Category: News
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Reporting From Edinburgh, the City of Literature: Joelle Paulson
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Read More: Reporting From Edinburgh, the City of Literature: Joelle PaulsonThis summer, in addition to serving as the interim Communications Coordinator for the English Department, I also spent three weeks touring the United Kingdom, hiking through the Scottish highlands, and attending various shows and performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest arts festival in the world. Edinburgh was the…
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Alumni Profile: Kathleen Willard
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Read More: Alumni Profile: Kathleen WillardKathleen Willard English Teacher and Poet Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry, 2004 Kathleen Willard’s poetry projects include a travelogue documenting a month long stay in India, an investigation of St. Francis of Assisi based on relics and art depicting his life, a series of sonnets to Mary Shelley,…
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What Faculty Really Do Over Summer Break: Tim Amidon
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Read More: What Faculty Really Do Over Summer Break: Tim AmidonTimothy Amidon, an assistant professor in the Department of English at Colorado State University, spent his summer (and much of his academic career!) researching the role of firefighter communication in preventing disasters and tragedies. Tim has more than 15 years of experience in the fire service as a firefighter and officer…
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What Faculty Really Do Over Summer Break: Cory Holland
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Read More: What Faculty Really Do Over Summer Break: Cory HollandDr. Cory Holland, originally from Prescott, Arizona, came to CSU in 2013 after receiving her MA and PhD at UC Davis. She started teaching writing classes at INTO in 2013, but has also taught beginning level grammar, advanced listening and speaking, and many others. The class she teaches most regularly…
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Summer Reading List 2016: Faculty Recommendations
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Read More: Summer Reading List 2016: Faculty RecommendationsLeslee Becker recommends Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: Two summers ago, I finally read Anna Karenina, the Richard Pevear/Larissa Volokhonsky translation. I loved the novel. The cover, though, is kitschy, like someone’s fervid dream about tubers and tumors. What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Tolstoy’s novel?…
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Faculty Profile: Harrison Candelaria Fletcher
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Harrison Candelaria FletcherDr. Harrison Candelaria Fletcher is the author of Descanso For My Father: Fragments Of A Life, winner of the Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction and International Book Award for Best New Nonfiction, and Presentimiento: A Life In Dreams, selected by Dinty W. Moore from more than 200 entries as…
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Center for Literary Publishing is Named CSU Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence
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Read More: Center for Literary Publishing is Named CSU Program of Research and Scholarly ExcellenceCongratulations to the Center for Literary Publishing (CLP) and the director Stephanie G’Schwind for receiving this prestigious honor! Programs are awarded this designation because they have achieved great distinction and set a standard for excellence in research, teaching, and service that may serve as a model for programs throughout the…
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Special Feature: Cultural Exchange with Students from Tomsk, Russia
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Read More: Special Feature: Cultural Exchange with Students from Tomsk, RussiaFrom June 13th through the 21st, Dr. Tatiana Nekrasova-Beker served as the Project Director for a cultural exchange project, titled Territory Identity of Russia and America through the Eyes of Young Generations, carried out as a part of the 2015- 2016 Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The…
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Alumni Profile: Kevin Reilly Jensen
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Read More: Alumni Profile: Kevin Reilly JensenKevin Reilly Jensen Colorado State Public Defender BA Writing, 2013 How did your major prepare you for the job, the life you have now? Having an English degree with a writing concentration not only helped me get into law school and through it (as well as writing on to the…