ONE SEAT LEFT! My "#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson: Exploring a #Gothic Campus #Mystery" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity begins tomorrow and runs throughout October. I am so excited to dive in!

Hangsaman is psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a dark Gothic mystery; a critique of gender roles, family dynamics, & higher education; a meditation on trauma & mental illness; a fictional answer to a real-life #TrueCrime, & an ancestor of today’s #DarkAcademia storytelling.

More info here: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2249/

NOW CONFIRMED! I'm delighted that my "#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson: Exploring a #Gothic Campus #Mystery" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity will run in October 2025. It's a good fit for the most haunting month of the year.

Hangsaman is psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a dark Gothic mystery; a critique of gender roles, family dynamics, & higher education; a meditation on trauma & mental illness; a fictional answer to a real-life #TrueCrime, & an ancestor of today’s #DarkAcademia storytelling.

More info here: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2249/

Update! I'm delighted that my "#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson: Exploring a #Gothic Campus #Mystery" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is now a candidate for October 2025. It's a good fit for the most haunting month of the year.

Hangsaman is psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a dark Gothic mystery; a critique of gender roles, family dynamics, & higher education; a meditation on trauma & mental illness; a fictional answer to a real-life #TrueCrime, & an ancestor of today’s #DarkAcademia storytelling.

More info here: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2249/

ICYMI, my "#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson: Exploring a #Gothic Campus #Mystery" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for Fall 2025.

Hangsaman is psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a haunting Gothic mystery; a critique of gender roles, family dynamics, & higher education; a meditation on trauma & mental illness; a fictional answer to a real-life #TrueCrime, & an ancestor of today’s #DarkAcademia storytelling.

More info: http://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/r/aQ5zzC

Short-list it here: http://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/r/rnXofZ

#Books #Bookstodon

My "#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson: Exploring a #Gothic Campus #Mystery" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for Fall 2025.

Hangsaman is psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a haunting Gothic mystery; a pointed critique of gender roles, family dynamics, & higher education; a meditation on trauma & mental illness; a fictional answer to a real-life #TrueCrime, & an ancestor of today’s #DarkAcademia storytelling.

More info: http://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/r/aQ5zzC

Short-list it here: http://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/r/rnXofZ

#Books #Bookstodon

2023 in Review: Essays!

This year I published two peer-reviewed essays in academic anthologies and one pedagogical article online.

🖖 "Beyond the Wilds and the Waves: Reevaluating Archer, the Armory, and Enterprise" in Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier

💀 "Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia" in Potterversity

📚 "Teaching Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman" at Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century here: https://shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/teaching-shirley-jacksons-hangsaman-1951-by-amy-h-sturgis/

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#OTD in 1916, the great #ShirleyJackson was born.

Here’s a little piece I wrote earlier this year about teaching Jackson’s remarkable novel #Hangsaman. It’s posted at “Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century,” an online resource investigating the past and future landscapes of Shirley Jackson studies.

I’m looking forward to teaching #TheHauntingOfHillHouse in January!

https://shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/teaching-shirley-jacksons-hangsaman-1951-by-amy-h-sturgis/

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