Boise State English Department

WE ARE SO PROUD of our own Professor Christi Nogle, whose horror novel Beulah will appear early next year from Cemetery Gates Media! Congratulations!!!

While we're waiting to read it, here's an interview with Professor Nogle:

https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/2021/05/14/new-voices-in-horror-with-christi-nogle/

WE ARE SO PROUD of our own Professor Christi Nogle, whose horror novel Beulah will appear early next year from Cemetery Gates Media! Congratulations!!!

While we're waiting to read it, here's an interview with Professor Nogle:

https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/2021/05/14/new-voices-in-horror-with-christi-nogle/

THINKING ABOUT GRAD SCHOOL?? Here's an outstanding interview with Dr. Jenn Mallette, director of our Master of Arts in Technical Communication program!

While TA appllications have closed, you can still apply for this program and begin this fall. Find more information by searching for MATC at Boise State on your search engine.

We'd love to see YOU in our graduate program!

https://www.mastersincommunications.com/school-interviews/dr-jennifer-mallette-boise-state-university?fbclid=IwAR3iG3KHKcghKObaRypGpbP4VsekSUzbIU8_QPdz1MIDimkCchVXRXwMrmg

THINKING ABOUT GRAD SCHOOL?? Here's an outstanding interview with Dr. Jenn Mallette, director of our Master of Arts in Technical Communication program!

While TA appllications have closed, you can still apply for this program and begin this fall. Find more information by searching for MATC at Boise State on your search engine.

We'd love to see YOU in our graduate program!

https://www.mastersincommunications.com/school-interviews/dr-jennifer-mallette-boise-state-university?fbclid=IwAR3iG3KHKcghKObaRypGpbP4VsekSUzbIU8_QPdz1MIDimkCchVXRXwMrmg

Adventures Past Graduation

CHECK THIS OUT!! Here's Professor Elizabeth Barnes on life's adventures after graduation. https://youtu.be/baDYnamqOGA

Adventures Past Graduation Elizabeth Barnes shares her story about the business of graduation and the adult world. The post-graduate environment is a place of excitement and opportunit...

CHECK OUT THIS COOL 3-CREDIT FALL COURSE, offered by Dr. Tim Thornes!

"This course explores the astonishing diversity of languages indigenous to North America from a variety of perspectives (historical, social, cultural, and linguistic). In it, we will emphasize both the unique grammatical features of the languages as well as the causes and consequences of their endangerment and loss."

CHECK OUT THIS COOL 3-CREDIT FALL COURSE, offered by Dr. Tim Thornes!

"This course explores the astonishing diversity of languages indigenous to North America from a variety of perspectives (historical, social, cultural, and linguistic). In it, we will emphasize both the unique grammatical features of the languages as well as the causes and consequences of their endangerment and loss."

SHOUT OUT and OPPORTUNITY!! Our own professors Jill Heney and Tiffany Hitesman, along with Dr. Kelly Hopping in Human-Environment Systems, were awarded a GEM3 Workforce Development Seed Grant for their project Collecting Gems: Improving Workforce Communication and Listening Skills Through Documenting Oral Histories of Idaho's Sagebrush Steppe.

Working with others from across campus, they will collaborate with THREE interdisciplinary Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP), helping students collect and archive multi-generational oral histories from rural communities across Idaho’s sagebrush steppe.

This exciting project(1) addresses the need for increased visibility of rural voices in higher education, (2) develops an archive of local knowledge and experience, (3) emphasizes the practice of listening for researchers and participants, and (4) positions students as interviewers and researchers through a multi-semester experiential learning project.

They are recruiting STEM students and students from agricultural or ranching backgrounds for fall enrollment. Earn academic credit while working alongside these energetic professors on an ambitious, community-centered VIP project!!

If you'd like to participate, contact Jill Heney at [email protected] or Tiffany Hitesman at [email protected].

https://www.boisestate.edu/vip/

SHOUT OUT!! Dr. Ti Macklin, a lecturer in the first-year writing program, recently co-authored a chapter in the book Improving Outcomes: Disciplinary Writing, Local Assessment, and the Aim of Fairness, published by the Modern Language Association. Her chapter "Opening an Assessment Dialogue: Formative Evaluation of a Writing Studies Program" contributes to a multi-disciplinary conversation on writing outcomes.

Congratulations Dr. Macklin! https://www.mla.org/Publications/Bookstore/Nonseries/Improving-Outcomes-Disciplinary-Writing-Local-Assessment-and-the-Aim-of-Fairness

CALLING GRAD STUDENTS!! Please join Dr. Les Hutchinson Campos for ENGL 555!

