November 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for the special issue of Unsettling Global Midwests, a special issue of American Studies with American Studies International, vol. 62, no. 3, 2023, co-edited by Tom Sarmiento.  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 … Continue reading November 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

October 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Traci Brimhall's poem "Arts & Sciences" appeared in The New Yorker   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 … Continue reading October 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Alumni Spotlight: Dennis Etzel Jr

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Dennis Etzel, Jr (MA '06) "To Be a Kansas State University Alum (MA 2006)" By Dennis Etzel Jr To look back at the brief two years, not just out of fondness and freedom, but transformation. To be given the privilege of having a Graduate Teaching Assistantship. To realize how much I love teaching. To be … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Dennis Etzel Jr

Choosing Family

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Charlesia McKinney (BA '13) and Francesca Royster (BA '88) Add this book to add to your reading list! Francesca T. Royster (BA '88) has written an amazing memoir, Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance (Abrams, 2023), recounting extended family history as a backdrop for her family's choice to adopt their daughter. … Continue reading Choosing Family

From the Archive: Over the Garden Wall is Trying to Scare Your Kids, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

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A tree from Over the Garden Wall (Episode 1 “The Old Grist Mill”) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. As a result, we're highlighting some of the … Continue reading From the Archive: Over the Garden Wall is Trying to Scare Your Kids, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

September 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover image for Phillip Marzluf's Travel Writing in Mongolia and Northern China, 1860-2020 (Amsterdam University Press, 2023)   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 … Continue reading September 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

From the Archive: Uncle Iroh’s Got Abs?

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Uncle Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. As a result, we're highlighting some of the posts that have garnered a lot … Continue reading From the Archive: Uncle Iroh’s Got Abs?

From the Archive: Taylor Swift’s evermore (Emily Dickinson’s Version)

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Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson (left) and Ella Hunt as Sue Gilbert (right) in Dickinson (image: Apple TV+) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: Taylor Swift’s evermore (Emily Dickinson’s Version)

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

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