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English Week Featured Speaker: Dr. Stephen Carradini

March 31, 2022 by John Turner

The Workplace Writing Forum, a student organization in the English Department, is pleased to sponsor two English Week presentations by Dr. Stephen Carradini, assistant professor of technical communication at Arizona State University. He teaches and researches digital ethics and the effects of emerging technologies on professional activity. His recent research projects include … [Read more...] about English Week Featured Speaker: Dr. Stephen Carradini

Filed Under: English Week, Events, News, Professional and Technical Writing, Workplace Writing Forum

2021 Student Literary Competitions

March 30, 2022 by Nichole Clark

Photo of the staircase leading to the entrance of Siceluff Hall (photo credit: Nikki Clark)

At the end of Fall 2021, the Missouri State department of English held its annual Student Literary Competition. Submissions open in October for current undergraduate and graduate students. Students are invited to submit at least one work to any of the four categories; fiction, graphic narrative, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The creative writing faculty chooses finalists … [Read more...] about 2021 Student Literary Competitions

Filed Under: Creative Writing, News Tagged With: English department, Fiction, Moon City, Moon City Review, Poetry, student accomplishment

“Constructing an Immortal: Practicing Character Creation with Mythology” by Audrey Masters

March 29, 2022 by Makenna L. Cornelison

Click here to open the video This session will give a brief overview of the fundamentals of mythology and the basic characteristics most deities within various mythologies share. Students will look at character traits and how well-rounded characters have both positive and negative attributes. The students will then spend time creating their own god or goddess once they have … [Read more...] about “Constructing an Immortal: Practicing Character Creation with Mythology” by Audrey Masters

Filed Under: MOWrite, News

Upcoming Reading: Andrew Bertaina

March 22, 2022 by Makenna L. Cornelison

The English Department is hosting a reading via Zoom on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 7 PM CST in collaboration with Moon City Press. Author Andrew Bertaina will be reading from his collection One Person Away From You.  About Andrew Bertaina  Andrew Bertaina's short story collection One Person Away From You won the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award in 2020. His work has … [Read more...] about Upcoming Reading: Andrew Bertaina

Filed Under: Announcement, Creative Writing, Events, News

Little-Known Women

February 3, 2022 by Ellora Bultema

Dr. Etta Madden instructing her Research Methods course

Everyone remembers the scene from the film "National Treasure" when Ben Gates has to break into the National Archives to steal the Declaration of Independence. And who can forget the scene in "Angels and Demons" when Robert Langdon must escape the Vatican archives after being trapped while reviewing classified manuscripts? These Hollywood scenes have painted a picture of what … [Read more...] about Little-Known Women

Filed Under: Grant, News Tagged With: digital humanities, etta madden, Faculty, reseach methods, research

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