Stories From 2019
‘The Job of a Poet Is to Tell the Truth’: Remembering Gerald Barrax
Former students and colleagues share their impressions of Gerald Barrax, emeritus professor of English, who died Dec. 7.
How I Think and Do: Storyteller Cadwell Turnbull
Alumnus Cadwell Turnbull (M.A. in English; MFA ’15) is a science fiction and fantasy author. Learn more about his debut novel, "The Lesson," and hear what he values from his time at NC State.
Wolfpack Writers: Marc Dudley
We caught up with English professor Marc Dudley to learn more about his book "Understanding James Baldwin," part of the Understanding Contemporary American Literature series.
Graduate Student Notes for November 2019
Lewis Crawford (MFA) read poetry at So and So Books in Raleigh on November 16. Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne (MA Literature) co-presented her paper “21st Century Teaching: Bringing a Publishing Curriculum to Your Classroom” at the 2019 National Council of Teachers […]
Faculty Notes for November 2019
CHRIS ANSON On November 7, Chris Anson discussed “The Practice and Ethics of Text Recycling” as part of our departmental Speakers Series. HELEN BURGESS Helen Burgess’s essay “Introduction: Critical Making and Executable Kits,” co-written with Roger Whitson, appears in issue […]
Dufresne Presented at 2019 National Council of Teachers of English
Our MA literature concentration student, Kelsey Virginia Downs Dufresne, just presented her paper, “21st Century Teaching: Bringing a Publishing Curriculum to Your Classroom” at the 2019 National Council of Teachers of English in Baltimore, Maryland! Her presentation explored how teachers […]
Jane Rogers: Supporting Students’ Leadership Potential
English alumna Jane Rogers mentors and supports students in countless ways. Meet the Humanities and Social Sciences 2019 Distinguished Alumna.
A Largely Untapped Universe: Exploring Race in Nontheatrical Films
English professor Marsha Gordon explains how films never destined for theaters can inform our understanding of race and culture in the U.S.
Wolfpack Writers: Cat Warren
We caught up with English professor Cat Warren to learn more about her young readers' edition of "What the Dog Knows."
Xie Presented at the 37th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication
Our MSTC student, Chenxing Xie, presented her research “A Corpus-assisted Analysis of Recruitment Postings in Content Strategy” at the 37th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Conference on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) in Portland, OR on October 4, 2019. […]