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  • Jared Sexton’s Interview With Andrew Scott, Part 2
    July 11, 2011 by

    Congratulations to Andrew Scott, assistant professor of English, on the publication of his first book, Naked Summer (Press 53, 2011.).   In order to mark the occassion, we asked another English department faculty member, Jared Sexton, to interview Andrew about his first full-length book and his life as a writer, editor and teacher.  Below is the second installment of the interview.  You can find […]

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  • Jared Sexton’s Interview with Andrew Scott About His Recently Published Book! (Part 1)
    July 6, 2011 by

    Congratulations to Andrew Scott, assistant professor of English, on the publication of his first book, Naked Summer (Press 53, 2011.).   In order to mark the occassion, we asked another English department faculty member, Jared Sexton, to interview Andrew about his first full-length book and his life as a writer, editor and teacher.  Below is the first installment. 1. You’re a son of […]

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  • Department of English Awards Ceremony Winners 2011
    June 6, 2011 by

    Last month the English Department honored undergraduate and graduate students at the annual Awards Ceremony with over $13,000 in scholarships/awards.  See the list of recipients below. Leslie & Patrick Ballard Scholarship Kaitlyn Thompson Elizabeth Martin Scholarship Jeremy Carnes            Collette Herald Meredith Sims            Michele Weldy Dr. […]

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  • Two Great Literary Events in Indianapolis on June 5th and 8th!
    June 3, 2011 by

    Please see the message below from Prof. Andrew Scott, who has just published a collection of stories titled Naked Summer.   Congratulations Andrew! Friends and Colleagues: You’re invited to two Indianapolis literary events in the coming days. The book release/launch party for NAKED SUMMER, my debut collection of short stories, will be held on Sunday, June 5, from […]

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  • Creative Writing Students Immerse Themselves in Cinema
    May 20, 2011 by

    The Cinema Entertainment Immersion, or CEI, is one of Ball State University’s fantastic immersive learning ventures. It combines students from the departments of English, Theater, and Telecommunications to produce professional-quality short films. As with all of BSU’s immersive learning projects, the main goal of the CEI is for the students to gain a unique and […]

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  • Microstudies of Microblogging
    May 12, 2011 by

    Here at Ball State, researchers in the Rhetoric and Composition Doctoral Program and the undergraduate program in Professional Writing and Emerging Media have been conducting microstudies of microblogging and other forms of networked writing, using qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to data collection and analysis in order to develop rich profiles of social networking site (SNS) […]

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