Though the course description states the course is for "Writing in Rhetoric and Composition," this course is open to all graduate students at Boise State and will focus on the tricks, tools, methods, successes, and failures of writing professionally.

Students will have the opportunity to develop their writing in a supportive environment where we focus on strategies and applications of writing that draw on our own expertise and experience. The class will also feature guest speaker panels from a variety of professions:

- Editors of major academic journals such as Kairos, Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, and CCCC

- Graduate student assistant editors who will detail how to get a job at a journal while pursuing graduate education

- Professors from multiple disciplines to explain the successes and failures of writing and publication

- Professionals who write in their careers in various public and private industries beyond academia

- Authors, novelists, and poets who can talk about their writing practices and writing for a living

If you have any questions or would like to talk more about what I have planned for this course, please email me at [email protected]

Hope to see you in the fall!

(P.S. Course may have the option for in-person meetings depending on COVID-19 developments)

CALLING GRAD STUDENTS!! Please join Dr. Les Hutchinson Campos for ENGL 555!

Though the course description states the course is for "Writing in Rhetoric and Composition," this course is open to all graduate students at Boise State and will focus on the tricks, tools, methods, successes, and failures of writing professionally.

Students will have the opportunity to develop their writing in a supportive environment where we focus on strategies and applications of writing that draw on our own expertise and experience. The class will also feature guest speaker panels from a variety of professions:

- Editors of major academic journals such as Kairos, Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, and CCCC

- Graduate student assistant editors who will detail how to get a job at a journal while pursuing graduate education

- Professors from multiple disciplines to explain the successes and failures of writing and publication

- Professionals who write in their careers in various public and private industries beyond academia

- Authors, novelists, and poets who can talk about their writing practices and writing for a living

If you have any questions or would like to talk more about what I have planned for this course, please email me at [email protected]

Hope to see you in the fall!

(P.S. Course may have the option for in-person meetings depending on COVID-19 developments)

SIGN UP NOW for English 204: Creative Nonfiction, Summer 2021 with Dr. Clyde Moneyhun!

This is an introductory course (the only prerequisite is English 102) in the art of creative nonfiction, or "CNF." CNF uses the techniques of fiction (like setting, characters, imagery, even plot) to create stories of real life. We'll read excellent and interesting examples of CNF and then write CNF pieces of our own.

Note: This is an online course. The instructor is a CNF writer with many years of experience teaching the course online.

SIGN UP NOW for English 204: Creative Nonfiction, Summer 2021 with Dr. Clyde Moneyhun!

This is an introductory course (the only prerequisite is English 102) in the art of creative nonfiction, or "CNF." CNF uses the techniques of fiction (like setting, characters, imagery, even plot) to create stories of real life. We'll read excellent and interesting examples of CNF and then write CNF pieces of our own.

Note: This is an online course. The instructor is a CNF writer with many years of experience teaching the course online.

SIGN UP TODAY for ENGL 217 - Mythology! Professor Ruth Salter is offering this asynchronous online class in Fall 2021. Explore myths from around the globe and meet gods, goddesses, heroes, and tricksters who help us understand the power of sacred stories in ancient civilizations, our complex contemporary society, and our own lives.

SIGN UP TODAY for ENGL 217 - Mythology! Professor Ruth Salter is offering this asynchronous online class in Fall 2021. Explore myths from around the globe and meet gods, goddesses, heroes, and tricksters who help us understand the power of sacred stories in ancient civilizations, our complex contemporary society, and our own lives.

JUST A FEW MORE DAYS to snag a fall Writing Center internship. Apply today!! https://www.boisestate.edu/writingcenter/join-our-team/

JUST A FEW MORE DAYS to snag a fall Writing Center internship. Apply today!! https://www.boisestate.edu/writingcenter/join-our-team/

CHECK OUT THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY from our own professors Jill Heney and Tiffany Hitesman!

"We are recruiting students to help enhance their communications skills--particularly active listening--as well as build an exciting story project!

How will we do this?

By partnering with the Murphy Museum to collect oral histories from ranching and agricultural communities.

What are the benefits to students?

You get hands on experience recruiting and interviewing participants, and collaborating with stakeholders;

You work in a team to imagine ways to make the project sustainable;

You have the opportunity to develop a social media strategy;

You are mentored on how to articulate your skill sets outside of Boise State.

We want to help our students succeed in the future, while simultaneously contributing to our local communities.

Interested? Fall 2021, enroll in a VIP Shared Stores Lab 200, 400, or 500 credit."

Reach out to [email protected] or [email protected] to learn more!!

