Teachers explore the “Frankenstein Factor”

2月3日，来自新泽西州37所高中的54名教师参加了人文学院为教师举办的题为“弗兰肯斯坦因素：文化和背景”的研讨会。  这是学院年度系列课程的最新一期，旨在为教师提供教学深受喜爱（和“老生常谈”！）文本的新见解。  In past years Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, and Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby were the focus of the day, while this February’s program centered around Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein.

MSU faculty Elizabeth Emery (Modern Languages and Literatures) and David del Principe (Spanish and Italian) intrigued attendees with thoughts on "The Monster Speaks" (Emery) and "Eating Frankenstein: An Eco-Gothic Approach" (del Principe).  Ridgewood High School English teachers Patricia Hans and Matt Cheplic then described how they teach Frankenstein as part of two exciting new courses they have each developed in their school, Literature, Identity, and the Media (Hans), and Literature and Film (Cheplic).   Workshop participants’ reactions were enthusiastic, JoAnn Bertelo, English teacher from Rahway High School, for example, commenting, "Truly one of the best Professional Development days I have attended.  Wonderful."