ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NEWS
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."
Better Practices: New Collection on Teaching Online
English faculty Dr. Candie Moonshower and Dr. Kate Pantelides (along with English MA alum Sami Grayson and PhD alum and University Studies faculty member Brielle Campos) have published chapters devoted to best online teaching and grading practices in a new book put out by Colorad...
Poe Studies Association Award
Professor of English and Honors Associate Dean Philip E. Phillips was invited to organize a roundtable, “Poe Spaces, Places, and Spheres of Influence,” comprised of contributors to his forthcoming edited collection, Poe Spaces, in Toledo, Spain. As the president of the Poe Studies Association ...
