volume 22, issue 1
This is the place of places and it is here.
—Gertrude Stein
humanities in place: desert contours and contrasts
A Note from the Editor: Some Thoughts on Place
Meghan Bacino
new books & media
Faculty, staff, student, & alumni publications
research and engagement
Book Traces at ASU Moves Forward
Devoney Looser
Close Encounters with Creepy Critters
Dana Tait
Rhetorical Fin Flips in Mermaid 'Science': A Q&A with Peter Goggin
Kristen LaRue-Sandler
Peering into Landscapes with Literature
Mayra Vasquez-Chavez
student stories
Online Students are Plugged-in to Education
Sheila Luna
Making Loved Ones Proud: What 'University' Means to Two First-Generation College Students
Meghan Bacino
My Sister, the Teacher: One Student's #RedforEd Close-Up
Mayra Vasquez-Chavez
A Place to Show Up, to Search and Be Known
Meghan Bacino
A desert is a place without expectation.
—Nadine Gordimer
alumni feature
Marieke Davis and Ember Black: Creating an Artistic Vision, Accessible by All
Kira Assad
69 Cent Shots and Postmodern Clutter in the Big Red Barn: A Fond Eulogy to Tempe's Minder-Binders
Larry Ellis
giving
Honoring the 'Open Book': Humanities in Situ
Kristen LaRue-Sandler
Adopt-A-Family 2018—Setting a New Record
Adelheid Thieme
word lovers' corner
A to Z Trivia: How Well Do You Know America's 48th State?
Dana Tait
Geek Chorus: A Crossword on Nerdosity in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
Alberto Ríos
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
—T. S. Eliot
comings and goings
Danielle Alfandre, Lecturer (Writing Programs)
Avrajit Dey
Lois Brown, Foundation Professor (Literature) and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
Emily Robinson
Jeffrey Cohen, Professor (Literature) and Dean of Humanities, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Basil Price
Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
Sheila Luna
Jacob Greene, Assistant Professor (Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies)
Meghan Bacino
Jonathan Hope, Professor (Literature)
Bootsie Martinez
Richelle Hubbell-Hudson, HR Specialist Sr. (Business Office)
Sheila Luna
Tyler Peterson, Assistant Professor (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)
Sheila Luna
Justin Petropoulos, Program Manager (Creative Writing)
Kira Assad
Ayanna Thompson, Professor (Literature) and Director, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Isaac Kolding
in memoriam
John X. Evans (1933-2018)
Editors
Katherine Heenan (1963-2019)
Elizabeth Lowry
Dhira Mahoney (1938-2019)
Editors
Helen Nebeker (1927-2018)
Editors
Kathleen "Kay" Sands (1939-2018)
Larry Ellis
It is good people who make good places.
―Anna Sewell
editorial staff
Accents on English 2.0 is produced by the Department of English at Arizona State University.
Executive Editors: Meghan Bacino, Larry Ellis, Kristen LaRue-Sandler | Web Editor: Kristen LaRue-Sandler
Copy Editors: Sheila Luna, Kira Assad, Adrian Thomas
Newsletter Committee: Meghan Bacino (Co-Chair) Larry Ellis (Co-Chair), Kira Assad, David Hawkes, Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Devoney Looser, Sheila Luna, Dana Tait
about the masthead image
Bruce Matsunaga. Ross-Blakley Hall at sunset. 2017.
Our resident technical genius, Bruce Matsunaga, is also a talented photographer with a great sense of timing. He snapped this photo of a radiant Ross-Blakley Hall on a hot September evening, after a long day of helping English move into its new "digs." Check out more of Matsunaga's work on behalf of ASU English on the department's Flickr account.