📣Join us for 2026 Hardt-Nickachos Lecturer in Peace Studies, Jolyon Mitchell
📅April 8 at 4:30 p.m.
📍Biodesign Auditorium
🔗asuevents.asu.edu/event/peace26
Fun fact! Professor Mitchell's daughter, Jasmine, recently won The Great British Bake Off. 🍰
#ASUHumanities #Peacebuilding #Arts
"She’s told she’s the most approachable person. / What does it mean then, that she spends holidays alone?"
From "Evolution Ghazal" by ASU professor Cecilia Savala. Read the poem in Leon Literary Review: https://ow.ly/zqXp50YxGJF #ASUHumanities
Can Jane Austen help parents relate to their teens? A recent Financial Times article quoted ASU English Professor Devoney Looser's sage advice: “Tell them you should definitely check out 'Pride and Prejudice,' because the mother is totally roasted.”
Read: https://ow.ly/KOAF50YAQ0V #ASUHumanities
"If you go back to the very beginnings of medicine, it has always been conceived as both an art and a science. Humanities exists in that art side."
ASU English professor Cora Fox discussing her new role at ASU Health.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/QG9f50YyXP8 #ASUHumanities
The "What Is a Quasquicentennial?" exhibit is up at ASU's Hayden Library through Fri. Apr. 3. Take a stroll through the past 125 years of ASU English in books, photos and stories about famous authors, campus protests, a grammar hotline + more.
Info: https://ow.ly/pLwJ50YAVef #ASUHumanities
Join us Thursday Apr. 2 at 5pm for a reading by stellar graduates of ASU's creative writing program! Our talented #asualumni presenters are fiction writer Scott Daughtridge DeMer and poet Samyak Shertok.
Details: https://ow.ly/kNQz50YzWRk #ASUHumanities
In a recent TED Talk, ASU English Professor Mitchell Jackson traced an arc from Bill Russell to Lebron James and beyond, exploring how 🏀 players use fashion on and off the court to challenge the limits placed upon them.
Watch: https://ow.ly/EiCm50YyXIG #ASUHumanities
"Sometimes, you have to name something for people to understand what it is." ICYMI: ASU English Professor Nnedi Okorafor, PhD discussed her autobiographical fiction and recent NAACP Image Award with ASU News.
Read more: https://ow.ly/bgCL50Yypl6 #ASUHumanities
ASU English Professor Lois Brown was a consultant on a new, three-part PBS documentary about Henry David Thoreau. AZ audiences can experience the film at screenings in Mesa & Tempe, Apr. 7 & 8.
More: https://ow.ly/W3aL50Yyp6S #ASUHumanities
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"They're taking inclusivity very seriously," said ASU Regents Professor of English Devoney Looser of the ASU Derby Devils. Looser is faculty advisor for the student roller derby club.
Learn more via The State Press: https://ow.ly/z3Es50YyJP4 #ASUHumanities
Double congrats 🥳🥳 to *two* ASU English PhD students—Adriana Diaz-Heppler and Stephanie Leow—who were each awarded CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Awards.
Learn more via National Council of Teachers of English: https://ow.ly/cqZP50YyoUw #ASUHumanities
"We chase each other through the murmuration."
From poetry by ASU alum Susan Nguyen, editor of Hayden's Ferry Review.
Read more in The Margins from the Asian American Writers' Workshop: https://ow.ly/FenU50YuZoX #ASUHumanities
Fender's new CEO Edward "Bud" Cole says his English degree from ASU was .... ahem, "instrumental" in his career success. 🎸
Learn more: https://ow.ly/bMsr50YxKkt #ASUHumanities
In a recent KTAR News interview, ASU English Professor Roger Thompson discussed the importance of teaching students AI ethics, since evaluating AI‑generated content and identifying credible sources can be incredibly complex.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/STfl50YxLvt #ASUHumanities
Friday, Mar. 27, get your questions answered about careers in the film and media industry! 🎬 Alumni from our Film and Media Studies Program visit ASU’s Tempe campus to discuss their professional journeys. Join us—in person or online.
