Several Faculty and Graduate Students from UNM English presented and participated in the 2026 Modern Language Association Convention: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesse<\/strong> Alem\u00e1n<\/strong>, Professor of American Literary Studies, presented both\u00a0Persistence, Resilience, or Resistance?: Navigating the Crooked Pathways through the PhD<\/a>\u00a0in the session on \u201cPathways to the PhD: Updated Advice for Graduate Students in 2026,\u201d and\u00a0The Many Lives of David, the Dead Wetback: Social Death and Chicanx Literary Reanimation<\/a>\u00a0in the session on \u201cChicanx Literary Legalities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feroza Jussawalla<\/strong>, Professor Emerita, presented \u201cFamily Dynamics in Mohja Kahf\u2019s Diaporic Arab American Family\u201d in the session on \u201cArab American Family Dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carmen Nocentelli<\/strong>, Professor of British and Irish Literary Studies, presented\u00a0Public Diplomacy and Political Opinion in Restoration England<\/a>\u00a0in the session on \u201cPolitical Imperatives: Answering to the Present Public Diplomacy.\u201d Also participated in the session \u201cGoing Global: Questions, Challenges, Opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anita Obermeier<\/strong>, Professor of Medieval Studies, and\u00a0Ying Xu<\/strong>, Term Teacher, participated in the MLA Delegate Assembly as elected delegates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doaa Omran<\/strong>, English Instructor and Alumna, presented in the session on \u201cAutomation, AI, and the Future of Contingent Teaching: What\u2019s Next?,\u201d and chaired the session on \u201cArab American Family Dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n