A scene from The Rubber Ducky is a Hand Grenade, one of the entries for the 2025 48-Hour Film Challenge Cinephiles packed Wildcat Chamber on Friday, April 4, enjoying popcorn, door prizes, and the premiere of nine original student short films submitted for the 2025 K-State 48-Hour Film Challenge. The event kicked off the week … Continue reading Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!
Abdullah Mustafa (BA '25) and Catherine Torkelson (BA '24) welcome guests to K-State English at the 2024 Open House. K-State's 2025 Open House is happening on Saturday April 12 — and K-State English is ready! As the preview page for Open House explains: Love to read or write? Explore your next chapter with a K-State … Continue reading Open House 2025
Students from ENGL 698 "Capstone: Performing the Middle Ages" pose with a medieval manuscript and modern memory devices in a Spencer Library classroom at the University of Kansas. My version of the capstone course for advanced English majors, “Performing the Middle Ages,” always features an experiential component. For example, when the Actors from the London … Continue reading Performing the Middle Ages via Experiential Learning
Desiree Schippers (BA ’19) at work behind the camera. 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: Undergrad Student Spotlight: Desiree Schippers
Cover for Barnaby, Vol. 5 (Fantographics, 2025), edited by Phil Nel. 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 successes or to find … Continue reading February 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Cover for Songs of Innocence by William Blake (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024, distributed by University of Chicago Press), with an introduction by Mark Crosby. 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 … Continue reading Winter 2024-2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Some of the ENGL 310 student presenters (left to right): Cindric White (BA ‘28, Secondary Education), Kaylee Bravo (BA ’26, English), Harrison Jones (BA ’28, English), and Beck Woodard (BA ‘27, Secondary Education) pictured with faculty instructor Dr. Wendy Matlock following the symposium. Last November 22, the two 2024 fall sections of English 310 “Introduction … Continue reading Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Undergraduate Literature Symposium
Rylan Jackson (BA '26) AI IS THE DEATH OF MEDIOCRITY AND THE LIFEBLOOD OF EXCELLENCE Imagine that I just cleared my throat. Those guttural sounds of clogged up mucus being shredded away, like that of a garbage disposal. Alright. Image completed? Then strap yourselves in and clench your toes: we’re talking about the dreaded topic … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Rylan Jackson
Catherine Torkelson (BA '24) As I approached the final stretch of my undergraduate degree, a certain question started looming, one I had been pointedly avoiding: what next? There are so many possible destinations for an English major—technical writing, screen writing, magazine editing, library sciences, law school, and so much more—but I didn’t know which one … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Catherine Torkelson
Traci Brimhall poses with her contribution to the collection of poems "Poetry Harvest: Poems for the Kansas State Fair" (2024) 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 … Continue reading September 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
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