“Unite all that is possibly Mexican in Kansas City”: Researching the First Midwestern Spanish-Language Newspaper El Cosmopolita

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Liberty Belote (BA '24) Talking about Midwestern history, the conversation often turns as flat as many perceive the Great Plains to be. History buffs may know Bleeding Kansas or Brown v. Board of Education, both significant moments in the fight for African American civil rights. However, frequently overlooked in both academic and public awareness are … Continue reading “Unite all that is possibly Mexican in Kansas City”: Researching the First Midwestern Spanish-Language Newspaper El Cosmopolita

Summer 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for the issue of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains (2023), where the essay by Lisa Tatonetti, Mary Kohn, Haley Reiners (BA ’22), Kinsley Searles (BA ’22, MA ’24), and co-authors Tai S. Edwards and Chester Hubbard appears. Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent … Continue reading Summer 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Wild Lit

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Students from "Wild Lit" rise early to view prairie chickens on the Konza prairie (April 2023) Spring 2023 launched a new environmental literature course, "Wild Lit." How have American writers viewed the more-than-human world over the centuries? What role has public land played in the American traditions of nature writing and environmental literature? How do … Continue reading Wild Lit

Found Object: University Honors Program Projects, 2011-2012

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Location: Main office archives, ECS 108. Object: Book of abstracts of undergraduate projects completed for the University Honors Program, 2011-2012 academic year. Observations: 1) In the spring of 2012, the University Honors Program produced a book of abstracts representing the work that undergraduate Honors students completed during that academic year. Led at that time by … Continue reading Found Object: University Honors Program Projects, 2011-2012

Meet the New Grad Students

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Kansas State's new English MA students come from all over the world and the United States. We can't wait to start having conversations with them about everything from knitting patterns to weather forecasting to designing apps for celebrity musicians. Name: Gabriell Padua (Gabe) Hometown: La Puente, California Alma Mater: University of California, Berkeley Area(s) of … Continue reading Meet the New Grad Students

Seeing Like a Squirrel: Nature Writing with GROW

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It was the last brisk morning of June, and Maryam ElZayat (MA '24), a graduate student of literature, and I gathered on the lawn of Engineering Hall with a group of about fifteen students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades who were part of the 2023 GROW Program at K-State. After a short reading of … Continue reading Seeing Like a Squirrel: Nature Writing with GROW

Fall Preview

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Kansas wheat photographed by David Mayes for Kansas State Research and Extension, 2016. The Fall 2023 semester is underway -- and it sure is toasty here in the Little Apple! Kudos to the students, faculty, and staff who are navigating record-setting heat as classes begin, and we'll look forward to temps below 100 degrees in … Continue reading Fall Preview

Alumni Spotlight: Ashley Brown Morris

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Ashley Brown Morris (BA '09, MA '12) I began my love affair with the K-State English Department in during the fall 2005 semester as an undergraduate freshman student. I came to K-State without knowing what I wanted to major in but knowing that I had always loved my English classes. This love only grew, and, … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Ashley Brown Morris

Remembering James Armagost

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We recently learned about the passing of Dr. James (Jim) Armagost (1941-2023), faculty emeritus in Speech who had an active presence in our English Department for many years before his retirement in 2000. A professor of Linguistics, Jim taught introductory and advanced courses in the field during his 27 years at K-State for his home … Continue reading Remembering James Armagost