{"id":1,"date":"2018-04-25T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/english\/?p=1"},"modified":"2018-05-07T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T12:34:17","slug":"dr-webster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/english\/2018\/04\/25\/dr-webster\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Webster Reflects on Her Love of Coleridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an English professor at Elizabethtown College, Dr. Suzanne E. Webster has solidified her professional career specializing in British Romanticism.\u00a0 The author she focuses on most, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was a leader of the British Romantic movement and is best known for his early poetry and later prose.<\/p>\n

Coleridge as a Catalyst\"Dr.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWhen I was about sixteen in school, I had a fantastic English teacher, Mr. Benjamin,\u201d Webster recalled. \u201cHe had us reading \u2018Kubla Khan\u2019 by Coleridge. Ever since then, I was hooked!\u201d<\/p>\n

Coleridge intrigued her from an early age because he was a well-learned man who also battled an opium addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realized that I wanted to study this man for the rest of my life,\u201d she stated. \u201cI\u2019m very lucky that I figured that out early.\u201d<\/p>\n

Webster stated that this initial interest in Coleridge acted as a catalyst for a career in English Literature. However, it wasn\u2019t until 2000, when she first taught a class at the University of Pennsylvania while earning her DPhil from Oxford University, that she realized she loved teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always thought it was just the research aspect [of academia] that I loved, but I realized that [this aspect] wasn\u2019t enough. I loved teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Welcoming Department<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Having originated from Liverpool, England, Webster has never looked back on her decision to come to America in 1999.<\/p>\n

In 2004, after completing her doctoral degree and nearly four years of work as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Webster found her niche with Elizabethown College\u2019s English department<\/a> quickly. Everyone she met was very sociable.<\/p>\n

The students within the English Department, too, make teaching worthwhile. Webster described various \u201ca-ha!\u201d moments within her classes when students would eagerly engage themselves with the work and gain new perspectives. She would also end up gathering new details about a piece herself within these \u201ca-ha!\u201d moments that her students would have.<\/p>\n

Her colleagues come \u201cfrom a wide variety of backgrounds,\u201d she intoned, \u201cand everyone is very eager to collaborate and share their ideas on their research.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Student\u2019s Words on Webster<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Katelyn Gebbia, senior English professional writing major at Elizabethtown College, expressed her admiration for Webster, stating that she was intensely passionate about the topics she taught. The excitement permeating the room was palatable and contagious for her.<\/p>\n

Gebbia recalled her favorite memory while being in her EN430 \u201cByron and Shelley\u201d authors course in the spring 2016 semester.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite memory of her class was when she was reminded of a song, [\u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 by Kate Bush],\u201d Gebbia illustrated, \u201cand she started interpretative dancing in class. It was never boring with her. She always found ways to keep us engaged in class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engagement is Key<\/strong><\/h3>\n

She advises students to be regularly engaged in their work to get the most information out of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you just sit there not having a clue what\u2019s going on,\u201d Webster warned, \u201cyou don\u2019t learn anything. You\u2019re just flying by your coattails.\u201d<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Skye McDonald of West Chester, Pennsylvania is a senior at Elizabethtown College majoring in\u00a0English Professional Writing and minoring in Communication. In 2015, Skye went spent a semester abroad in Cheltenham, England, where she continued studying English.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Skye interned with the\u00a0\u201cHarrisburg Magazine<\/em>,<\/em>\u201d writing feature stories, as well as profiles. Currently, she interns at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, where she is web writing, feature writing, and assisting in global and community outreach. After graduation, Skye wants to continue her pursuit of a journalistic career, with an emphasis in the importance of travel.<\/p>\n

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