The transition to virtual learning has been difficult for students and faculty alike and at the intersection is a group of outstanding teaching assistants, or TAs. The English department currently employs 29 graduate TAs, 19 of which are new this year. This group also includes six international students regarded as skilled English teachers in their respective countries. TAs … [Read more...] about Teaching assistants meet the challenge of online learning
The English Department is excited to announce the special topic courses that will be offered by the department in the Spring 2021 semester. See if there is a course that you would be interested in enrolling in for the semester. ENG 646 Victorian Literature/Victorian Sexualities Dr. Lanya Lamouria, MW 12:30-1:45 SICL 117 This course will explore Victorian writing about … [Read more...] about Special Topic Courses Offered for the Spring 21 Semester
Implementing a New Mission To critically prepare English Educators who are committed to teaching English Language Arts. To empower students to understand who they are and how they should live and work as advocates and allies for justice in their communities. The English Education Program has recently engaged in a mission and visioning process which has … [Read more...] about A New Mission and Course: Update from the English Education Program
Please welcome Judy D’Ammasso Tarbox, Ph.D. to the Missouri State University English Department! Dr. Tarbox has over twenty years of experience as a communication professional, working with print and online writing and communication. For the last 10+ years, she has worked in the area of higher education teaching professional and technical writing, composition, and … [Read more...] about Please Welcome Dr. Judy D’Ammasso Tarbox
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Alan Tinkler to the Missouri State University English Department! Dr. Tinkler will be fulfilling the roll of Associate Professor of English. In addition to his critical work on Jane Bowles, Janet Frame, and Italo Calvino, his fiction has been published in literary journals, including Post Road, Beloit Fiction Journal, and Black Ridge … [Read more...] about Please Welcome Dr. Alan Tinkler