Sue Ellen Holbrook, Ph.D, passed away peacefully at her home in Conway on Sunday,
May 7, 2017. Dr. Holbrook was a member of the SCSU English Department faculty from
1988 until her retirement in 2014. Dr. Sue Ellen Holbrook will be remembered as an
inspirational guide to the thousands of college students to whom she taught reading
and writing and to the many graduate students she initiated into the teaching profession.
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A Graduate Student Scholarly Journal
The SCSU Department of English is proud to hostthe scholarly journal Text in Context. Text in Context is currently seeking both editors
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