Month: September 2016


  • Meet Dr. Jeff Spanke!

    The English Department would like to introduce you to Dr. Jeff Spanke: How would you describe your perspective on teaching? I think that teaching is first of all a reciprocal enterprise. So I don’t like the idea that there’s a person with knowledge that gives that knowledge or gifts that knowledge to students who are […]

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  • Jeremy M. Carnes

    Jeremy M. Carnes is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Ball State. He will be starting his dissertation in the fall, where he plans to research early 20th Century American imperialism in print culture artifacts, including modernist little magazines and periodicals as well as early […]

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  • Now Hiring! Come Join Our Department!

    The English Department is currently hiring for two new positions. They are as listed: Assistant Professor for Early and 19th Century American Literature in the College of Science and Humanities Assistant Professor for Film and and Global Literatures in the Department of English For more information, check out the flyers!

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  • Meet Professor Allison Layfield!

    The English Department would like to introduce you to Professor Allison Layfield!   Professor Layfield sees the classroom as a time for brainstorming and collaboration. Her goal in the classroom is to get students to think and actively participate in class discussion. She also wants her students to think about the discussions at home and then write about […]

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  • Summer Good News

    Summer has been a busy time for Ball State faculty, students, and alumni alike! Read more to find out what these Ball State affiliates have been up to. Prof. Katy Didden earned a fellowship to attend the prestigious Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference in Middlebury, VT. She will be co-facilitating a workshop with poet Alan Shapiro, […]

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