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
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
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
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
Program for the 2024-2025 Annual Awards Celebration Earlier this evening we gathered at the Alumni Center and online to celebrate the success of students and faculty. As we have since 2023, we exchanged the sit-down banquet from the pre-COVID days for a less formal reception which allowed for more conversation -- and an earlier evening. … Continue reading 2024-2025 Annual Awards
MA students attend the 2025 Popular Culture Association Conference in New Orleans, LA (April 2025) Last week, ten graduate students from our M.A. program traveled by car to New Orleans to present at the 2025 Popular Culture Association (PCA) conference. Below they share highlights from their presentations and their experience at the conference. Many thanks … Continue reading PCA Conference 2025
Location: Between ECS and Leasure HallObject: Tree with new leavesObservations: 1) The green leaves on the trees around campus herald the arrival of spring, and the tree between ECS and Leasure Hall is looking particularly vibrant in the late afternoon sunshine against a blue Kansas sky. 2) Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 23) at 9:30am, during Arbor … Continue reading Found Object: Spring
Since the inauguration of our Concentration in Children's Literature as part of our M.A. in English in 2006, fantastic students have made the most of our program. Bringing their considerable talents to our classroom discussions, program, and community, they have studied, taught, traveled, conferenced, written, expressed themselves through Stitch memes, and excelled. During their time … Continue reading Alumni in Children’s Literature
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
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
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