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Spring-Summer 2016
- A Teacher's Lesson
- YA Lit and Frank Beddor
- Willis Buckingham, 1938-2016
- When I Gave
- Travis Franks, Australian Fulbright
- Super Scholarship Winner
- Nicholas A. Salerno, 1936-2016
- New HR Specialist: Joe Caudill
- New Business Ops Specialist: Glendolyn Neumann
- Miles Swarthout, 1946-2016
- Larry Ellis on Tempe in '70s
- Jacqueline Wernimont, Digitrix
- Irena Praitis on the River
- Heroes! Crossword
- Grit, Generosity, and the Swarthouts
- From the Chair: An Expansive Vision
- Faculty and Staff Publications
- Editor's Note
- Debra Schwartz, 1956-2016
- Creative Writing Affiliates
- Constructing 'Iron City'
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Spring 2013
- Chair's Corner
- Translation: Mistral
- Translation: Code Talkers
- Teaching: Roma-Deeley
- Teaching: Blasingame on Books
- Students: Sundance
- Students: Matsunaga
- Students: Grieve
- Research: World Englishes
- Research: Humor
- Ian Fletcher: Tribute
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- Giving Back: Ortiz
- Giving Back: Maxine Marshall
- Giving Back: L2 Award
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- Giving Back: CW Awards
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Fall 2019-Spring 2020
- 'When we speak, we speak to everyone'
- A Note from the Editors
- A librarian and a folklorist walk into a bar
- Andrea Dickens, Lecturer (Writing Programs)
- Celebrating 50 years of TESOL at ASU
- Closer to home: A personal account of writer Louis Owens
- Edith Vélez Bermúdez, Student Support Specialist (Online Graduate Programs)
- Emily Cooney, Lecturer (Writing Programs)
- Hot stuff (A crossword)
- Kara Von Holten, Academic Success Specialist (Undergraduate Advising)
- Kathleen Hicks, Director (Online Programs)
- Kyle Jensen, Professor and Director (Writing Programs)
- Marvin Fisher (1927-2020)
- Michael Begay, Coordinator (Main Office)
- Orange in the new 'Blackboard Jungle'
- Sir Jonathan Bate, Foundation Professor of Environmental Humanities (Literature)
- Small gestures
- WRL vignette I: Rhetorical inquiry as an anchor
- WRL vignette II: Keep adapting and carry on
- William 'Wonderful' Jenkins (1948-2019)
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Fall 2018-Spring 2019
- A Note from the Editor: Some Thoughts on Place
- Tyler Peterson, Assistant Professor (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)
- The Classroom: A Place to Search and Be Known
- Richelle Hubbell-Hudson, HR Specialist Sr. (Business Office)
- Rhetorical Fin Flips in Mermaid ‘Science’: A Q&A with Peter Goggin
- Peering into Landscapes with Literature
- Online Students are Plugged-in to Education
- My Sister, the Teacher: One Student’s #RedforEd Close-Up
- Marieke Davis and 'Ember Black': Creating an Artistic Vision Accessible by All
- Making Loved Ones Proud: What 'University' Means to Two First-Generation College Students
- Lois Brown, Foundation Professor (Literature) and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
- Kathleen "Kay" Sands (1939-2018)
- Katherine Heenan (1963-2019)
- Justin Petropoulos, Program Manager (Creative Writing)
- Jonathan Hope, Professor (Literature)
- John X. Evans (1933-2018)
- Jeffrey Cohen, Professor (Literature) and Dean of Humanities, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Jacob Greene, Assistant Professor (Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies)
- Honoring the Open Book: Humanities 'in Situ'
- Helen Nebeker (1927-2018)
- Geek Chorus: A Crossword on Nerdosity in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
- Dhira Mahoney (1938-2019)
- Danielle Alfandre, Lecturer (Writing Programs)
- Close Encounters with Creepy Critters
- Book Traces at ASU Moves Forward
- Ayanna Thompson, Professor (Literature) and Director, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
- Adopt-A-Family 2018: Setting a New Record
- A to Z Trivia: How Well Do You Know America's 48th State?
- 69 Cent Shots and Postmodern Clutter in the Big Red Barn: A Fond Eulogy to Tempe’s Minder Binders
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Fall 2017-Spring 2018
- A Note from the Editor: On Artistic Communication
- The Writing's on the Wall: Art as Non-Violent Protest
- Star-Lit: A Crossword on Intergalactic Travel in Literature
- Shirley Rose Sings for Community
- Salsa Samba Sarah: Dancing to the Beat of a Surdo Drum
- One Stitch at a Time: Fiber Artists in the Department of English
- Natalie Diaz, Assistant Professor (Creative Writing)
- Naira Kuzmich (1988-2017)
- James Ney (1932-2017)
- In the Deep: An Undersea Photographic Essay
- Hidden Music: After-Hours Talent in ASU English
- Cowboy Poetry: On the Trail with James Blasingame
- Chris Wheeler, Academic Advisor and Scheduler
- Catching up with ASU English chair Krista Ratcliffe
- Brian Goodman, Assistant Professor (Literature)
- Breaking Bread with Lutfi Hussein, Culinary Artist
- Barbara Patton-Walker, Assistant to the Chair
- ASU Online Casts Working Actress in New Role as Film Studies Graduate
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Fall 2015-Winter 2016
- Alum Abdelhamid Hamouda
- Tempe Legends
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- Riddle of Signposts
- RED INK Journal
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- New Staff: Athena Andriakos
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- Melissa Pritchard Retires
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Spring-Summer 2015
- Alumni | MFA Fulbrights
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- Students | Online MA
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- Research | Medieval
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- In Memoriam | Sweeney
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- In Memoriam | Green
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- Events 2015
- Chair's Corner
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- Alumni | Poetry in Nepal
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Fall 2016-Winter 2017
- 2016 Local Conference Round-up
- Unearthing the Legacy of Katharine C. Turner, Philanthropist and Fossil Hunter
- Transforming Food Deserts
- The Academic, the Artist, the Advisor: A Profile on Mollie Connelly
- Serendipity, Hard Work Lead to Book Deal for Doctoral Student Jason Griffith
- Sarah Florini, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
- Robert Sarka, 1948-2017
- Out, Open, Truthful, Honest: Secrets of Bill Konigsberg's Success
- New Office Specialist: Sarah Saucedo
- Narratives of Belonging
- Michael Green at the Helm, English Bolsters Online Offerings
- From Martial Arts to Language Arts
- Faculty, Staff, and Student Publications
- Diana Bowling, 1944-2016
- Crossword: Suns and Devils
- Connected Academics Supports Alternate Career Paths for Humanities Students
- Building on a Strong Foundation
- Blasingame Brings Focus on Diverse Voices to ALAN
- Beckian Fritz Goldberg Retires
- Alumni Publications
- Alumni Come Full Circle at the Sundance Film Festival
- ASU's Sigma Tau Delta Chapter: Good for Students
- A Composition Teacher’s Reward: Biochemistry Student Earns Scholarship for Writing
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Spring-Summer 2016
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About
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Balbir Backhaus
Instructor
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TEMPE Campus
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Biography
Balbir Backhaus is an instructor in the Department of English at Arizona State University.
Courses
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| ENG 217 | Writing Reflective Essays |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| Spring 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
| Fall 2016 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
| ENG 217 | Writing Reflective Essays |