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  • You Should Join Writers’ Community!

    October 18, 2018 by gcgoze

    By: Rachael Carmichael  Come to Ball State University’s Writers’ Community and share your work with others in an encouraging environment. It’s a close-knit club, and the vibe is always positive. A unique experience  The Writers’ Community shares various forms and genres, from poetry and parts of novels, to song lyrics and short stories. Writers are […]

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  • Gerry Cox: From the Peace Corps to the Classroom

    October 16, 2018 by mjsutton2

    Gerry R. Cox is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. He was the Director of the Center for Death Education & Bioethics. His teaching focused upon Theory/Theory Construction, Deviance and Criminology, Death and Dying, Social Psychology, and Minority Peoples. Cox graduated with a B.A. in sociology with a minor in […]

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  • Welcome Prof. John Carter

    October 4, 2018 by gcgoze

    John Carter is a 2018 graduate of Ball State University, where he earned his Master of Arts in Creative Writing and where he also holds a B.A. in English—Creative Writing with a Professional Writing Minor. He’s interested in using description and lyricism to bring a love of nature, farming, and the rural American Midwest to […]

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  • #bsuenglish Remembers Dr. James Ruebel

    October 21, 2016 by nedarnell

    Many English Department students and faculty are also affiliated with the Ball State Honors College and were deeply affected by the passing of Dr. James Ruebel, who had been the Dean of the Honors College since 2000. “I’ve been acquainted with Dr. Ruebel since he arrived at Ball State many years ago,” Professor Elizabeth Dalton remembers. “We’ve […]

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  • Autumn Stars to Steer By Workshops

    October 17, 2016 by nedarnell

    Stars to Steer By is an event series hosted by the English Department to help Humanities majors find their way. The next event is October 26th in Bracken 104. 

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  • Meet Professor Rani Crowe!

    October 14, 2016 by nedarnell

    Assistant Professor Rani Crowe has been making and performing her own work for over twenty years, from stand-up comedy and solo performance art, to multimedia installations and filmmaking. This semester, she is teaching one section of ENG 310: Screenwriting and two sections of ENG 425: Film Studies. How would you describe your perspective on teaching? […]

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  • The Inside Scoop on Ball State’s Literary Magazine: The Broken Plate

    October 10, 2016 by nedarnell

    We sat down with Professor Mark Neely, faculty supervisor of The Broken Plate, and Jackson Eflin, a former Broken Plate staff member who has also had his work published in the literary magazine.  What is The Broken Plate? The Broken Plate is a literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography (among other things) […]

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  • Meet Dr. Rebecca Manery!

    October 7, 2016 by brittanyulman

    Dr. Rebecca Manery received her MFA in Creative Writing at Bennington College, as well as her MA in Literacy Education from Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Manery has recently earned her doctorate in English and Education from the University of Michigan. This semester, she is teaching four sections of ENG 103: Rhetoric and Writing. How would […]

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  • Rani Crowe’s Short Film Featured at Film Festivals (and More September Good News)

    October 4, 2016 by kirstendollar

    The beginning of the semester has been filled with many accomplishments. Read more to learn about the department’s achievements! Rani Deighe Crowe‘s short film, Texting: A Love Story, played at the Broad Humor Film Festival at the beginning of the month. The film also: Played at the Milwaukee Women’s Film Festival in August, winning the Audience […]

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  • Meet Dr. Jeff Spanke!

    September 30, 2016 by hannahcpartridge

    The English Department would like to introduce you to Dr. Jeff Spanke: How would you describe your perspective on teaching? I think that teaching is first of all a reciprocal enterprise. So I don’t like the idea that there’s a person with knowledge that gives that knowledge or gifts that knowledge to students who are […]

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