Details: https://ow.ly/zVrT50YxEHQ #ASUHumanities
This academic year, ASU's The College created the "AI Academy," a program focused on improving artificial intelligence literacy in faculty, administrators and staff. Assistant Dean Kyle Jensen, a professor of English, helps lead the initiative.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/ApE250Yx5UI #ASUHumanities
Congrats 🎉 to ASU English PhD student Lindsey Novak who received a prestigious award from the CCCC in support of scholarship that improves knowledge about disability in the field of composition.
Learn more via the National Council of Teachers of English: https://ow.ly/xfXT50Yv062 #ASUHumanities
"Chaucer's Women" is the theme for the 2026 ASU Chaucer Celebration, held Mar. 26-27. The event features a lecture by Holly Crocker + an exhibit of early printed editions of Chaucer's works.
More: https://ow.ly/YeT950Ywynv #ASUHumanities
CC: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Thank you for your support on this #SunDevilGiving Day—and every day. With your help, we're changing futures.🔱🤩 https://ow.ly/3lRK50Yw3jv #ASUHumanities
The future is bright when you study what you love. ☀️💛 It’s #SunDevilGiving Day! You can help support student career futures in the Department of English at ASU. Please give today, Mar. 19: https://ow.ly/XbI650Yw1Sh
Thank you 😊 #ASUHumanities
Fiction writer Andrea Avery is the next author guest at the ASU Book Group on Mar. 26 with her novella "Visiting Composer"—a "brief trip out of time."
Join us! https://ow.ly/MM4q50YvFgB #ASUHumanities
Here, we encourage students to study what they love in preparation for the careers they want. 💛
On March 19—#SunDevilGiving Day—you can help support student career futures in the ASU Department of English.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/bEFE50Yv3pC #ASUHumanities
📣 ASU students! 📣 Need some ⚡general studies credits to fill out your fall '26 schedule?
Check out this list of electives from The College, which includes ENG 294: Children’s Literature and Popular Culture taught by English prof Josh Coleman: https://ow.ly/UUsy50YuNFH #ASUHumanities
♀️ (Non)Fiction Friday: The Oscar-nominated short film, "Jane Austen's Period Drama" was the inspiration for ASU professor Devoney Looser's exploration of 19th-century attitudes about menstruation and women’s health.
Learn more Literary Hub: https://ow.ly/YMib50YtzBz #ASUHumanities
🌿 Fiction Friday: "My first word was mother. Not ma-ma like other babbling babies. I said the word out loud and with texture."
—An excerpt from "Kin," the new novel by ASU alum Tayari Jones, a 2026 selection for Oprah's Book Club. 🎉
Read more: https://ow.ly/qJ5b50YpINa #ASUHumanities
An ASU lab led by ASU English alum Emilia Gracia uses immersive technology to teach international students how to navigate real-world conversations, cultural nuance and everyday interactions.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/VIYt50YoUGY #ASUHumanities
For her entrepreneurial shift from collegiate tennis player to co-founder of Ink'd Greetings, English grad Sammi Ekmark received the Young Alumni Achievement Award at the ASU Alumni Association Founders' Day celebration on Feb. 17.
More: https://ow.ly/O3lr50YoUlO #ASUHumanities
Considering graduate school? The College Graduate Expo on Mar. 5 features info on 150+ grad degree programs plus a chance to meet with ASU academic advisors. (Bonus: coffee and cookies served.) ☕🍪
Register: https://ow.ly/vaFU50Yob8q #ASUHumanities
ASU's BA in English (narrative studies) is now offered on the Tempe campus and online.
➡️ 2025 grad Audra Poe talked about how the program helped her discover her love of working “behind the scenes” to help others find their voices.
Watch: https://ow.ly/rat950YnkKv #ASUHumanities
🏃♀️ (Non)Fiction Friday: "Will run for free shirts."
From "Periodic Table of Fitness" by ASU professor Cecilia Savala. Read/view the visual poem in Bending Genres Journal, LLC: https://ow.ly/tLVF50YkzzV #ASUHumanities
