Author: masmart95

Sometimes, Writers Live ‘In a Lonely Place’

December 14, 2017 by masmart95

By Anthony Miglieri There are a whole lot of films, and great films at that, about screenwriting. A few of the best are Barton Fink (1991), written and directed by the Coen Brothers, and Adaptation. (2002), directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. However, few films I have ever seen are able to […]

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M.A. student Rachel Lauve on studying Creative Writing

December 10, 2017 by masmart95

Rachel Lauve is a new graduate student working toward an M.A. in creative writing from Ball State University. She earned an undergraduate degree in English Education from Ball State in May 2017 1) What degree are you pursuing (i.e., PhD in Literature, MA in creative writing, etc.)? What is it about this degree/program that interested […]

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Spellbound by “The Bear and the Nightingale”

December 3, 2017 by masmart95

By Makayla Smart “I have seen you before,” she said. “I come with the snow,” he said. “I come when men are dying.”

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October Good News: Molly Ferguson is elected President and More!

November 2, 2017 by masmart95

We’ve got a lot of good news this month! Faculty News Andrea Wolfe will be presenting a session entitled “Facing International Students: Building Empathy through Storytelling” with Lizz Alezetes and Deborah McMillan, both of the Intensive English Institute at Ball State, at the 2017 INTESOL Conference on November 11th Molly Ferguson was elected president of […]

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September Good News: Kayla Peterson turns her classroom into Hogwarts (and more!)

October 3, 2017 by masmart95

In The News Kayla Peterson (BA in English Ed, 2016) is an English teacher at Penn High School in Mishawaka, IN. She was recently featured on WNDU News for transforming her classroom into Hogwarts. Check out the other awesome things #bsuenglish students and faculty have been up to! Faculty News Kathryn S. Gardiner is […]

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Meet Prof. Brianna Mauk

September 28, 2017 by masmart95

Brianna Mauk earned her BA in Technical Writing from Eastern Kentucky University. She earned her MA in Rhetoric and Composition at Ohio University in Athens, OH, and she earned her PhD in Rhetoric and Writing at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. Brianna specializes in new media, especially social networking, and researches the […]

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Meet Prof. Morgan Leckie

September 26, 2017 by masmart95

Morgan C. Leckie comes to us from Miami of Ohio’s graduate program in Composition and Writing, by way of California. Her research is on digital feminist rhetorical practices and reproductive justice advocacy. She will be teaching first-year writing and professional writing, including Jacket Copy Creative, our department’s immersive learning class that functions as our in-house […]

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