{"id":16055,"date":"2019-04-30T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/?p=16055"},"modified":"2021-05-19T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:38:47","slug":"letter-from-the-chair-spring-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2019\/04\/30\/letter-from-the-chair-spring-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Chair Spring 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16056 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29085205\/Collier_Patrick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29085205\/Collier_Patrick.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29085205\/Collier_Patrick-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>By Dr. Patrick Collier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you know, Ball State has just finished up its centennial year with a set of inspiring celebrations and events. In addition to giving us an excuse to celebrate, anniversaries of this sort prompt reflection. Cathy Day has written previously about the English Department\u2019s history. But what might the future hold for the English Department?<\/p>\n<p>As it happens, my duties as department chair recently required me to craft a \u201cVision Statement\u201d expressing our shared hopes for what the English Department might look like in 2040; 2040!<\/p>\n<p>The mind reels. I can only assume that by then we\u2019ll be driving wind-powered, self-controlling automobiles and will have sub-dermal chips implanted that allow us to make purchases with our minds.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Vision Statement<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Seriously, though: we are living in a time and place where imaginary visions of the future tend more towards the dystopian. It was thus heartening to attend this year\u2019s gala for our <em>Digital Literature Review<\/em>, an online critical journal produced annually Ball State students as part of our immersive learning offerings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16057 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM-1000x513.png 1000w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM-779x400.png 779w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/04\/29095318\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-29-at-9.52.43-AM.png 1894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Led this year by Dr. Vanessa Rapatz, the class produced a strong issue on the theme &#8220;Brave New Worlds: Utopias and Dystopias in Literature and Film.&#8221; The work students produced in the class\u2014and the sharp, incisive work published in the journal\u2014manages both to cast a sober, critical eye at the American present and to validate the optimism at the core of utopian writing.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cAyn Rand\u2019s Utopian Visions in Theory and Realization,\u201d Ball State English student Ben Sapet traces the migration of Rand\u2019s extreme individualism from the pages of her novels to mainstream, corporate culture. Sapet argues that Rand\u2019s fiction helped to produce \u201can America in which billionaire moguls and the top one percent of society have been moralized to the point where one has been elected president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cFamily and Feminism in Ursula K. Le Guin&#8217;s <em>The Dispossessed<\/em>,\u201d Natalie Kuss locates the revolutionary optimism in Ursula K. LeGuin\u2019s \u201cThe Dispossessed,\u201d a novel that prompts readers to envision a world in which \u201cfamilial values and feminist pursuits\u201d can be mutually reinforcing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I was left with the impression that our students are both facing the difficulties of our present political moment squarely and keeping in touch with the optimism that will have to fuel our way forward as a society.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In that spirit, I am emphasizing the positive in imagining our department in 2040.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>A Utopian Vision of #BSUEnglish<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In short, I hope that we continue to do everything we are doing now, but with more students in our fold, more recognition for our work, and a clearer message to our community about the ways studying English makes the world a better place.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that our department will be well-known around campus as a place where students can both feed their souls and develop the skills of advanced literacy\u2014analysis, writing, synthesis, souped-up reading comprehension\u2014that will allow them to thrive in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that our department will be more fully integrated with other programs on campus, so that we can work with professors in other disciplines to help our students build the critical mindset necessary to diagnose and solve social problems.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I hope we attract more and more students who recognize the links between language, communication, literature, and social justice\u2014who realize the power of words and stories to change the world for the better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I want the English Department to be a place where young people harness their utopian energies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Call to Action<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can act on your own utopian impulses by helping us out in these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a position to hire young people, you can employ our graduates, offer them internships, or simply offer yourself as a mentor to one of our students. Contact me at pccollier@bsu.edu if you\u2019d like to help in any of these ways.<\/p>\n<p>You can also make a difference by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/alumni-friends\/give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donating to the English Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for your continued interest and support for our work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Patrick Collier As you know, Ball State has just finished up its centennial year with a set of inspiring celebrations and events. In addition to giving us an excuse to celebrate, anniversaries of this sort prompt reflection. Cathy Day has written previously about the English Department\u2019s history. 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