As 2022 comes to a close with wintry weather, we send warm wishes to students, colleagues, and alums with this festive photo from 2020 taken during a less intense winter storm -- stay safe all, and we'll see you in 2023!
Happy Holidays
How to Build a Hopeful Future: Reject Citizenship
A scene from the epilogue of Mockingjay, Part 2 Today we share the fourth of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English” -- and the first selection from Section A of ENGL 801, taught this fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: a piece of public scholarship … Continue reading How to Build a Hopeful Future: Reject Citizenship
Secular Nightmares: Mental Health and the Absence of God in Parker Finn’s Smile
Promotional image for Parker Finn's 2022 film Smile Today we share the third 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 general-interest audience. … Continue reading Secular Nightmares: Mental Health and the Absence of God in Parker Finn’s Smile
Alumni Spotlight: Lisa Sisley
Lisa Sisley (BA '92) Congratulations to Lisa Sisley (BA '92) on her retirement this month from New Boston Creative Group! As the New Boston team announced last month, "Nearly 17 years ago, Lisa Sisley helped found New Boston Creative Group LLC with Kristin Brighton and Susan Religa. Since then, Lisa has served our community, helped … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Lisa Sisley
Can YA Fiction Predict the Future? Political Mimicry in Kiera Cass’s The Selection Series
Original illustration by author Kiera Cass of her characters America and Maxon from Happily Ever After: Companion to the Selection Series (2015) 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 … Continue reading Can YA Fiction Predict the Future? Political Mimicry in Kiera Cass’s The Selection Series
2022 Holiday Card
Teri Jacques (BA '23) celebrates writing the final poem for our Poet-in-the-Box at the 2022 All-University Open House 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 2022 Holiday Card
Learning, Unlearning, and the Freedom to Read
On December 10, 2022, University Distinguished Professor Phil Nel provided the commencement address for the College of Arts and Sciences at Kansas State University. Below is the text of his speech. Many thanks to Phil for allowing us to share it here. (You can view his presentation through the university’s archived video at 16:00.) Good … Continue reading Learning, Unlearning, and the Freedom to Read
Signs, Signs, Everywhere…The Hidden Depth of Japanese Signs in Spirited Away
From Spirited Away (2002) 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 asked our graduate students … Continue reading Signs, Signs, Everywhere…The Hidden Depth of Japanese Signs in Spirited Away
November 2022 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Cover image for The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies (SAGE, 2022), where Tom Sarmiento has published under the letter M “Midwest, Filipina/x/o Americans in the.” 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, … Continue reading November 2022 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
From the Archive: A Master’s Project … in Stitch Gifs
Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 300+ 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 lot of views or that address topics of continuing … Continue reading From the Archive: A Master’s Project … in Stitch Gifs
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