In May 2020, Arizona State University reached a major milestone when it enrolled approximately 3,500 American Indian students.

Have you ever thought about the amount of single-use plastic cutlery disposed of daily on the ASU Tempe campus? How about in a semester? Or a year?

As the pandemic nears the end of its sophomore year, it's worth taking a moment to acknowledge the compassion, grit and creativity of the Arizona State University community.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable 

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable 

The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English announced the winner of two of its annual contests for 2021-2022, the Mabelle A.

Recent years have seen a concerted effort by many in public-serving institutions to acknowledge the ancestral peoples and cultures that inhabited — and were often displaced from — the lands on whic

Over the past 10 years, Arizona State University’s Project Humanities has received high praise from many dignitaries around the world.

On October 28, 2021, we celebrated the winners of our annual Homecoming Writing Contest with a virtual awards presentation and a reading from the students’ works.

In 2021, ongoing social, environmental and economic upheavals have made sifting through the noise — sometimes metaphorical noise, s

When Clint Smith was growing up in New Orleans, it was impossible to escape the adulation of the Confederacy.

The New York Times caught the attention of many West Coast residents earlier this week when it ran a story about recent efforts to contain wildfires, one of which had grown “

As a student at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Arizona State University English Professor Natalie Diaz remembers seeing the Robe

The School of International Letters and Cultures brings the 21st U.S.

The ASU Book Group, hosted by the Virginia G.

Nobody ever said getting a book published was easy.

Incoming Sun Devils have more than 800 fully accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs to choose from — plus 275 available minors and cer

The new issue of Accents on English, the Department of English at Arizona State University's annual newsletter, is themed ar

It’s not easy bein' green, a famous frog once said.

In the case of a certain legendary knight, it’s not a spoiler to say that sometimes being green will cost you your head.

This fall, critically acclaimed sci-fi and fantasy writer Nnedi Okorafor will join The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Five faculty members (one of whom is an alum) and two graduate students in the ASU Department of English announce the recent or forthcoming launch of exciting new work.

While celebrating Juneteenth, the new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, the Arizona Diamondbacks will also honor

Devoney Looser, Regents and Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University, has uncovered new informatio

Topping the headlines again, Arizona State University Associate Professor Natalie Diaz has been awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for h

ASU English celebrated its 2020-2021 graduates and award-winners on Monday, May 3, 2021 in its second such

Military spouses often face situations and challenges that most civilians don’t — deployments, long periods of separation and adhering to codes that sometimes can stifle human emotion.

The Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University has awarded funding to six new seed grant projects f

During the spring convocation ceremonies on May 3, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University honored its best and brightest undergraduates from the social sciences, natur

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Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of 

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of 

On Monday, May 3, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities divisi

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The English Renaissance ended nearly 400 years ago, yet the people and creative works of that era can tell us a lot about ourselves today.

Amanda Baldeneaux is living proof that a writer can create solid work under the most trying of circumstances.

From food insecurity to biodiversity collapse, the field of environmental humanities addresses big issues from an interdisciplinary angle, aiming to connect two fields that have traditionally

Despite a decade of widespread decline in humanities majors and enrollments at higher educat

There’s something new this year for Indigenous Culture Week.

It’s the word “Indigenous.”

Freedom is a word that comes to mind when describing the unmediated self-publishing space of zines, short for “fanzines” or “magazines,” a creative space that Rachel Leket-Mor, an associate librari

If we want to change the world for the better, we’ve got to start by empowering women and girls.

We now know what the wind on Mars actually sounds like — to a robot’s “ears” a

Over the past year, the Institute for Humanities Research's Health Humanities Initiative

The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies is hosting an online peer-reviewed journal, known as the SHPRS Digital Humanities Journal, started by undergraduate students.

In her novels, award-winning author and Arizona State University Professor Jewell Parker Rhodes often combines he

The humanities encompass everything from history, literature and creative writing to film and media, language and culture, philosophy, linguistics and religion.

