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Category: Grad School Confidential

  • 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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  • Balancing Work and Life as a Grad Student
    February 17, 2017 by

    Morgan Gross is a current #bsuenglish graduate student pursuing a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition. Below, you can view a video starring Morgan and detailing “A Day in the Life of a Grad Student.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4sXqNEWUk4&w=560&h=315] Originally from Texas, Morgan has taken the opportunity in her new home to make many long lasting friendships, including current grad […]

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  • Jeremy M. Carnes
    September 27, 2016 by

    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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  • Tiffany Sedberry Reiger
    May 27, 2016 by

    Tiffany graduated from Ball State with a degree in secondary education in 2008, from Purdue with a M.S.Ed. in 2013, and with a PhD from Purdue in 2016. She is currently focusing on writing and raising her newborn, Ezra. For some people, college is the end of their academic career. For me, finishing my undergraduate […]

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  • Matt Balk
    April 8, 2016 by

    Matt Balk is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Ball State University. He graduated Ball State with an MA in Creative Writing in 2010. My big piece of advice about grad school is this: be open to new opportunities. I’m currently a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition, but when I started my […]

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  • Jeremy Flick
    March 1, 2016 by

    Jeremy Flick is native of Indianapolis, IN. He currently holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and is studying for his Master’s in Creative Writing at Ball State University. In his free time he writes poetry and prose, gets into shenanigans with his dog, Fenway, and occasionally performs music. He recently released […]

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