Add to ORKGThis interview is one of a series conducted concerning the history of Marshall University. Dr. A. Mervin Tyson discusses: his educational and employment background; his Ph.D. dissertation on a play titled Every Woman in her Humor ; how he got a job at Marshall; problems the English Department faced; a literary magazine at Marshall titled Et Cetera ; activities of the English Institute for High School Teachers; the Book of the Semester plan at Marshall; a faculty committee for the encouragement of graduate studies at Marshall; his experiences as Vice-President of Academic Affairs; an African-American studies group during his tenure as vice-president; Students for a Democratic Society; student protests and some bomb threats; the Impact Prog...