Language Association congratulates two MLA members who are among the winners of the 2019 National Council of Teachers of English Leadership Awards. The awards recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of literacy, to the field of education, or to the NCTE. James R. Squire Award Kathleen Blake Yancey, Florida State University This award is… Read more »
Contribute to an MLA Approaches Volume on Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The volume Approaches to Teaching Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, edited by Lynn Domina, is now in development in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Instructors who have taught this work are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences. Information about proposing… Read more »
Contribute to an MLA Approaches Volume on Stoker’s Dracula
The volume Approaches to Teaching Stoker’s Dracula, edited by William Thomas McBride, is now in development in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Instructors who have taught this work are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences. Information about proposing an essay is available at the end… Read more »