Dr. Keri Franklin’s research is in the field of writing, literacy, and teacher development. Currently, she is in the second year of a grant-funded quasi-experimental study of the impact of writing professional development on high school writing. She is the founding director of the Ozarks Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, and director of the English … [Read more...] about Dr. Franklin looks forward to Faculty Writing Retreat
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Plaster Student Union 313, Missouri State University, Springfield Managing the People in Your Project Tom Warren, Oklahoma State University Why Microsoft SmartArt Is Neither but Might Be Useful Anyway Mike Markel, Boise State University Importance of and Techniques for Developing Job Search Portfolios Steve Gerson, … [Read more...] about 10th Annual STC Student Conference
On Monday evening, April 23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Springfield’s Barnes & Noble Bookstore will host an event, “Remembering Michael Burns: A Reading from ‘Night of the Grizzly.’” Free and open to the public, the evening will begin with music by renowned local folk musician, Julie Henigan. Clark Closser, Missouri State University emeritus professor of English, will give a … [Read more...] about Missouri State University English Faculty, Public Library and Barnes & Noble join in remembering poet Michael Burns
Faculty, alumni, and friends of the Missouri State University English Department remember their long-time teacher and colleague, Michael Burns (1953-2011), who helped found the department’s creative writing program. Though his living voice has passed, his poetry remains. Forthcoming from Moon City Press, Night of the Grizzly is Burns’s seventh, his last, and arguably his best … [Read more...] about Remembering Michael Burns, poet and founder of the Missouri State University Creative Writing Program
If you missed the Spring 2012 Soul of a Poet Reading featuring authors Mara Cohen-Ioannides and Michael Pulley, you can watch it now. The event was hosted by the Missouri State University English Department at the Library Center branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library on March 13th at 7:00 p.m. Watch the video now. … [Read more...] about Spring 2012 Soul of a Poet Reading featuring authors Mara Cohen-Ioannides and Michael Pulley