ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NEWS
Dissertation Fellow Success
We congratulate 2023-2024 Dissertation Fellow Sandra Jacobo, now Dr. Jacobo, who successfully defended her dissertation at the University of Kansas and now moves on to a Mellon Research Fellowship at Penn State University. She has been a wonderful member of the department and we wish her success in all her future endeavors.
Brewer wins contest, releases new nonfiction
Our own Dr, Gaylord Brewer has been named High Frequency Press's 2024 Morse Code Poetry Contest winner for his free verse poetry collection Negotiable Gods.
In addition, his new non-fiction collection Before the Storm Takes it Away has just been released!
Writing Center Award
Associate Writing Center Director and English faculty member Dr. James Hamby has received the Achievement Award from the Southeastern Writing Center Association for 2024. This annual award is given to an individual who has played a prominent role in SWCA or in the writing center community. For the...
Southern Literary Festival
English faculty member Dr. Jennifer Kates and six MTSU undergrads represented at the 85th annual Southern Literary Festival at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. They participated in readings, breakout sessions, and a keynote with Andres Dubus III. They also networked, made friends, shopped at the iconic Sq...
Journal Special Issue
Dr Kate Pantelides and Erin Whittig have co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Writing Assessment on Student Self-Assessment (Vol 17, Issue 1, 2024). We invite you to read their issue introduction: "Placement is Everyone’s Business: A Love Letter to Our SSP Coalition."
