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  • Katy Didden
    October 16, 2015 by

    Dr Katy Didden earned her BA from Washington University in St. Louis, her MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her PhD from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. This semester she’s teaching one section of ENG 285 and one section of ENG 408.  How would you describe yourself as a teacher? […]

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  • Jennifer Bryan
    October 9, 2015 by

    Dr Jennifer Bryan received her BA in English with minors in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received an MFA in fiction from Bowling Green State University and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This semester, she’s teaching four sections of Eng 103.  How would you describe yourself as a […]

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  • September
    October 6, 2015 by

    In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students.  Prof. Jill Christman has three essays coming out this month: “The Eleven-Minute Crib Nap” will be released in a new literary anthology about all things baby on Oct. 5th, Oh Baby!: True Stories About […]

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  • Morgan Aprill
    September 29, 2015 by

    Grad School Confidential is a new series featuring students who have made the transition from undergraduate to graduate school. Morgan Aprill, who studied literature as an undergrad, is now a graduate student in the Intensive English Institute here at Ball State University.  When I first graduated in May of this year, I didn’t think I’d […]

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  • Michael Begnal
    September 25, 2015 by

    Michael Begnal received his BA from Penn State University, and went on to earn his MFA from North Carolina State University. This semester he is teaching four sections of Eng 103: Rhetoric and Writing.  How would you describe yourself as a teacher? I tend to combine a number of different modes, variously employing Socratic seminar-style discussion, […]

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  • Emily Rutter
    September 8, 2015 by

    Dr. Rutter received her BA in History from UNC-Chapel Hill, then went on to earn her MA in English from North Carolina State University. She then earned her Ph.D. in English from Duquesne University. This semester, she is teaching one section of ENG 230 Reading and Writing About Literature and one section of ENG 250 […]

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  • Summer
    September 4, 2015 by

    In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students.  Dr. Susanna Benko spent much of her summer working on a research project with her colleagues, Dr. Serena Salloum (Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Ball State) and Dr. Emily Hodge (Assistant Professor […]

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