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  • Melissa Jones: From Creative Writing to Copy Writing
    January 14, 2020 by

    Melissa Jones graduated in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts inCreative Writing and minors inFrench andProfessional Writing & Emerging Media. While at Ball State, she was heavily involved with theDaily News, The Broken Plate,Jacket Copy Creative, andBook Arts Collaborative. She used experiences and expertise gained in these roles to secure an internship at Intersection […]

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  • Dr. Joseph Hurtgen: PHD and Published
    December 5, 2019 by

    Dr. Joseph Hurtgen is a Ball State alumnus with a Ph.D. in English Literature. He has published several articles and is an avid fan of sci-fi. Hurtgen currently teaches at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Read more to see how he published his dissertation and to get some advice about research assistantships. What made you […]

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  • Sophia Lyons: Academic Peer Mentor
    December 3, 2019 by

    by Sophia Lyons Sophia Lyons is a senior Rhetoric and Writing major at Ball State University. Sophia was awarded Living Learning Community Program of the Year in her first year as the Academic Peer Mentor for the Humanities Living Learning Community in Studebaker East. What is an Academic Peer Mentor? An academic peer mentor is […]

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  • Kiley Neal: Storytelling in the Workplace
    November 26, 2019 by

    Kiley Neal graduated from Ball State as a first generation college student with a BA in English concentrated in Creative Writing and a minor in Philosophy. Her work experience includes blogging, social media management, and other content creation in a marketing setting. When we interviewed Kiley in 2019 for this article, she was the Content […]

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  • Dr. Lyn Jones: Teaching Well is Thrilling
    November 21, 2019 by

    By: Dr. Darolyn “Lyn” Jones Dr. Lyn Jones is an assistant teaching professor in the Ball State English Department and currently teaches in the areas of English education, creative writing, and rhetoric and composition. She also serves as the Education Outreach Director of the Public Memoir Project at the Indiana Writers Center and is the editor for the […]

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  • Dr. Jeff Spanke at Be a Teacher Day
    November 19, 2019 by

    Dr. Jeff Spanke is an assistant professor of English at Ball State University. He teaches courses about Young Adult Literature, Rhetoric and Composition, and English teaching methods. Dr. Spanke delivered the following keynote speech on November 8th during the Be a Teacher Day event in Indianapolis. So, let’s do this. If you would, go ahead […]

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  • ENG 389: Practicum in Peer Tutoring in Writing
    November 15, 2019 by

    ENG 389 is taught by Dr. Jackie Grutsch McKinney, a professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Ball State and director of the Writing Center. Her research focuses writing center studies, writing research, and composition pedagogy. She has written two books, Peripheral Visions for Writing Centers  and The Working Lives of New Writing Center Directors, which […]

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  • Red for Ed Action Day: Join the Movement
    November 14, 2019 by

    As you know, we’ve been celebrating #BSUEnglishEd Month here in the English department. It seems only fitting, then, to talk about a huge educational event happening soon in the state of Indiana: Red for Ed Action Day. On Tuesday, November 19th, join the Indiana State Teachers Association for the Red for Ed Action Day. On […]

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