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    Letter from the Chair Spring 2021
    April 5, 2021 by

    We cover a lot of ground here in the English Department. With major concentrations in creative writing, literature, teaching, linguistics, and professional writing, and graduate programs in most of these areas, we’re sort of like our own little college over here. Social scientists (the linguists, and some of the rhetoricians) rub elbows with artists (the […]

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    Letter from the Chair Fall 2020
    November 24, 2020 by

    I don’t have to tell you that the last few months have been a challenge. Our alumni are out there, across the country and the world, dealing with All the Things: disrupted child care arrangements, sudden work disruptions, illness, uncertainty, grief. Back here in the English Department, we are wrapping up a semester unlike any […]

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  • Black Panther: Professors’ Cut
    March 18, 2018 by

    Prof. Emily Rutter teaches African American literature and Prof. Pat Collier teaches film studies in the English Department. We brought them together for a conversation about Black Panther, which, just over a month after its debut, is the seventh highest-grossing film in U.S. history. PC: Hi, Emily! Before we talk about the film itself, I’d like […]

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  • Good News for April 2015
    May 13, 2015 by

    In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students up through the month of April.  Yes, we’re a little late. Finals are tough! Faculty Drs. Frank Trechsel and Carolyn Mackay have each received a sizable fellowship which will allow them to do a […]

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  • Good News, September 2014
    September 30, 2014 by

    Tuesday = Good News In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students up through the month of September. That’s right. We have so much good news that we’re sharing it once a month rather than once a semester. In fact, we […]

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