There is a line in “Northanger Abbey,” Jane Austen’s satirical coming-of-age novel, that Devoney Looser thinks of often, whenever she is

This January, Amanda Gorman’s stirring words at President Biden’s inauguration celebration ignited a love for poetry many Americans didn’t even know they had.

Author Colson Whitehead felt a responsibility to stick to the truth when he wrote the terrible events in “The Nicke

Three recent graduates and a senior at Arizona State University have won prestigious fellowships offered by the U.S. Department of State.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of 

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of 

On Monday, Dec.

The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English announced the winners of two of its annual contests for 2020-2021.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of 

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of 

On November 18, 2020, we celebrated the winners of our annual Homecoming Writing Contest with a virtual awards presentation and a reading from the students’ works.

Storytelling is a tool that has been used cross-culturally for centuries as a means to teach lessons, express viewpoints and build communities.

When Arizona State University alumni reflect on their Sun Devil stories, they often remember the influential courses they took from The Coll

Aya Matsuda, Arizona State University associate professor of applied linguistics, recognizes the need for her students to ga

“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”

While some holiday traditions may be in jeopardy this year because of the pandemic, one small group of students at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus will celebrate an important Hispanic

Editor's note: This story is part of a series from The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for National Book Month.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series from The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for National Book Month. Read m

On October 1, Writing Programs in the Department of English at ASU hosted Jonathan Safran Foer, author of We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast for a

In April, Arizona State University’s Narrative Storytelling Initiative invited people worldwide to write a short story on what

White women have historically played a curious role in race relations in America, occupying dual roles as oppressor and the oppressed. 

The centennial of a landmark decision that affected half the United States' population will take place Aug. 18, 2020, as the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment turns 100.

As awareness of racial injustice has broadened this spring and summer, reading lists have been shared to help increase people's understanding of our nation's past and present — including one

Most of us find ourselves fully immersed in the digital age.

Last Saturday, about halfway through Part 1 of the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy’s two-part Impact

Editor’s note: While this article attempts to shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting members of the disabled community, it is by no means intended to be comprehen

When Arizona State University Professor and inaugural Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos wrote his latest collection of poetry, he couldn’t have kn

Two Arizona State University professors are now among a prestigious class of poets that have been selected by the Academy of American Poets for fellowships made possible by the Andrew W.

In the midst of the recent COVID-19-related economic, social and academic upheaval, something profound occurred.

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Four ASU Department of English faculty are ushering in new, inventive work—no small feat in these unprecedented times. Releases include the U.S.

Coffee and college seem to be a perfect match.

During the spring convocation ceremonies on May 11, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will honor its best and brightest undergraduates from the social sciences, n

Arizona State University's May 11 commencement will celebrate many firsts and milestones: the university's first virtual ceremony because of the novel coronavirus, the first graduating cohort

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable

On Monday, May 11, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social scien

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable

In the 50 years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, the United States has moved from a focus on pollution to a broader awareness of how the ecosystem needs to be nurtured.

In a relatively short time, much has been written about the global cultural response to the COVID-19

Who wrote Malcolm X’s autobiography? The obvious answer is Malcolm X.

But, according to Keith Miller, it’s not that simple.

“Who cares if I fold up at my desk 
a heap of angry sorrow. Not any candidate
no ambassador. Sign a petition? Email some senators?
I make nothing happen.”

Although uncertainty abounds today, there is at least one thing you can count on: this fall 2020, edifying and mind-bending courses will be available to you from the Arizona State University Depart

Parents need strong social support because poor parenting not only damages children, but also leads to negative consequences for the larger community, according to a panel of experts who spoke at a

Editor's Note: To stave off the stay-at-home blues, Devoney Looser is also participating with other scholars and Janeites (including ASU alumna Amanda Prahl) in VirtualJaneCon, a free, on

The health of the Sun Devil community is a top priority at ASU.

The ASU Health Services website is Arizon

Three Department of English faculty members are celebrating the launch of recent work in several kinds of media.

Artistic expression has always been a catalyst for discussion in society.

