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Tag: Rani Crowe

  • Faculty Pep Talks: Rani Deighe Crowe
    April 8, 2020 by

    Professor Crowe reports in from her ark of animals. Click for the cute pets, stay for the encouragement. Hi BSU Students, I just want to tell you how amazing you are for continuing to work on your classes. I want to reassure you how much your professors and university want to help you successfully complete […]

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  • Film Festivals, Published Projects, and More!
    February 28, 2019 by

    This February was full of good news— from published articles to film festivals. Read on to learn more! Faculty Prof. Molly Ferguson published her article, “‘I retract that bit…’: Hypermasculinity and Violence in Martin McDonagh’s films” in Literature, Interpretation, Theory for the first of two special issues with the theme “Violent Feelings”. Prof. Michael Begnal […]

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  • Short Film Corner with Rani: Wasp
    August 30, 2018 by

    One of my favorite short films is the Oscar winning 2003 short, Wasp, by British director, Andrea Arnold. Grounded in the style of British Social Realism, Wasp shows a young struggling mother with four young kids. With every bad decision she makes, she is trying to be a good mom. Andrea Arnold started her directing […]

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  • Writing Project Grant (and more February Good News)
    March 15, 2017 by

    The Indiana Writing Project directed by Professor Susanna Benko was recently awarded a $20,000 grant for the College Ready Writers Program, sponsored by the National Writing Project. This program focuses on teaching argument writing in middle and secondary classrooms. The grant money will be used to invest in 12-16 experienced middle and high school Writing Project […]

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  • Meet Professor Rani Crowe!
    October 14, 2016 by

    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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