Celebrated poet Yusef Komunyakaa (M.A., ’81) has been named this year’s recipient of the William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award by the CSU Alumni Association.
This summer, MFA students Chase Cate, Linnea Harris, Becca Tabb, Sarah Mullens, and alum Bryce O’Tierney, were each accepted into competitive writing workshops. Learn more about how these enriching summer experiences made a positive impact on their writing lives.
We are thrilled to welcome Sarah Cooper, Sarah Perry, and Todd Ruecker to the Department of English! Get to know our new faculty and learn why they chose to join our community and further their careers at Colorado State University.
The Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities at Colorado State University has named five College of Liberal Arts faculty members as Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025: Kari Anderson, Carrie Chenault, Jessica Jackson, Tobi Jacobi and Emily Moore. The Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support and promote humanities-oriented scholarship and to foster fellowship among humanities faculty who either already conduct engaged research or are interested in doing so.
As a teacher educator, literacy scholar, professor and chair of the English department at Colorado State University, Louann Reid has devoted her professional life to teaching and leading others.
Katie Naughton (MFA, ’16) is the author of The Real Ethereal, recently published by Delete Press. Read on to learn about Naughton’s debut poetry collection, creative practice, and more.
After more than a decade of thoughtful leadership and dedicated service, Professor Louann Reid is stepping down from Chair of the English department at Colorado State University. Starting July 15, 2024, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and Professor Dan Beachy-Quick will serve as Interim Chair through the end of the fall semester, while a robust search is conducted to hire the next Chair.
Earlier this summer, the English department had a chance to chat with cookie egret and Ricki Ginsberg about their spring residency experiences at Wolverine Farm Publick House and how this time has shaped their writing and reading practices.
The marquee podcast of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Immaterial: 5,000 Years of Art, One Material at a Time is back for a second season with CSU University Distinguished Professor Camille Dungy returning as host.
Every year, Colorado State University celebrates employees achieving a decade of service or more. Congratulations to our wonderful faculty and staff on reaching major milestones this year! The English department deeply appreciates your service and commitment to our students and community.
