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Welcome Prof. Roman Lesnov

September 20, 2018 by mjbyerly

Dr. Roman Lesnov is a Visiting Assistant Professor who will teach TESOL and Linguistics courses. He received a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Northern Arizona University in May of this year. He has over 10 years of experience teaching English and linguistics in the US and Russia. He will be teaching in our MA and […]

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Hanif Abdurraqib: Visiting Poet at Ball State University

September 18, 2018 by recarmichael

Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib will be visiting Ball State University on Thursday, September 27th, 2018 from 7 – 9 p.m. in Teacher’s College (TC) 121. This event, sponsored by the Ball State English Department, African-American Studies, the Multicultural Center, and the Office of Institutional Diversity, is free and open to the public. A native […]

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Welcome Prof. Sarah Domet

September 13, 2018 by bsapet32

Sarah Domet’s debut novel, The Guineveres, was released from Flatiron Books in October 2016. She’s also the author of 90 Days to Your Novel (Writers Digest Books, 2010). She holds a Ph.D. in literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati and will be teaching courses in fiction writing in our creative writing program. Learn more about her […]

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Sarah Flores: Making a Difference with an English Degree

September 11, 2018 by bsapet32

Sarah Flores graduated from Ball State University in 2016 with a BA in English studies. After graduation, she returned to her hometown of Columbus, Indiana and worked for the school corporation. In April 2017, she accepted a position with Turning Point Domestic Violence Services on the Prevention Team.

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Meaningful Moments as an Intern for the Indiana Writers Center

September 6, 2018 by bsapet32

Faint lights shined on the Indy Reads stage as the Saint Florian CASH Club high schoolers performed their spoken word writings; they worked hard all summer for this moment. For the past two summers, I have interned with the Indiana Writer’s Center as an intern with the Saint Florian CASH Club high schoolers. I remember […]

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Ellie Fawcett: Creating Social Media Content

September 4, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Ellie Fawcett graduated from Ball State with a BA in English Literature in 2017. In college, she served as a member of the marketing team for the 2015 Digital Literature Review and as a strategic communications intern for Jacket Copy Creative. When we interviewed her for this article, she was working for Englin’s Fine Footwear as […]

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August Good News

September 2, 2018 by mjbyerly

We were really busy over the summer, writing and researching and submitting and job hunting. So we’ve got a lot of good news to share this month! Faculty News Prof. Michael Begnal His article “‘Bullets for Hands’: Witter Bynner, Arthur Davison Ficke, and the Spectra Poems of World War I” was published in Twentieth-Century Literature, […]

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Short Film Corner with Rani: Wasp

August 30, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

One of my favorite short films is the Oscar winning 2003 short, Wasp, by British director, Andrea Arnold. Grounded in the style of British Social Realism, Wasp shows a young struggling mother with four young kids. With every bad decision she makes, she is trying to be a good mom. Andrea Arnold started her directing […]

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Allison Tourville: Telling Stories for Vulcan

August 28, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Allison Tourville graduated from Ball State with a BS in History and Geography in 2007, and later received her MA in History in 2011. While Tourville was working on her MA, she worked at the Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville as the Assistant Manager of Athletic Operations. After graduating, she accepted a position as […]

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Mai Kuha: The Year of My Meme

August 21, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Dear reader, I have something to ask you. I am taking the plunge and mentioning Finland, something I have avoided fastidiously for my 18+ years at Ball State so as not to get inaccurately and permanently categorized as being from Finland. If you could refrain from labeling me that way, I would be so thankful. […]

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