Nash Dunn

Jan 24, 2020

Submit Your Poems to the 2020 NC State Poetry Contest

Calling all poets! The 2020 NC State Poetry Contest is now accepting entries. 

Jan 9, 2020

Landmark Exhibit Unearths History

In "When MLK and the KKK Met in Raleigh," English professor Jason Miller reveals never-before-published photos from Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1966 visit to Raleigh.

Jan 1, 2020

Faculty Notes for December 2019

CHRIS ANSON With Gwendolynne Reid, Chris Anson published “Public- and Expert-Facing Communication: A Case Study of Internet-Mediated Citizen Science” in Science Communication on the Internet: Old Genres Meet New Genres, eds. Carmen Pérez-Llantada and María José Luzón (Amsterdam: John Benjamins). Anson’s article with Ian G. Anson and Cary Moskovitz, “A Text-Analytic Method for Identifying Text Recycling in STEM Research Reports,”…

Dec 13, 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.

Dec 4, 2019

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.

Dec 3, 2019

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.

Dec 1, 2019

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 of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, November 21–24. Isaac Green (MFA) had a film screening at…

Dec 1, 2019

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 29 of enculturation: a journal of rhetoric, writing and culture. Burgess presented “Silkworms, Spindles and the…

Nov 26, 2019

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 can bring a curriculum we developed to help empower youth voices, especially those voices that…

Nov 22, 2019

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.