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Good News!

February 17, 2026 by maxwelltharp

FACULTY Molly Ferguson: Her new book, Banshees, Hags, and Changelings: Feminist Folklore Transformations in Irish Writing, is just out from Syracuse University Press. You can read an excerpt on their blog. Sean Lovelace published three works of flash fiction in Frigg Magazine. Danielle Curry published her short story “Storm on the Horizon” in Women Speak […]

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Rani Deighe Crowe on Safety State

September 17, 2024 by maxwelltharp

One of our professors Rani Deighe Crowe has recently seen great success with her short film, Safety State. It involves “A near-future road trip where a lesbian and a gay couple flee to a safe state in dystopian America.” (from IndieGogo). It has currently been screened at over 40 film festivals and other venues. Below […]

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Ben Bascom on his new book!

July 1, 2024 by maxwelltharp

Ben Bascom has recently published his new book Feeling Singular, the following is a short interview offering some insight into its making. Have you been eager to see this idea realized? I’m thrilled to have finished Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinities in the Early United States, which began as a dissertation for my PhD at the […]

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Jeff Spanke: Fulbright Scholar!

April 9, 2024 by maxwelltharp

The Fulbright Program is devoted to increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. It is the world’s largest and most diverse international educational exchange program. As a Fulbrighter, one will join the ranks of many distinguished program participants. Alumni have become heads of state, judges, ambassadors, […]

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BSU English Three Minute Thesis Winners

February 26, 2024 by maxwelltharp

The University of Queensland originally developed the Three Minute Thesis in 2008. While many theses can take hours to present, this competition calls upon contestants to deliver one in three minutes. It is not an exercise that aims to trivialize research, rather, it challenges students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so that a […]

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Good News

February 7, 2024 by maxwelltharp

🎉 ALUMNI 🎉 Amelia Brewers recently began working as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for The Children’s TherAplay Foundation, Inc. a nonprofit in Carmel, IN that utilizes the movement of a horse as a treatment tool in physical, occupational, and speech therapies. Amelia graduated in 2023 with a BA and MA in Literature, thanks to […]

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New Faculty Bio: Kelsey Timmerman

November 16, 2023 by maxwelltharp

Kelsey Timmerman has reported from more than 60 countries on issues including globalization, modern-day slavery, poverty, philanthropy, and the global agriculture and garment industries. He’s the author of the “Where am I?” series, a forthcoming book on regenerative agriculture, and the co-founder of The Facing Project, a national storytelling initiative. What English classes do you […]

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Doctoral Excellence in Teaching: Courtney Crisp

November 6, 2023 by maxwelltharp

Nominated by Michael Donnelly, Vanessa Rapatz, and Rory Lee, Courtney Crisp is the most recent winner of the Excellence in Teaching award at the doctoral level. The following is a small Q&A with Courtney. How does it feel to have received this award? It is incredibly exciting and a little bit unbelievable. Being a college […]

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New Faculty Bio: Charlotte Kupsh

October 31, 2023 by maxwelltharp

Charlotte Kupsh is an Assistant Professor of English and the Director of the Writing Center. Her research focuses on ecocomposition or the relationship between place and writing. She’s also interested in place-conscious education, materiality, and first-year writing. What English classes do you teach? This semester, I’m teaching English 103: Rhetoric and Writing. I also teach […]

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New Faculty Bio: James Haston

October 25, 2023 by maxwelltharp

James Haston is the English department’s new advisor! What attracted you to working at Ball State? Not only did both of my parents graduate from BSU, my mother 2 times, I also graduated from BSU 2 times. I was lucky enough to return to BSU to pass on my experiences and knowledge of BSU to […]

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