Columbia International College

This week Columbia received the news that one of our beloved English teachers, Dr. Newman will be published in "The Explicator" a highly respected, academic quarterly journal. His critical essay of Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" (a novel Columbia students read in ENG 4U) will be included in their next edition.

As Dr. Newman was preparing to teach "Lives of the Saints” to his ENG 4U students he discovered there was an angle in the book that had not been covered by academic circles. Dr. Newman wanted to share his main argument that challenges the community’s motives for forcing a confession from the novel’s protagonist.

Dr. Newman thoughtfully choose to submit his work to "The Explicator", a publication specifically for shorter literary reviews and critiques under 1,200 words, because he wanted to share a more succinct and exact analysis of "Lives of the Saints". Dr. Newman says his motivation for submitting his analysis was to give students another way of accessing literary theory and to share his own findings in hopes to help students better interpret the novel.

Having received his Ph.D. in English Literature from McMaster University and over the course of his academic career Dr. Newman has been published in:
o The Journal of Educational Thought
o Bronte Society Transactions
o The European Romantic Review
o Romanticism on the Net

When asked what advice he has for aspiring young scholars at Columbia, Dr. Newman says “there is no substitute for reading, the more you read the better you write. It’s a circular thing, the more you read, the more you absorb the way other people write.”

Dr. Newman's academic career and honoured work should serve as inspiration to all Columbia students. While teaching at Columbia for 14 years Dr. Newman embodies education as a lifelong journey. Congratulations, Dr. Newman. Your continued academic pursuits motivate both staff and students and we thank you for your endless contributions.