Remembering Jerry Dees

Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Dees in 1994 Earlier this month, on August 15, 2024, Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Dees passed away, following a severe stroke in 2015. (His obituary is available here.) Jerry retired from teaching in 2003, but he remained an active member of the department and the Manhattan community for many years -- … Continue reading Remembering Jerry Dees

Meet the New Grad Students

The new Kansas State University English graduate students come from all over the world — all parts of Kansas, too. Please join us in welcoming them and wishing them a happy and productive first semester. Name: Mary AdeyemoHometown: Osun State, NigeriaAlma mater: University of Ibadan, NigeriaAreas of study: Composition and rhetoric, multimodal discourse, pragmatics, discourse analysisPlease tell us something … Continue reading Meet the New Grad Students

Fall Preview

Autumn trees by the English Counseling Services Building (November 2023) The Fall 2024 semester is underway -- and we're looking forward to some cool temperatures and cool events ahead! This semester, many of our events will be Hyflex (in-person with a concurrent streaming option), so we can accommodate colleagues and students who may not be … Continue reading Fall Preview

Undergrad Student Spotlight: Riley Brokeshoulder

Riley Brokeshoulder (BA '25) Through the McNair Scholars Program I was able to participate in the eight-week summer research internship and craft a collection of flash nonfiction essays, with the help of my mentor Dr. Traci Brimhall. For this project, I knew I wanted to center the essays around grief and to conduct research by … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Riley Brokeshoulder

Projects from ENGL 745 “Indigenous Film”

Today’s blog brings you two examples of creative work that mesh the visual and theoretical in compelling ways. These two pieces — a documentary film/personal research reflection filmed and edited by Elizabeth Elliott (MA ‘25) related to the Kansas Land Treaties project and a glossary/zine/theory/creative writing hybrid collaboratively created by Aidia Kite (BA '24) and … Continue reading Projects from ENGL 745 “Indigenous Film”

Undergrad Student Spotlight: Emmett Spaw

Emmett Spaw (BA '26) My name is Emmett Spaw. Fun fact: I’m the guy in the photo. Yes, the one staring blankly into the camera all professional-like. Here’s a second fun fact: I’m an English major. Fun fact number three: I made the second fun fact up. That’s right, I just behaved in an intentionally … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Emmett Spaw

Found Object: Summer Plans 2024

Location: ECS BuildingObject: White board on GTA office doorObservations: 1) During the year, this white board (a companion to the one on the 2nd floor) has been gathering responses from graduate students who have offices in ECS. Its most recent question: "What are your summer plans?" 2) Answers range from enjoying media in various forms … Continue reading Found Object: Summer Plans 2024

Found Object: 2024 M.A. Projects

Location: Social media.Object: Project Titles,  graduating M.A. students.Observations: 1) Each spring, for many years, we displayed the M.A. Project and Thesis titles of our graduating M.A. students at our annual spring Awards Banquet.  2) Last year and this year, even as we've resumed an in-person awards celebration, we're continuing our newer (Covid-inspired) tradition: with the … Continue reading Found Object: 2024 M.A. Projects

Found Object: Grad School Commencement, May 2015

Location: Department digital archivesObject: Photo of graduating English MA students, Class of 2015Observations: 1) Tomorrow (Friday May 10) brings the Spring 2024 commencement ceremony for the Graduate School, an event which will include a number of our current graduate students. 2) In honor of that occasion, we're flashing back nine years to May 2015 and … Continue reading Found Object: Grad School Commencement, May 2015