March 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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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 future announcements? Visit our archive of monthly newsletters Reading Matters as … Continue reading March 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Desiree Schippers, Rising Professional

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Deborah Murray accompanied Desiree Schippers (BA '19) to the award ceremony where Desiree received a 2025 Rising Professional Award. On March 27, 2025, along with ten other alumni, Desiree Schippers, 2019 B.A. in English/creative writing, with a secondary major in gerontology, was recognized by the College of Health and Human Sciences as a rising professional. … Continue reading Desiree Schippers, Rising Professional

From the Archive: Undergrad Student Spotlight: Desiree Schippers

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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

February 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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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

Alumni Spotlight: Emma Herrman

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Emma Herrman (BA '16) I was hired as an events coordinator two days before the world ended. Yes, I’m being a bit dramatic, but only slightly. In March 2020, I was working as an administrative assistant to two deans in the College of Arts and Sciences at K-State, and I was ready for a change. … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Emma Herrman

Alumni Spotlight: Kim Peek

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Kim Peek (MA '10) As a kid growing up on a pig farm in southern Illinois, I didn’t know much of the world outside my hometown, but that didn’t stop me from imagining it. In elementary school, I wrote chapter books about haunted houses with magical powers or girls going on solo adventures around the … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Kim Peek

Winter 2024-2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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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

November 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Philip Nel's new book How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children's Classic (Oxford UP, 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, … Continue reading November 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

October 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Mark Crosby's archival discovery of poet and artist William Blake's earliest engravings was featured in a number of international news venues, including The Times of London. 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 October 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Alumni Spotlight: Phil Weitl

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Phil Weitl (MA '04) It was September, 2002.  I was walking across campus toward my car in the lot on the other side of Denison Avenue when I met Professor Dave Smit walking in the opposite direction.  He was the Director of the Expository Writing Program, and I was one of the English Department’s new … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Phil Weitl