Department of English
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Dr. Claudia Barnett Receives Creative Activity Award
MTSU English is proud to announce that Dr. Claudia Barnett received the 2022-2023 MTSU Distinguished Senior Creative Activity Award!
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The Incredible Nineteenth Century
New online journal editor Dr James Hamby proudly reports that the first issue of The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale is live!
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Sarah Schulman Interviews
University of Mississippi Press has begun the marketing campaign for Dr. Will Brantley’s upcoming collection, Conversations with Sarah Schulman.
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In Process: Fall 2023
The English Department’s In Process series has just announced its exciting Fall 2023 schedule: For more information, visit the In Process Blog.
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Magic in the United States
Lecturer (and alum) Cory Hutcheson is the humanities advisor for a three-season nationally distributed podcast entitled Magic in the United States: 400 Years of Magical Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Conflicts. The project received $388,863 over three years from the National Endowmen for the Humanities, and the podcast will be marketed and distributed by Public Radio International (PRX), which…
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Fallible Aesthetics
English faculty member and Associate Director of the University Writing Center, Dr James (Jim) Hamby is releasing a book of poetry entitled Fallible Aesthetics. He offers readers a reflective collection of poems on themes such as finding beauty in an uncertain world; epiphany and crossing thresholds; and the futility of impermanence. The book can be read in…
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Down the Back Lane
Professor Emeritus and musician Kevin Donovan presents Down the Back Lane every Sunday from 4-6pm (CT), a radio program featuring traditional and contemporary Celtic recordings with an emphasis on Irish music with occasional journeys both nearby and well beyond. Listen in to enjoy Dr Donovan’s familiar voice, sharing his love and knowledge of Celtic music.
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NACLO 2023 at MTSU
Dr. Aleka Blackwell is a national team coach for NACLO, the North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition. The contest is for high school students who are competing to make the national team. Top performers on the open round will be invited to compete in the invitational round. The winners of the invitational round will be…
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Dr Albakry in the News
Dr Mohammed Albakry, Professor of English, has recently contributed two important opinion pieces to Inside Higher Ed and The Tennesseean. The first, published December 6, “On Writing and Decoding Recommendation Letters,” advises on best practices for writing recommendation letters — a genre rarely taught to junior faculty members. The second, published December 8, “Tennessee Constitution and Its Amendments…
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Faculty Service Awards
We are proud to announce MTSU’s 2022 service awards for the following English faculty members: Many thanks to our colleagues for their dedication and ongoing efforts on behalf of our department!
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Box 70
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Main Office: Peck Hall 302
Chair: Dr. Stephen Severn
Email: stephen.severn@mtsu.edu
Telephone: (615) 898-2648