Monthly Archives: September 2025

Member Spotlight: LeAnne Spino-Seijas

Posted by Colleen Baer & filed under Feature, Member Spotlight.

This month’s member spotlight highlights LeAnne Spino-Seijas, an MLA member since 2017. Read about LeAnne’s experience participating in the MLA Pathways program and how MLA resources have supported her work: “I am an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Rhode Island. I also direct the International Studies and Diplomacy (ISD) program at the… Read more »

Contribute to an MLA Volume on Teaching Literary Maximalism

Posted by Colleen Baer & filed under Feature, Member Resources and Links.

The volume Teaching Literary Maximalism, edited by Benjamin Bergholtz and Yonina Hoffman, is now in development in the MLA Options for Teaching series. To learn more about the volume and how to propose an essay, please visit the MLA website. Please send abstracts and CVs to the editors by 15 December 2025.

MLA Members Awarded August 2025 NEH Grants

Posted by Colleen Baer & filed under Feature, MLA in the News.

Congratulations to the six MLA members who were awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants in August 2025! Their projects include a volume on Walt Whitman’s journalistic writing; a virtual institute on the history of literary education; a research center focused on AI, the humanities, and the health sector; and more. Deborah GussmanProject Title: Letters… Read more »