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  • Meet Prof. Ben Bascom
    September 12, 2017 by

    Ben Bascom, a specialist in early and nineteenth-century American literature, comes to the English Department from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he recently finished a dissertation on early U.S. life writings. His research and teaching combine a queer studies approach with material text methodologies to reimagine the relation between archive and canon. His […]

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  • Meet Prof. Angela Cox
    September 7, 2017 by

    Angela Cox comes to us from the University of Arkansas, where she received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition. Her research is on definitions of genre and popular fantasy media. She will be teaching English 103 this semester.  What are some of your hobbies or interests? I like to dabble in pretty much anything creative that […]

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  • August Good News: Prof. Collier’s Book a Finalist (and More)
    September 1, 2017 by

    This August brings us so much good news. Let’s start… Prof. Patrick Collier’s book Modern Print Artefacts: Textual Materiality and Literary Value in British Print Culture, 1890–1930s (Edinburgh University Press) was a finalist for the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. A panel of judges determined the book that made the most significant contribution to modernist […]

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  • Professor Aimee Taylor Unravels Ball State’s History
    April 26, 2017 by

    This semester, #bsuenglish Professor Aimee Taylor developed and organized an alternative final project for her ENG 104 class that focuses on archival research of Ball State’s history. With it, she hopes to immerse her students in scholarly research and unravel ageless inspiration. She will also be attending a conference this May where she plans to shed light on this exemplary work she is […]

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  • BSU Grad School Opportunities
    April 19, 2017 by

    Hayat Bedaiwi received her BA and MA in English Literature from King Saud University in 2007 and 2012, respectively. She is currently a third year PhD #bsuenglish student who aspires to specialize in Ethnic American Literature with a major focus on Arab American Literature. Here’s more info about our graduate programs.  When I first started my graduate […]

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  • John Maust: The Importance of Encouraging Writers
    April 12, 2017 by

    John Maust is president of Media Associates International (MAI), a publishing training agency based near Chicago, Illinois. John directs MAI’s global training programs to strengthen Christian publishing worldwide and to foster the development and publication of gifted local writers. John became president of MAI in 1998 after more than 20 years of experience as an […]

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  • #bsuenglish at the AWP Conference
    March 29, 2017 by

    The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) is an annual conference, held this year from February 8 through February 11 in Washington, D.C. Eleven #bsuenglish students had the honor of attending this year, led by #bsuenglish Professor Jill Christman. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs was held in the convention center located in downtown […]

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