accents on english | fall 20-spring 21
volume 24, issue 1
Everything is alive; everything is interconnected.
—Cicero
health and wholeness
A note from the editor: On health humanities
Cora Fox
alumni feature
From teacher to protector: Lynn Houston’s call to cybersecurity
Sheila Luna
Back home with Eric Waggoner: Humanities and community service in the Mountain State
Larry Ellis
research and engagement
If you build it they will come: Teaching Milton in an Arizona prison
David Hawkes
ASU English's pivot online
Kira Assad
student stories
Growing in the time of COVID-19
Margot Plunkett
ASU doctoral students and faculty take the lead among Arizona’s English teachers
James Blasingame
word lovers' corner
About face (A crossword): Mask-wearers in literature and popular culture
Alberto Ríos
comings and goings
Arrivals
Gabriel Acevedo Velázquez, Assistant Professor (English Education)
Pamela Lang
Saane Burton, Program Manager (Curriculum and Scheduling)
Kira Assad
Lisa Han, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
Pamela Lang
Stacey Moran, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies / Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies)
Pamela Lang
Katherine Morrissey, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
Heidi Willers
Joshua Vasquez, Lecturer (Film and Media Studies)
Nicholas Stewart
Departures (Retirements)
Dan Bivona, Professor Emeritus
Larry Ellis
Taylor Corse, Professor Emeritus
Elizabeth Horan
Mark Lussier, Professor Emeritus
Dana Tait
in memoriam
Carly Verbeke (1995-2020)
Cora Fox
Nicholas Salazar (2000-2021)
Meghan Apao / Editors
health humanities in the news
John Keats in the season of mists (The Lancet)
Jonathan Bate on the interconnectedness of health and the environment
National leaders propose Anti-Racism in Public Health Act (ABC-15)
Lois Brown provides context for legislation to combat structural racism
Another B+ coronavirus essay (The Rambling)
Devoney Looser describes how sometimes merely coping is your best work
ASU professors read poems to help healthcare workers destress (3 TV/CBS 5 / AZ Family)
Videos feature Mark Lussier, Cora Fox, Jonathan Bate, Cajsa Baldini, George Justice and more
new books & media
Faculty, staff, student, & alumni publications
upcoming events
2021-2022 Department of English events
editorial staff
Accents on English 2.0 is produced by the Department of English at Arizona State University.
Executive Editors: Cora Fox, Larry Ellis, Kristen LaRue-Sandler | Web Editor: Kristen LaRue-Sandler
Copy Editors: Kira Assad, Heather Hoyt, Sheila Luna, T.M. McNally
Newsletter Committee: Cora Fox (Co-Chair), Larry Ellis (Co-Chair), Kira Assad, Heather Hoyt, Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Devoney Looser, Sheila Luna, T. M. McNally
about the masthead image
Margot Plunkett's garden was overgrown but abundant this past year. Read about how she started tending plants during the pandemic: "Growing in the time of COVID-19."