2020 Quarry Farm Fellows Announced

Each year, the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College awards fellowships to Twain scholars from around the globe for a chance to study at Twain's summer home, Quarry Farm. For 2020, CMTS is pleased to welcome 10 Quarry Farm Fellows to Elmira:

• Max Cavitch, associate professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
• Ryan Heryford, assistant professor of Environmental Literature in the Department of English, California State University
• Hsuan L. Hsu, professor of English, Concordia University (Montreal)
• Benjamin J. Murphy, teacher and Ph.D. candidate in English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Sarah Nance, assistant professor of English, United States Air Force Academy
• Stephen Pasqualina, postdoctoral scholar in the Core Humanities program, University of Nevada, Reno
• Alan Rankin, writer and independent researcher
• Laura Rice, professor emerita in the School of Writing, Literature and Film, Oregon State University
• Shirley Samuels, teacher of American studies, English, history of art and visual studies, and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, Cornell University
• Ed Shannon, professor of literature and former literature convener at Ramapo College of NJ

Reflecting the mission of the Center for Mark Twain Studies, Quarry Farm Fellowships foster and support scholarship and creative works related to Mark Twain, including, but not limited to, his literature, life, family, associations, influences, reception, and significance. The fellowship selection process aims to assist scholars and artists in producing work of highest distinction and cultivate a diverse community of scholars across backgrounds, specializations, and ranks.

Open to any scholar working in the field of Mark Twain Studies at any career stage, the Fellowships give these scholars the opportunity to work on academic or creative projects at Quarry Farm, with additional access to the Mark Twain Archive located in the Gannett-Tripp Library on Elmira College's nearby campus. The Archive houses an exhaustive assemblage of biography, criticism, and reference sources; microfilm of material related to Elmira from the collections of the Mark Twain Project, the Mark Twain House, Vassar College, and the Huntington Library; and a library of photographs. The Archive also holds the association volumes from Quarry Farm, containing Mark Twain's marginalia, the Antenne Collection of books from Mark Twain's personal library, and the John S. Tuckey Collection of more than two hundred and fifty scholarly titles. The Collection is updated continuously.

Click here to learn more about this year's Quarry Farm Scholars. Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Quarry Farm Fellowships.