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

Who is Writing?

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(Image: "The Future of Work and Human Collaboration") 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 … Continue reading Who is Writing?

Students’ Views on AI in College, Part 2

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Students in Anuja Madan's ENGL 580 "World Literature" (Fall 2025) Note: For Part I of this post, visit "Students' Views on AI in College, Part 1." Given the prevalence of AI in college since Chat GPT and generative AI emerged at the end of 2022, I had my students in "Selected World Literatures" (ENG 580) … Continue reading Students’ Views on AI in College, Part 2

Students’ Views on AI in College, Part 1

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Students in Anuja Madan's ENGL 310 "Introduction to Literary Studies" (Fall 2025) Given the prevalence of AI in college since ChatGPT and generative AI emerged at the end of 2022, I had my students in "Introduction to Literary Studies" (ENGL 310) read three articles on AI and the decline in reading levels during the first … Continue reading Students’ Views on AI in College, Part 1

Dungeons & Dragons: From Satanism to Stranger Things

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Fire D20 Dice (Image by Carlee Kime) Today we share the final piece of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English” — and the third selection from Section A of ENGL 801, taught last fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors … Continue reading Dungeons & Dragons: From Satanism to Stranger Things

Undergrad Student Spotlight: 2025 Kirmser Awards

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Emma Rupprecht (BA ') and Harrison Jones (BA '28) Our Undergraduate Student Spotlight typically features a single student reflecting on the experience of English at K-State. Today, we feature the four undergraduate English majors who have been recognized with a 2025 Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award for their success in research and writing. The Kirmser Undergraduate … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: 2025 Kirmser Awards

Performing the Middle Ages via Experiential Learning

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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

Location: Temporary

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Image: mapyourtravels.com Today we share the fifth 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 last fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic paper … Continue reading Location: Temporary

Sarcasm at the End of the World

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Screenshot from Final Fantasy VII with a fake dialog box generated using FFVII UI 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 last fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: … Continue reading Sarcasm at the End of the World