English Department - Midwestern State University

07/29/2026

Great news from MSU Texas alum, Rita Beeman (MA English ,2022)! Sci-fi in Iowa Park, who would’ve guessed

A local publishing company has earned two Science Fiction awards. Raconteur Press, an independent book publisher whose headquarters is based in Iowa Park, just won two national awards in science fi…

07/09/2026

This picture from the Congress in Prague is now on the website of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Our own Dr. Lodge is giving a paper on Jan Mukařovský and Edgar Allan Poe to celebrate the centenary of the foundation of the Prague Linguistic Circle.

05/03/2026

Our digital arts and literature journal is going LIVE on May 5! Stay tuned for a link.

05/03/2026

Eli Carter received the Outstanding English Major award last week. Congratulations, Eli!

05/01/2026

Today, Masters candidate Tanyeli Stevenson successfully presented her non-thesis project: Developing a 12-week Prototype Military English Curriculum Based on Documented Communication Weaknesses. Her graduate faculty advisor was Dr. Meng Yu. Congratulations to both Tanyeli and Dr. Yu!

05/01/2026

Dr. Schulze gave the keynote address at Collin County College’s Cultivating Scholarship last night.

04/27/2026

Dr. Giles’ new weekly classical radio program, Browsing through the Shelves, kicks off today on KCCU-FM. It can be heard each Monday from 1-2PM at either 88.7 FM or kccu.org.

04/25/2026

Dr. Lodge celebrated MSU’s most accomplished students, including Outstanding Humanities Student Damaya Phillips.

04/22/2026

Benicio Landeras, Zephyr Vallance, Sahara DeRosette, Dr Kirsten Lodge, Keynon Causey. Grace Pfaffle, Eli Carter—students in Dr Lodges’ Animals in Art & Literature course presented at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art.

04/17/2026

English major, Sahara Derosette, snapping a pic of Dr. Giles' 1153 Dark Academic freshman reading and writing class outside enjoying the company of April (both the month and the dog).