Susan McHugh teaches graduate writing workshops in Norway, serves as external examiner for Ph.D. candidate in Iceland

L-R: Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir, chair of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland; Robert McKay, professor of English, Sheffield University; Gunnar Eggertson, Ph.D. candidate, University of Iceland; Susan McHugh, University of New England; Guðmundur Hálfdánarson, dean of the School of Humanitie, University of Iceland

Susan McHugh, Ph.D., professor and chair in the Department of English, taught writing workshops on August 22-23 to twenty incoming graduate students enrolled in the Master’s Degree Program in Development, Environment and Cultural Change at the Centre for Development and Environment (SUM), a vibrant international and interdisciplinary research institution at the University of Oslo in Norway.

Part of a required course in interdisciplinary research methods and project design, McHugh’s workshops gave students practice with techniques of invention and response specific to writing in interdisciplinary environments, with special attention to drafting and revising the master’s thesis required of their program.

SUM is currently one of the few institutions in Scandinavia advancing interdisciplinary research on development and the environment, combining insights from the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities, and its graduate programs are extremely competitive. This year, the master's students were selected from over 400 applicants and they represent over a dozen countries.

Additionally, on August 25, McHugh served as an opponent (external examiner) at a Ph.D. defense at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik. The thesis, titled “Literal Animals: An Exploration of Animal Worlds through Language, Culture and Narrative,” was successfully defended by Gunnar Eggertsson, who consequently earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.

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