English Department News

Student News

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:07:01

Trevor Penland presented his paper "Hollywood's Doing the Mess Around: The American Dream Myth, Celebrity Lives, and Ray" at the annual conference of the Pacific Northwest American Studies Association at the Watertown Hotel, Seattle, WA, on April 20, 2013.

Alumni News

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:35:18

Ben Stull (M.A. TESOL 2012) is teaching at Woosong University in Daejeon, Korea.

Student News

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:25:21

Trevor Penland presented his paper "Curiouser and Curiouser: Queering the Composition Classroom" at the 110th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association at Seattle University on October 20, 2012.

Faculty News

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:42:43

Joe Johnson's short story "Starlings" received an Editor's Choice Prize in the 2012 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. The story will be published in the Fall 2012 issue of Carve Magazine.

Alumni News

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:30:24

Elizabeth (Richardson) Kelly is working as a curriculum developer for English Innovations, an ESL program funded by the Gates Foundation that teaches English and digital literacy to immigrants.

Alumni News

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:23:24

Marcus Bingham (B.A. Writing Specialization 2011) has been accepted into the MFA program in Creative Writing and Poetics at UW Bothell.

English Department Scholarship Book Sale

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:33:30

Alumni News

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:21:22

Kate Dory

(M.A. TESOL) is teaching English at Anhui Foreign Language University, Hefei, China.

2010-2011

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:20:38

Trevor Penland

(B.A. Writing Specialization) received the 2011 Betty E. Evans Award for Achievement in Creative Writing for his poem "Cassandra to Her Brothers."

Marcus Bingham

(B.A. Writing Specialization) received the 2011 College of Arts and Humanities Award for Achievement in Creative Non-fiction Writing for his work "Extra Extra."

Matt Martinson

(M.A. Literature) presented his paper "Self-Centered for You: James Baldwin's Conversionary (A)Theology as Radical Politics" at the Pacific Northwest American Studies Association conference in Vancouver, WA, on April 15, 2011.

Chelsea Brandon

(M.A. Literature),

Matt Martinson

(M.A. Literature), and

Jessica Sharp

(M.A. Literature) participated in a panel discussion on "Critical Theory in the Freshman Literature Class" at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) conference in Albuquerque in October, 2010.

Matt Martinson

(M.A. Literature) chaired a panel on "Literature and Religion" and presented a paper on "The In-Between from St. Gregory's Dialogues to Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones" at RMMLA in Albuquerque.

Chris Strom

(M.A. Literature) presented a paper entitled "Who is that Girl We See? Western Identity and Teleological Journey in Disney's Mulan" at RMMLA in Albuquerque.

Donald McCorkindale

(M.A. Literature) presented a paper entitled "Charlie Chaplin and Masculine Crisis" at RMMLA in Albuquerque.

Laurie Moshier

(M.A. TESOL) presented a paper entitled "The Impact of Topic Familiarity on L2 Writing Production" at RMMLA in Albuquerque.

Marie Kjeldgaard

(M.A. TESOL) presented a paper entitled "Japanese Intonation and Transfer" at RMMLA in Albuquerque.

KathyMae Dickinson

(M.A. TESOL) presented a paper entitled "International English: The U. S. and England can Share Some Space in the Dictionary with the Rest of the World" at RMMLA in Albuquerque.

2009-2010

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:18:12

2010 SOURCE Presentations:

Pearl Griffin

(English/Language Arts Teaching) won an award for an Outstanding Oral Presentation for her paper "Shakespeare in Popular Culture: Teaching the Bard as a Cultural Necessity." She was mentored by Laila Abdalla, Gerry Stacy, Liahna Armstrong, and Terry Martin.

Janna Sanford

(English Language and Literature) won an award for an Outstanding Oral Presentation for her paper "The Other Gold Standard: a Literary Exploration of Human Monetary Value." She was mentored by Steve Olson, Christine Sutphin, and Gerry Stacy.

Literature, Film Studies, and Creative Presentations:

Matt Martinson

Heather Tonnemaker

Ana La Paz

Chelsea Brandon

Sheena Wildes and Kathryn Higgs

Kathryn Huss

Allison Riley

Suhaila Hassouneh

Janna Sanford

Pearl Griffin

Joseph Johnson

Jessica Nelson

Pedro Cavazos

TESOL Presentations:

Marie Kjeldgaard

Marco Tullock

Laurie Moshier

Khasrow Almas

Jacqueline Martinez

Katie Brooks

Manastash Showcase:

Ashley Dykes

Pedro Cavazos

Stefan Milne

Ben Grogan

Rachel Roddy

(Writing Specialization) received a $750 College of Arts and Humanities Student Grant for developing an online student journal. The journal will be called Writer's Block

2010 College of Arts and Humanities Award Winners:

Betty E. Evans Award for Achievement in Creative Writing:

Stefan Milne

(Writing Specialization)

Raymond A. Smith Award for Achievement in Scholarship:

Allison Riley

(English Language and Literature)

Graduate Student Scholarship Achievement Award:

Matt Martinson

(MA Literature)

Graduate Student Artistic Achievement Award:

Joseph Johnson

(MA Literature)

Brad Hardt

(MA TESOL) is finishing his TESOL degree but already has a job in Korea.