Many prominent American writers of the last 50 years — including Alice Walker, Spalding Gray, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Tobias Wolff and Sandra Cisneros — have one noticeable career mil

Three women, three countries and hundreds of letters spanning five decades.

Three women, three countries and hundreds of letters spanning five decades.

Three Department of English faculty members are celebrating recent and forthcoming books and journals spanning a range of interests.

A stretch of the imagination is needed when picturing Jane Austen.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall

Many children in the U.S. grow up hearing holiday stories of Santa Claus bounding through the skies with a fleet of reindeer and a bundle full of presents.

On Dec.

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Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 c

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commenc

On November 19, 2019, we celebrated the winners of our annual H

Four Department of English faculty members are celebrating new and forthcoming books and journals that showcase a wide array of research and creativity.

As long as there have been people, there have been stories. We tell stories to convey knowledge, to entertain  and to explain that which we do not understand.

For Superior Court Judge Michael Convey, leaving his native Chicago to attend college at Arizona State University started off as a chance to see a new part of the country.

African American actress Regina King is the star in an HBO adaptation of D.C.’s “The Watchmen,” premiering Oct.

If you’re Italian, you don’t miss Mama’s “red lead” on Sunday night.

Sometimes the best conversations are the ones where all we do is listen. And when it comes to communing with the environment, there’s a lot that can be learned.

Representation and inclusivity in modern American fiction are essential components of honest, accurate writing, novelist Jess Row told a crowd of faculty, staff and students at Arizona State

Witches, pagans and polytheists: They’re not seance-holding weirdos, tree-worshipping nudists or Stonehenge-dancing hippies.

We don't often think about medieval and Renaissance culture.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest and most diverse academic unit at Arizona State University.

Four Department of English faculty members are celebrating the publication of important original research.

Artificial intelligence algorithms have become pervasive in daily life, but should they? And what are the drawbacks and advantages of using machine learning?

Editor's note: July 3 marked the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year.

There’s a scene in Season 1, Episode 2 of FX’s acclaimed series "Pose" that chronicles the ballroom culture of New York City in the late '80s and early '90s, wherein one of the main characters, Bla

We all know the meaning of that blue decal with a stick figure person that hangs from rearview mirrors. What we probably don’t know is how to refer to the person it depicts.

Congratulations to 2018-2019 grads and award-winners in the Department of English!

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring

ASU English faculty, staff, students and alumni made waves on the local, state, and national scenes during National Poetry month 2019.

Roden Crater, a large-scale art installation of light and perception in northern Arizona, is seen by only a few hundred people every year.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.

Among the uninitiated, Phoenix might conjure less-than-savory thoughts of suburban sprawl, ecological challenges or a dearth of history.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commen

During the spring convocation ceremonies on May 7, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will honor its best and brightest undergraduates from the social sciences, na

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commen

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commen

Arizona State University alumnus Dan Shilling considers himself a good example of somebody whose life was changed by the humanities.

Michele Clark studies invasive plant species, and her research could help save people from being attacked by tigers in a forest in Nepal.

The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Arizona State University welcomes Eric H. Holder Jr.

Some 1.7 billion people are speaking or learning English around the world today, a number expec

In front of a sold-out crowd of 800 community leaders, business executives and ASU alumni on March 20, the 2019 Founders’ Day celebrated the founding of the institution by honoring ASU alumni

If you’ve returned from spring break in a panic because you haven’t yet made your fall 2019 class selections, we can help.

Today, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences boasts the most students, courses and — as of fiscal year 2018 — the most externally funded research expenditures at Arizona State University.

The final Open Door event introduced visitors to everything from rescue robots to healthy eating. 

The latest exhibit at ASU Gammage will feature the works from photographer Jim Bochenek.

In the midst of increasing chaos caused by climate change, from devastating hurricanes to deadly polar vortexes, the literary genre of climate fiction offers stories that capture our anxieties, bro

Three Department of English faculty members are celebrating the recent and/or imminent release of books.

