CLA Alumni Spotlight: Cairn Carr (’24)
Six months into teaching English as a Second Language in South Korea, Cairn Carr (’24) discusses her new job and shares how her undergraduate experience at CSU prepared her for living and working abroad.
Assistant Professor Sarah Perry’s new book ‘Sweet Nothings’ offers depth, joy and connection through candy
In “Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy Lover,” Perry explores the way candy acts as a conduit to greater conversations about art and philosophy, body image, love and desire, class and culinary history.
MFA alum Carolina Bucheli Peñafiel (’24) reflects on Wolverine Farm Publick House writing residency
This past fall, MFA alum Carolina Bucheli Peñafiel was chosen as the latest Writer in Residence at Wolverine Farm Publick House. Check out the Q&A to learn more about her residency experience.
Professor Roze Hentschell delivers keynote to Utah Presidential Leadership Fellows
Roze Hentschell, professor of English and chief academic officer for CSU System, recently gave a keynote talk on “Centering Humanities Leadership in Higher Education” at the Utah Presidential Leadership Fellows convening.
ACT Human Rights Film Festival celebrates 10 years this spring
This spring Colorado State University’s ACT Human Rights Film Festival will celebrate its tenth festival edition April 2-6, 2025.
CLA Alumni Spotlight: Alex Keenan (’18)
Writer, editor and violinist Alex Keenan (’18) loves to tell a good story. Whether through words, music or roleplaying, crafting narratives allows her to connect with others daily at her job and in her personal life.
Fort Collins Book Fest returns Feb. 7-17 with fresh lens, ‘Open Pages Open Minds’
Fort Collins Book Fest is set to make its return Feb. 7-17 and will feature 20 authors—including headliners Deborah Jackson Taffa and Christine Day, as well as CSU Professor and poet Sasha Steensen.
Associate Professor Ramona Ausubel selected as Science + Literature award winner for latest novel
Ramona Ausubel, an associate professor of creative writing in the Department of English, has been named a 2025 Science + Literature award recipient by the National Book Foundation for her novel, The Last Animal.
CSU’s Center for Literary Publishing awarded record fourteenth NEA Grant
This year’s $15,000 in funding will support the publication of the latest title in the Mountain/West Poetry Series—I Woke a Lake, by California poet Susan McCabe—and two issues of Colorado Review.
Announcing the new English Chair: Dr. Julia Schleck to lead department starting July 1, 2025
The Department of English and College of Liberal Arts are thrilled to announce Dr. Julia Schleck has been appointed the next English Chair at CSU. Her five-year term will begin July 1, 2025.