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FSC professor publishes essays 

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 2, 2003) - Dr. Mary Pharr, English professor at Florida Southern College, has recently published essays in two anthologies. 

Pharr's essay on "Synthetics, Humanity, and the Life Force in the 'Alien' Quartet" appears as Chapter 13 in "No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy," eds. Gary Westfahl and George Slusser (Greenwood, 2002). This book, Number 102 in Greenwood's "Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy" series, was published in October. Early in December, Pharr's essay, "In Medias Res: Harry Potter as Hero-in-Progress," was published as a chapter in "The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon," ed. Lana Whited (Univ. of Missouri Press, 2002). 

Pharr has been with the college for over sixteen years. Among her other classes, she is currently teaching film studies and a special topics class on musical theater.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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