Some last words on teaching, university life and what lies ahead from John Connolly, Paul Douglas,
Edwin Duncan, Clarinda Harriss, and Jan Wilkotz, five English professors who retired last spring.
I love teaching. It is my
calling, perhaps even
more than writing and
editing.
Clarinda Harriss t
My secret for any
success was simple:
always come well
prepared, welcome
laughter, and don’t
take yourself too
seriously (memento
mori).
John Connolly s
I will miss the daily
interaction with
intelligent young
people happy to be
engaged in intellectual
discourse and eager
to increase their
understanding of
the subjects that I’ve
taught and love.
Edwin Duncan s
We hoped that
women’s own
imaginative accounts
of female experience
would illuminate for
students the realities
that history and
sociology document.
Jan Wilkotz s
