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B.A. in Literature and Music Performance, History, and Theory, USC-Columbia, South Carolina College: The Honors College (1987) M.A.T. in Teaching Secondary English, USC-Columbia (1992) Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Liberty University (2017) Fellowships National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Recipient (July 2010) ˇ°Poetry as a Form of Life, Life as a Form of Poetryˇ± with Helen Vendler, Harvard University Graduate School, Cambridge, MA National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Recipient (July 2014) ˇ°Emily Dickinson: Person, Poetry, and Place,ˇ± Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Dr. Anne S. Poplin
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I often find myself whispering “Curiouser and curiouser!” and I know I must resemble Alice who also “quite [forgets] how to speak good English.” Because I am so curious, I like questions -- questions that lead to other questions, that spiral out onto other pages of the dictionary, definitions that lead to other definitions, and online links that link to new links. Answers are good, too, but they are much harder to come by unless you start with extraordinary questions.
My questions led me back to school, and I have earned an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction from Liberty University where I learned that I enjoy conducting and presenting research with high school students. I have studied medieval literature, music theory, poetry, phenomenology, and educational theory. I love to make “things” out of “stuff” – like paper out of lint, or lip balm out of honey and beeswax, or scarves out of yarn, or sentences out of words, or order out of chaos.
My husband and I keep bees and grow some of our own food, like collards, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and okra. One of our great joys is opening jars of marinara, salsa, or pickles in December from produce that we picked and cooked and cleaned and canned in the heat of July. Together we wonder how we can help create more sustainable and healthy food ecosystems.
When I am not planning lessons or grading papers or hanging out with my family, I love to read classic and “gentle” fiction, take really long walks, watch Norwegian and British TV crime dramas, and travel. My family owns a restaurant, What’s Cookin’ Downtown, where I wait tables once in a while, frequently update the website, sometimes write a blog, occasionally make coffee cake, and every now and again try to operate our dastardly POS computer system. Sometimes I have to call Customer Service and ask questions. Lots of questions.
Here at Aiken Scholars Academy, together we will develop and nurture good questions, in both AP Research and English 3/AP Language and Composition. I look forward to being inspired by a spirit of curiosity and, perhaps unlike Alice, we will strive to “speak good English” even when we are overcome with amazement!