CHECK OUT THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY from our own professors Jill Heney and Tiffany Hitesman!

"We are recruiting students to help enhance their communications skills--particularly active listening--as well as build an exciting story project!

How will we do this?

By partnering with the Murphy Museum to collect oral histories from ranching and agricultural communities.

What are the benefits to students?

You get hands on experience recruiting and interviewing participants, and collaborating with stakeholders;

You work in a team to imagine ways to make the project sustainable;

You have the opportunity to develop a social media strategy;

You are mentored on how to articulate your skill sets outside of Boise State.

We want to help our students succeed in the future, while simultaneously contributing to our local communities.

Interested? Fall 2021, enroll in a VIP Shared Stores Lab 200, 400, or 500 credit."

Reach out to [email protected] or [email protected] to learn more!!

TAKE ENGLISH 394 LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT THIS SUMMER! It's a fully online 3-credit, 5-week course, and permission numbers are available to waive prerequisities. Email Dr. Samantha Harvey at [email protected] for more information or permission number.

“Literature and the Environment: The Idea of Nature” is an innovative class at Boise State that encourages open-ended, pluralistic, and interdisciplinary inquiry into ideas that were fundamental for the formation of modern society and culture.

We will study the environmental literature of transatlantic Romanticism (texts from England and America in 1760-1860) to explore an enduring question: What is nature? How did transatlantic ideas of nature shape the literature of the period and influence environmentalism today?

The British Romantics and the American Transcendentalists were the first generation of writers to respond to the Industrial Revolution and the large-scale loss of natural landscapes during a period of massive social and cultural change. This class will help students to become fluent in these global and interdisciplinary conversations and discover the intellectual history of modern environmentalism.

Authors and artists we'll explore: William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Susan Fenimore Cooper, John Muir, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. Five guest lecturers – internationally recognized scholars who participated in the “Idea of Nature” public lecture series – will enrich the class offerings with their disciplinary expertise in recorded lectures.

Dr. Samantha Harvey has a B.A. from Harvard University in English Literature and the Study of Religion and a Ph.D. in Literature from Cambridge University. She is the founder and director of the “Interdisciplinary Explorations: The Idea of Nature Public” lecture series at scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ideaofnature

CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME COURSE!!

Are you looking for something you can do to make a difference in the community?

Do you have happy memories of reading as a child, and you want to support other children and families in making those memories?

Are you looking to meet new people who are motivated by a passion for a common goal? Are you looking for an outstanding team experience?

Are you looking for a Fall 2021 class that meets in person one hour a week with a time commitment scalable to your needs?

The BOOKS IN EVERY HOME project welcomes students of ANY class year and major and is currently enrolling for Fall 2021. Students in this class will discover ways to support early literacy in children ages 6-9 and will give high-quality, inclusive books to young readers in families of need, such as refugee, low-income, and housing-insecure families.

Contact faculty member Dr. Eun Hye Son at [email protected] (College of Education) or Dr. Tara Penry at [email protected] (College of Arts & Sciences) for permission to register for Vertically Integrated Project section 008.

https://www.boisestate.edu/vip/books-in-every-home/

CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME COURSE!!

Are you looking for something you can do to make a difference in the community?

Do you have happy memories of reading as a child, and you want to support other children and families in making those memories?

Are you looking to meet new people who are motivated by a passion for a common goal? Are you looking for an outstanding team experience?

Are you looking for a Fall 2021 class that meets in person one hour a week with a time commitment scalable to your needs?

The BOOKS IN EVERY HOME project welcomes students of ANY class year and major and is currently enrolling for Fall 2021. Students in this class will discover ways to support early literacy in children ages 6-9 and will give high-quality, inclusive books to young readers in families of need, such as refugee, low-income, and housing-insecure families.

Contact faculty member Dr. Eun Hye Son at [email protected] (College of Education) or Dr. Tara Penry at [email protected] (College of Arts & Sciences) for permission to register for Vertically Integrated Project section 008.

https://www.boisestate.edu/vip/books-in-every-home/

CHECK THIS OUT, and get your submission ready! The poster deadline is April 12. Individual and collaborative projects are welcome. Presenting your research is a GREAT experience that can help you with a solid grad school application as well as a boosted professional resume! https://sites.google.com/boisestate.edu/urs2021

CHECK THIS OUT, and get your submission ready! The poster deadline is April 12. Individual and collaborative projects are welcome. Presenting your research is a GREAT experience that can help you with a solid grad school application as well as a boosted professional resume! https://sites.google.com/boisestate.edu/urs2021