{"id":15733,"date":"2019-02-05T15:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:42:11","slug":"sigma-tau-going-to-st-louis-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2019\/02\/05\/sigma-tau-going-to-st-louis-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigma Tau Delta is Going to St. Louis, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This January was full of good news\u2013from films and festivals to Sigma Tau Delta saving for St. Louis. Read on to learn more.<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Faculty<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_15762\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15762\" class=\"wp-image-15762 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25210043\/invisible-ball-of-dreams.jpg\" alt=\"Invisible Ball of Dreams\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover of Dr. Emily Rutter&#8217;s book<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prof. Emily Ruth Rutter<\/strong> was awarded the John Coates Next Generation Award for her book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(University of Mississippi Press, 2018). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prof. Rai Peterson<\/strong> received a CREATE grant to be an apprentice printer at Signal Return Press in Detroit this summer. \u00a0She\u2019ll be in Detroit for most of a month, so hit her up if you\u2019re in the area and want to meet up or visit Signal Return to see what it\u2019s all about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In early May, <strong>Prof. Cathy Day<\/strong> will be on a panel on the state of Indiana literature at the 2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandhumanities.indiana.edu\/council-programs\/Granfalloon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Granfalloon Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Bloomington, IN. The event is a Vonnegut-themed festival\u2014a mix of live musical performances, curious talks, and art exhibits in honor of Indiana\u2019s most beloved rascal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Early in January,\u00a0<strong>Prof. Kathryn Ludwig<\/strong> presented the paper \u201cTeaching The Handmaid\u2019s Tale with Hulu\u201d at the Modern Language Association Annual Convention in Chicago. The session was\u00a0organized by the Margaret Atwood Society.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14670\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14670\" class=\"wp-image-14670 \" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/04\/10095306\/Heather-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/04\/10095306\/Heather-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/04\/10095306\/Heather.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Has Four Moms<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prof. Rani Deighe Crowe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her short film, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heather Has Four Moms, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">received Honorable Mention at the Wollongong Film Festival in Australia and won the Audience Award for Best US Film Non-genre at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco. Additionally, i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t was also accepted to ClexaCon Film Festival in Las Vegas, Pink Lobster LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in New Brunswick, Canada, Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Magnolia Independent Film Festival in Starkville, MS, Corvallis Queer Film Festival in Corvallis, Oregon, and the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, Germany.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rani\u2019s one act play about disability in theater, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why You Can\u2019t Put a Wheelchair on the Stage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, has been accepted for publication in <em>Santa Ana River Review<\/em>, formerly <em>Crate<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_15760\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15760\" class=\"wp-image-15760\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183101\/Texting-a-love-story-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183101\/Texting-a-love-story-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183101\/Texting-a-love-story-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183101\/Texting-a-love-story-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183101\/Texting-a-love-story.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Crowe&#8217;s short film, Texting: A Love Story<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rani\u2019s short film, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Texting: A Love Story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, was selected for the Switzerland International Film Festival, an online festival, and Fabulosis Short Film Night in London, UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prof. Emily Jo Scalzo\u2019s<\/strong> poem \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/waxpoetryart.com\/eleventh\/2019\/scalzo.html?fbclid=IwAR2atTgvUkSgAt7LrofMPMWf7WhO2lcF-xVjyqmp2BajyG5j6v-AOUmJC2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sans Regulations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d was published as part of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eleventh Transmission<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wax Poetry &amp; Art<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s special project, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">45 Poems: Reflection &amp; Response<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prof. Ben Bascom<\/strong>\u00a0began a semester-long fellowship, funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities, at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. He is currently working on his book manuscript, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinity and Archive Desires in the Early United States<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prof. Katy Didden<\/strong> has published poems in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denver Quarterly, Spoon River Poetry Review, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Crazyhorse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this month. <\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Students<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_15761\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15761\" class=\"wp-image-15761 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/25183826\/Sigma-Tau-Delta.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 Conference. Pictured left to right: Taylor Townsend, Taylor Baugh, Allison Akers, Sarah Bredar, and Erin Goff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ten members of the Ball State chapter of <strong>Sigma Tau Delta<\/strong>, the International English Honor Society, will be presenting at the annual convention in St. Louis, MO on March 27-30, 2019. It\u2019s a huge event, attended by many of the 950+ chapters worldwide. The convention provides opportunities for Ball State English students to present their work in a professional setting. English majors can attend roundtables and panels on subjects of interest, network with fellow English majors, and plug into Sigma Tau Delta\u2019s extensive resources (fellowships, internships, etc.). Presenting will be: <strong>Allison Akers, Taylor Baugh, Sarah Bredar, Lauren DeLorenzo, Erin Goff, Maddi Hart, Rachel Haywood, Carli Scalf, Taylor Townsend,<\/strong> and <strong>Kerigan Williams<\/strong>. They are currently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdfunding.bsu.edu\/project\/13061\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">raising funds <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for the trip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Junior <strong>Maggie Sutton<\/strong> (BA in CW) has been awarded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/honorscollege\/national-international\/news?fbclid=IwAR33VF8LLkxhahgpwXOyIOrslzJL6idiV5nkMKtWPomZ6tzhd0cVLmvazrY#Gilman%20Jones\/Redinger\/Sutton\/Ward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship<\/a> for study abroad this summer. She will undertake a 12-week medical\/ healthcare internship in Capetown,\u00a0South Africa. Maggie, who wants to become a psychiatrist, knows the opportunity will help prepare her for medical school. \u201cThis may be the only time I will ever be exposed to a medical system outside of the United States, and the lessons learned here could impact the way that I view medicine for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Alumni<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/24163936\/bedtime-stories-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An alum who publishes as <\/span><b>Cat Auriella<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has published her first book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bedtime Stories I Tell Myself. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The book<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bedtime-Stories-I-Tell-Myself-ebook\/dp\/B07L732HDK\/ref=zg_bsnr_6361450011_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=QAHDN32X5G8TX6W6ZKKK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">available on Amazon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as both an e-book and paperback. Upon release, it was ranked #1 in women\u2019s poetry, contemporary poetry, and LGBT poetry. To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/catauriella.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out her website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Gonzales<\/strong> (BA in English, 1997) just celebrated the first anniversary of the branding and creative studio he co-founded, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matineecreative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matinee Creative<\/a>. Check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/2015\/03\/26\/how-to-live-a-writing-life-an-interview-with-matt-gonzales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career advice for English majors<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthewleegonzales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connect with him on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an alum and you missed our last alumni newsletter, you can still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/-\/media\/www\/departmentalcontent\/english\/pdfs\/alumni%20newsletter\/english%20alumni%20newsletter%20fall%2018.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check it out online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have anything cool happening in February? We want to brag on you, #bsuenglish! Send us your February 2019 Good News at bsueng@bsu.edu!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This January was full of good news\u2013from films and festivals to Sigma Tau Delta saving for St. Louis. Read on to learn more. 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