Welcome to the Humanities weekly newsletter, the Lindsay Bulletin Board 📌
This newsletter features pre-submitted photos and projects from faculty and students showcasing a successful fall semester! There are still opportunities listed under our “Call for Submissions” and “Career Development Corner” sections.
Exciting announcement: Congratulations to Carolann Tkach who will be taking over the Spring 2026 newsletter! If you have an event or opportunity you would like to feature, please email Carolann.tkach@chatham.edu.
Have a wonderful winter break everyone! We look forward to seeing you in the New Year 🎉
– Madison Stokes, Humanities & Education Department Intern, signing off
Toni Morrison Creative Projects
In ENG 385, Toni Morrison Seminar, Dr. Wardi assigned students to create a multimodal project responding to Morrison’s work. Students had free rein in designing and implementing the creative portion of their project, but it had to demonstrate rigorous analysis of Morrison’s writing. Click through the slideshow below to view some of her students work!
Senior Mugging Ceremony
Call for Submissions
Elderfly Press
Theme: Beautiful & Terrifying: Tales & Visions From the Edge of the Uncanny
Work up for consideration:
Short fiction: up to 5,000 words
Poetry: up to 5 poems per submission
Black-and-white art
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Website and submission link: https://writeontheworld.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/
For more information please contact Mandy Webster at mandy.webster@elderflybooks.com.
Career Development Corner
Humanities Student Assistant – Spring Semester 2026
Core Responsibilities Include:
1. Faculty and Staff Assistance: Assist Humanities faculty and staff with daily tasks including copying, scanning, filing, inter-office mail, and keeping Lindsay House organized and tidy.
2. Event Support: Collaborate with the Humanities faculty and staff to organize and execute department-related events, workshops (specifically the monthly writing workshop Holding Space on the Page), and information sessions. Assist with event promotion, logistics, registration, and day-of event management.
3. Social media and Newsletter: Collaborate with Humanities faculty and staff to compose and share content for department social media and program email newsletters.
4. Peer-to-Peer Engagement: Partner with Humanities faculty and staff to engage with fellow students and promote the Humanities department through outreach activities, classroom presentations, and student organization partnerships.
Application Link: Student Work at Chatham
Chris Moore Media Internship
Gain media experience with the award-winning Pittsburgh Black Media Federation
Internship Criteria:
- Must be at least a rising college sophomore
- Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Have experience in campus or community journalism, news writing, or communications/marketing discipline
Qualities for Consideration:
- Journalism, Marketing or Communications or other relevant background
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strategic thinker with strong research skills
- A sense of ambition and accountability
Deadline: December 20, 2025
Only three positions will be available this January 2026!
If you have any questions please email Madison Stokes at Madison.Stokes@Chatham.edu.
Faculty Professor Teaching Associate * Full-Time
The English Department at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes applications for an Appointment Stream Teaching Assistant or Teaching Associate Professor position, primarily in the Writing Program, to begin the fall semester of 2026.
Job description:
– The department is specifically interested in candidates who have an established track record in successfully teaching introductory and intermediate creative writing classes, of both single- and multi-genre focus, especially in poetry and poetic literature.
-The successful candidate will also be able to teach capstone-level courses, requiring intensive group and individual work with a small class of upper-level students, with demonstrated experience in fostering student professional development.
– The selected candidate will also have experience in Literature pedagogy and be prepared to teach courses in 20th- and 21st- century literature from a historical perspective.
-The English department is especially interested in applicants who have taught first-year writing and who are interested in contributing to our development of cross-programmatic curricula.
-Applicants must hold an MFA degree in Creative Writing or a related field.
Review of applicants will begin December 1, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. The appointment requires administrative and budgetary approval. The position is scheduled to begin on August 15, 2026.
For more information on job description, the application process, and requirements, visit:
(Job Description – Faculty Professor Teaching Associate – Full-Time (25006061)
Casa de Esperanza: Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Program
Description: caring for infants and children up to age six who are at risk for abuse and neglect in Houston, TX
“Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Members will serve vulnerable children throughout a 12-month commitment, living in a private, gated community (at no cost) and receiving a living allowance. Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Members will work collaboratively with other AmeriCorps Members in the home to ensure that children’s physical, emotional, and mental needs are met. While the commitment is only one year, the impact AmeriCorps Members have on the children in their care is lifelong. In turn, the children’s strength, resilience, and love will also make a lifelong impact on them.” – Darean Talmadge, Human Resources Coordinator, Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos, Inc.
Duration of program: September 2026 – August 2027
For more information, please contact Darean Talmadge, (713) 529-0639, dtalmadge@casahope.org
Application link: https://forms.office.com/r/St0UmVLKH4
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