Winter 2025-2026 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Traci Brimhall's poetry appears in issue 49 of the journal Southward: New International Writing (2025) Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative activity outlined below.  Want to catch up on past … Continue reading Winter 2025-2026 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Found Object: Welcome Back

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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

From the Archive: “Kansas Women Have Done It”: Visiting America’s First Woman Mayor in Argonia, Kansas

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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

Found Object: A&S Civil Rights Teach-In 2016

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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

Alumni Spotlight: Kinsley Searles

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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 Preview

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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

Why You Should Read the Comments of Paris Paloma’s “Labour”: Everyday Work, Capitalism, and Unrecognized Emotional Labor  

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(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  

Localization: Some Local Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana

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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