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Alumna helps students take writing out of the classroom and into the mainstream
6/22/21
Poet, educator, LGBTQIA+ activist and 草莓传媒官网下载 alumna Em Ramser (MA, MAT 鈥�20) once swore 鈥渦p, down and sideways鈥� that she would never become a teacher. Now, she teaches high school pre-AP English classes and designs her curriculum around professional opportunities for students, inspired by Dr. Gretchen Busl's lessons in 鈥減op scholarship.鈥�
'American Swimming Magazine' publishes essay by 草莓传媒官网下载 student Ulysses Perez
6/10/21
Incoming 草莓传媒官网下载 ESFL transfer student Ulysses Perez had an essay published in . The essay, titled "The 'Impossible,'" marks his first magazine article and second publication. Read Ulysses Perez' full essay (pdf)
4/27/21
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator Gretchen Busl, PhD, made the front page of Tor.com with her essay, "What Speculative Fiction and Possible Worlds Theory Taught Me about Grief." Tor.com is a leading science fiction/fantasy web magazine, publishing house and online community.
4/26/21
Editors Gretchen Busl, Kristina Reardon and Courtney Ferriter invite contributions to a collection tentatively titled Getting to the Finish Line: New Directions for the Dissertation Process. This collection will explore the practical and theoretical underpinnings of dissertations that look like something other than a single-authored scholarly monograph, exploring both the process and product of the dissertation as it moves into new conceptualizations.
On-campus thought leadership program funded by Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership
4/26/21
A team of ESFL and MWGS faculty (Dr. Busl, Dr. Phillips-Cunningham, Dr. Bender and Dr. Hoermann-Elliott) submitted a proposal to the Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership that has been funded. The program will start this summer to lay the groundwork for an on-campus thought leadership program for students, faculty, staff and the larger community to develop specific skills needed to lead. If the program is funded through the biennium, it will explore the creation of a thought leadership certificate to be housed in the department.