Our Faculty

English department chair, Patrick Collier

Letter from the Chair

Fall 2020 brought brand new challenges. The English Department stepped up and adapted. Department Chair Patrick Collier shares what we’ve been up to.

Read his letter.

New Faculty

Welcome to Professor Suban Nur Cooley, who is teaching in the Rhetoric and Composition/Professional Writing area, as well as classes in Women's and Gender Studies. She also has a multi-genre narrative exhibition on Somali culture.

Learn more.

Faculty Favorites

In a semester with online and socially distant learning, faculty and students have found new ways to connect. College of Sciences and Humanities professors shared what they have been enjoying lately, from food to hobbies to books.

Learn more.

Good News

Even with a hybrid semester, we had some really good news to share in:

Summer/September
Fall
On Ball State Immersive Learning re: Midwestern Stories Project

Our Community

Antiracism Initiative

Over the summer, the English Department released an Antiracism Statement.

Learn more.

Our department is helping Ball State realize equitable change.

Marilyn K. Cory Speaker Series

This year, #bsuenglish is learning more about the ways in which mental disability affects the academic world.

Watch now.

Save the Date: In Print Festival

Do you miss attending the In Print Festival? Well, this year, you can! Join us virtually on Tuesday, March 23rd for In Print Readings and on Wednesday, March 24th for the In Print Panel with these fabulous authors:

Poetry: Joy Priest, author of Horsepower (AWP prize/University of Pittsburgh)
Nonfiction: Alysia Li-Ying Sawchyn, author of A Fish Growing Lungs (Burrow Press, also a BSU alum!)
Fiction: Nancy Wayson Dinan, author of Things You Would Know If You Grew Up Around Here (Bloomsbury)

Thank you, Alumni

For connecting with us

In the future, students in our Discovery Course will be using Cardinals Connect to contact you to do informational interviews.

Are you open to sharing your career journey with an English student over a (virtual) cup of coffee or on the phone? Register for Cardinals Connect.

Would you like to share your career journey with our students on the English blog? Get in touch at bsueng@bsu.edu. You might remember this as Stars to Steer By; we’ve renamed it Cardinal Directions.

Thank you for sharing your stories:

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