November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Phillip Marzluf's essay appears in Studies in Travel Writing (10 Oct. 2025) 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 … Continue reading November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Found Object: Mock Caldecott Favorites 2019

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Location: Department digital archivesObject: Photo from the Mock Caldecott held 7 Dec. 2019Observations: 1) This photo captures some of the undergraduate and graduate students who participated in the Mock Caldecott in December 2019, an annual event sponsored by the Department and one of our student organizations, the Children's and Adolescent Literature Community, with support from … Continue reading Found Object: Mock Caldecott Favorites 2019

2025 Mock Caldecott

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Some of the 2025 picture books under consideration for this year's Mock Caldecott Now in its 18th year, the Mock Caldecott is a joint endeavor between the English Department and the Children's and Adolescent Literature Community (ChALC), one of our department-sponsored student organizations, with support from the Manhattan Public Library (MPL). In the pre-COVID times, … Continue reading 2025 Mock Caldecott

October 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Philip Nel's contribution to the OUPblog titled "Turn off AI. Pick up a crayon" (10 Oct 2025).  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 … Continue reading October 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

September 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Landas, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders (Paloma Press, 2025), which includes a contribution from Traci Brimhall.  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, … Continue reading September 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

From the Archive: Alumni Spotlight: Mel Hammond

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Mel Hammond (MA ’14) 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 lot of views or that … Continue reading From the Archive: Alumni Spotlight: Mel Hammond

Summer 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Immigrant Englishes around the World (Routledge, 2025), which includes an essay by Mary Kohn and Trevin Garcia (BA '18).  Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. The issue for September showcases a greater range of research, scholarship, and creative activity that … Continue reading Summer 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Fall Preview

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Early autumn tree by the English Counseling Services Building (October 2022) The Fall 2025 semester is underway -- and we're looking forward to some great 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 able to … Continue reading Fall Preview

April 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Beyond Little Women: Essays on the Secondary Works of Louisa May Alcott (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025), which includes an essay by Greg Eiselein.  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 … Continue reading April 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Found Object: 2025 M.A. Projects

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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) For the past few years, we have continued a newer tradition: with the help of our 2025 Graduate Program Assistant Mary … Continue reading Found Object: 2025 M.A. Projects