Image of flier for ENG 456 Authoritarianism Graduate Student Conference on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm in Stevenson 410. List of students and paper titles provided.
The Members of English 456 are excited to invite you to their end-of-semester conference on Authoritarianism. Wednesday, April 29, 5:30 - 9:00 p.m., Stv 410. All are Welcome.
Photo of round glass 2026 Small Press Publisher Award for Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, sitting next to an issue of Obsidian with colorful cover page.
Look what is on our bookshelf!! Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora won the Small Press Publisher Award! Congratulations to Drs. Duriel Harris, Steve Halle, and Phil Spotswood, Tara Reeser, and the students and others for your tireless effort making Obsidian THE best. Obsidianlit.org
Photo of participants in March 2026 StoryShare.
Last night’s StoryShare was wholesome in every sense! Our April gathering will bring together storytelling and art-making. Stay tuned!
Please put this on your calendar! The inaugural annual lecture on Trans & Queer Worlding will feature Jay Szpilka on "Pleasures of Having (a) Sex" on May 1, from 1-3 pm in Stevenson 401. Respondents will be ISU Department of English faculty Dr. Chris Breu and Dr. Ray Levy.
As you Netflix and chill, we'll make one last ask for any support you might be willing to provide for any of our worthy English department funds. We truly appreciate you! birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/pages/depart...
The English Alumni Advisory Scholarship scholarship goes to a sophomore or junior English major with a minimum GPA of 3.0 with a promising future. Consider supporting this important award! Pictured here: DaKylia Henderson, past winner. #BirdsGiveBack birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/en...
The story on Obsidian is a great segway to another fund we are seeking to support through #BirdsGiveBack at birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/ob...
A story on Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora broke today, to honor its 50th anniversary! news.illinoisstate.edu/2026/02/a-li...
Fund #4 for BGB! The Neuleib-Scharton Award for Excellence, for Professors Jan Neuleib and Maurice Scharton, celebrates a graduate and undergraduate student who write the best papers on topics relevant to rhetoric and writing studies. #BirdsGiveBack birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/ne...
Today is Birds Give Back!
Consider supporting our Lois Lenski Fund. Students benefit from learning from the best scholars in the fields of Children's and Young Adult Literature. Help us reach our $5,800 goal to endow this fund! #BirdsGiveBack birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/lo...
Another need for BGB: our Internship Program Stipends! Internships for humanities majors are unfortunately hardly ever paid. These stipends make it possible for students to accept roles that otherwise would be financially out of reach. #BirdsGiveBack birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/in...
Birds Give Back is tomorrow! Consider giving to the Publications Unit Award, with generous matching donor, Tara Reeser, former Dir of the Pub Unit. This award is in honor of alum Jessica Wozniak, Bone Scholar and Fulbright. #BirdsGiveBack birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/pages/depart...
Our first Storyshare of the semester!
The EDI Committee is Delighted to Announce the next Storyshare! Mon Feb 9th @ 6 p.m.
Theme: What Sustains Us (Stories of Resilience and Resistance)
It's a new year! The Department of English welcomes you to 2026. We will face great change but remain committed to our English Studies model. To help our students prepare for today's career markets, please consider donating to the Internship Scholarship Fund! hatch.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/en...
Please help the English department continue to raise funds for Internship Scholarships! These immediately help students with unpaid internships. Thank you to all who have donated so far! We are at 20% of our goal. hatch.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/en...
Congratulations to the following faculty for these big awards! Dr. Amy Robillard: University Outstanding Creative Activity Award
Dr. Kris Lewis: University Research Initiative Award
Dr. Maggie Morris Davis: Service Initiative Award at the College level.
A photo of the Department of English blanket, mug, lunch tote, and other gifts that will be part of the raffle gift basket drawing for the Internship Scholarship campaign. Not pictured: journals and books from our Publications Unit and Writing Program.
Support English Department Interns! Humanities internships are almost always unpaid, creating financial obstacles for students. We are raising money for Internship Scholarships. Our goal is $5,000. Win a gift basket! Please consider giving and sharing widely! hatch.illinoisstate.edu/.../english-....
English department alum, Amy Beth Outland, publishes a new book of poetry, The Black Sun Chronicles, about living with chronic illness. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2GQLD6...
Come to the next Storyshare on November 6 at 6:00 pm in the English Department Commons. The theme is "Voices & Silences." Share your story!
How has it been almost 2 weeks since our Distinguished Alumni Dinner and awards luncheon!? Thank you to all who attended. Thank you especially to our incredible alumni for visiting and sharing their inspirational stories: Dr. Mike Cadden, Melda Beaty, and Brianna Kaleel, our Rising Alumni!
Congratulations to PhD alum Dr. Moussa Traore, Professor of English, University of Cape Coast, whose 3rd book is out! _Pulse of the Sub-Saharan Dunes, The Socioeconomic and Political moments: Africa in focus_ is published by the African books collective. africanbookscollective.com/books/pulse-...
Correction: the next Storyshare will take place on Nov. 6.
Photo of graduate students and Professors Saunders and Seloni in the English Studies Commons, holding a poster for Storyshare.
Our first Storyshare gathering of the year was a great success. It was an evening filled with solidarity, laughter, and community. Join us for our next gathering on November 8. Stay tuned for details! (We missed our wonderful poet Saima Afreen in this photo- she had to head out before it was taken)
So excited for our Homecoming Distinguished Alumni Dinner and Celebration on Thursday, October 16 from 5:30-8:00. RSVP by Oct. 8 to crhuber@ilstu.edu. We will be honoring Dr. Mike Cadden, Melda Beaty, and Brianna Kaleel (Rising Alumnus).
The Department of English is excited to welcome back its majors, grad students, faculty, and staff!
A special shout out to the Writing Program’s Dr. Rachel Gramer, Maegan Gaddis, and team for leading 45 writing teachers for prof dev day and 7 days of orientation for writing teachers new to ISU!
