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Category: Regular Features

  • New Faculty Bio: Kelsey Timmerman
    November 16, 2023 by

    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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  • New Faculty Bio: Charlotte Kupsh
    October 31, 2023 by

    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

    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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  • New Faculty Bio: Chad Kebrdle
    October 18, 2023 by

    J. Chad Kebrdle received his MFA in Creative Writing from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, CO in 2020, his Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Indiana University Kokomo that focuses on rhetoric and the teaching of college writing in 2011, and his Bachelor of Science in English […]

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  • English Alum Editor Adapts to the Newsroom
    April 28, 2023 by

     Allen Warren, a recent graduate of BA in English at Ball State University in 2022, is currently works at WTAE-TV as a Digital Editor. In this interview with Compass Creative, Allen Warren recounts him time at Ball State and how Compass Creative and Cardinal Directions influenced his career. In his time at Ball State, he […]

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  • Ball State Grad On Applying Editing Skills
    April 28, 2023 by

    Isabel Parham, a recent graduate of Ball State University, currently works as a legal editor and codification specialist. She looks back on her time on the Compass Creative team and in Ball State’s English Department as being very valuable in regard to her editing work now. Through the numerous skills she has gained while being at […]

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  • Creative Writing Alum Spearheads Undergrad Recruitment
    March 3, 2023 by

    Mikayla Galgerud (she/her; they/them) graduated from Ball State in May 2022 with a major in English (Creative Writing), and a double minor in Theatre and Film & Screenwriting. They are currently an Assistant Director of Admissions at Ball State University and travel to the Southwest region of Indiana for undergraduate recruitment. Originally from Nebraska, Mikayla […]

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  • Ball State Alum Advocates for Career Discovery
    February 17, 2023 by

    Gina Klaff graduated from Ball State University in 2020 with a B.A. in Creative Writing and minors in Professional Writing & Emerging Media and Studio Art. She is currently located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and works as a Communications Specialist for an art supply company. While at Ball State, she was involved with The Broken Plate, Compass Creative, Book Arts Collaborative, and found […]

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