INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / JANUARY 22, 1991

 

 

 

 

English and Communications Department
Appoints Chairperson

 

 

 

 

 

Lorna McCallum

A. opportunity for fresh
perspectives has come to Douglas
College in the form of the newly
hired chairperson of the English
and Communications Department.
Lorna McCallum expects her

involvement will be in the budget
and day-to-day operations of the
department as well as with facility
advocacy and sitting on commit-
tees within the department and
the institution as a whole.

She plans on getting to know
the college first, however. “I think
it’s best to find out what’s in place
before I make any plans. I want to
first see how the college operates
and familiarize myself with the
usual policies and procedures of
the Department. I’m sure I will
enjoy the variety,” she says, not
only of these duties but also in
working with three fairly distinct
disciplines, English Literature and
Composition, Workplace Writing,
and Creative Writing.

McCallum says that her
management style will be a very
open one. “I take a very
democratic approach, and I feel I
am quite open to hearing sugges-

tions from people,” she says.

In addition to her skills as a
creative writer, McCallum has
achieved a PhD in English Litera-
ture, focusing on the Victorian
period, taught English and Com-
position form some ten years, and
been Director of Effective Writing
Resources at the University of Al-
berta for eight years.

McCallum replaces Maurice
Hodgson, who has successfully
completed his three-year term as
chairperson and will return to his
faculty position. Unable to elect a
succeeding chairperson internally,
the English and Communications
Department moved to an external
competition which saw McCallum
as the outstanding candidate. At
the end of McCallum’s three-year
appointment, the department will
return to the electoral process.

 

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