Location: 2nd Floor, English Counseling Services BuildingObject: Whiteboard (February 2026)Observations: 1) Since 2023, the whiteboard on the 2nd floor of ECS has continued to pose questions, ask for opinions, and prompt stories. 2) For the past two weeks, it has been collecting the goals that folks have for the spring semester, ranging from faith and … Continue reading Found Object: Welcome Back
Krista Everhart (BS ’20, English Education and English minor) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a … Continue reading From the Archive: “Kansas Women Have Done It”: Visiting America’s First Woman Mayor in Argonia, Kansas
Location: Department digital archivesObject: Photo (January 2016)Observations: 1) Ten years ago, on January 27, 2016, the English Department participated in the A&S Civil Rights Teach-In. In the photo, Cameron Leader-Picone shares his expertise on "hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar and key issues in black politics and cultural movements," as that year's flyer advertised. Lisa Tatonetti also … Continue reading Found Object: A&S Civil Rights Teach-In 2016
Kinsley Searles (BA '22, MA '24) When I first started studying English in K-State, my goal was to go on to get my Ph.D. and become an English professor. I envisioned myself writing articles, presenting at conferences, and chatting with students. But in my career today, you can often find me blowing up marshmallows in … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Kinsley Searles
Spring flowers on K-State's campus during Open House (April 2025) Welcome to the spring semester! We hope that you are keeping warm and safe as 2026 gets underway. Here are some of the events that we're looking forward to in the months ahead. Please join us for community, creativity, and conversation! All are free but … Continue reading Spring Preview
As 2025 comes to a close, we send warm wishes to students, colleagues, and alums with this photo from our recent Holiday Party -- a wonderful winter break to all, and we'll see you in 2026!
(Image: "What is Emotional Labor and Why is it Important?") Today we share the second of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English”: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic paper and its scholarly intervention of 10-12 pages for a … Continue reading Why You Should Read the Comments of Paris Paloma’s “Labour”: Everyday Work, Capitalism, and Unrecognized Emotional Labor
Community Health Officer Gertrude Doku washes her hands before attending to a patient. (Photo Credit: Emmanuel Attramah, PMI Impact Malaria) Today we share the second of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English”: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic … Continue reading Localization: Some Local Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana
Students from Wendy Matlock's ENGL 698 Capstone (Spring 2025) on a field trip to KU's Spencer Research Library Each year, we assemble an end-of-year card for our donors and friends, seeking input from our faculty and students -- and, as of 2020, from you, our readers! Below are twelve images that have been popular on … Continue reading 2025 Holiday Card
(Image: "The Future of Work and Human Collaboration") In ENGL 801 "Graduate Studies in English," a required course for incoming M.A. students, we have always asked our graduate students to develop an original contribution to a current scholarly conversation about a literary or cultural text. Starting in 2020, we added a final writing assignment: we … Continue reading Who is Writing?
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