As a global studies and linguistics double major, senior Karina Alonso has grown accustomed to learning about the world through her classes, her textbooks and her professors at Arizona State Univer

Talking, listening and connecting: They’re the three pillars of Arizona State University’s Project Humanities, and there were plenty of each to be fo

For many years, there existed among scholars of the medieval and Renaissance periods the old chestnut that those were the times before the concept of race existed.

For Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th and current Dalai Lama, his love of science began in childhood. Curious to know what made a mechanical watch tick, he took it apart and put it back together again.

With entire social media handles dedicated to the genre, today’s epic stories of animal connections enjoy an easy ride to internet fame.

Everyone has a story, and everyone has the voice to tell it.

On Tuesday, Dec.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

In recent years, talk of border security, child separation, caravans of migrants and building — or not building — “the wall” has dominated U.S. headlines.

Forget everything you thought you knew about drag. 

On November 1, 2018, we honored the winners of our annual Homec

Matt Bell knows the importance of a sense of place.

The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a Hispanic tradition celebrated annually Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 in remembrance of lost loved ones.

“And so it stays just on the edge of vision,/ A small unfocused blur, a standing chill/ That slows each impulse down to indecision./ Most things may never happen: this one will.”

Female action heroes. Everyman poet-musicians. Fake news. Publishing YA lit. Saving the planet. Writing theft. A history of English.

Monsters exist across time and culture, from the infamous Count Dracula to the more obscure Filipina vampire creature, the Manananggal, who is said to sprout giant bat wings and fly through the nig

Just after 6:30 p.m.

"You're going to need a bigger boat."

"We're not in Kansas anymore."

"I'll have what she's having."

"Go ahead, make my day."

For the seventh year, the ASU English Department is recognizing a hard-working staff writer at Arizona State University who deserves public recognition with its 2018 ASU "Behind-the-Scenes Writer o

The excitement in Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos’ voice when he tells a crowd of people gathered at a recent Changing Hands Bookstore event in Phoenix that he will soon become a gr

This fall, the Department of English at Arizona State University is getting another upgrade, and this time it’s personal. Rather, personnel.

"True awareness of mortality, when it comes, is a permanent revolution...."

Editor's note: Explicit verbal permission was given by Louise Wilson to publish photos depicting the Gitksan language.

Want to know more about the romantic lives of 18th century English women? Read a Jane Austen novel.

The new issue of Accents on English, the Department of English at Arizona State University's annual newsletter, is now liv

Satirical or sex-obsessed? Self-hating or self-commentary? Of the many ways late author Philip Roth has been described and discussed, the word “complicated” is rarely challenged in debate.  

Most of us hope that our confessional emails to friends won’t wind up on the internet.

Innovation at Arizona State University often comes in the form of research, business ideas and technology.

Congratulations to 2017-2018 grads and award-winners in the Department of English!

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

ASU doctoral and MFA students in humanities disciplines were invited to compete in a Connected Academics Pitching Contest

Three Department of English faculty members and one alumna announce recent and forthcoming books of French poetry in translation, a Kindle version of Alcatraz island fiction, and pedagogy for teach

During the spring 2018 convocation ceremonies on May 8, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will honor their best and brightest undergraduates from the social scien

On April 3, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Congratulations to five faculty members in the ASU Department of English, whose volumes on animal studies, writing research, poems of the dead, and international student writing have been released

On March 13, English professor James Blasingame received an ASU Pat Tillman Veterans Center

Humanities studies and baseball? It’s not exactly an obvious pairing.

For historian Yasmin Saikia, Women's History Month is an opportunity to recognize all women, in addition to trailblazing historical figures.

Three Department of English faculty announce recent and forthcoming books centering on medieval optical science, Eastern European immigration, and verb meaning in English.

U.S. presidents have been political game-changers, prolific writers and social-policy pioneers. But did you know about the speeding and the cheerleading? 

Valentine’s Day can bring visions of roses and flowery language — or at least the Hallmark-card version. But poetry did not always serve the romantically minded.

This issue of Writing Notes, ASU Writing Programs' newsletter, features stories and notes about our new space.

Update: Venita Blackburn was named a finalist for the PEN America Literary Awards on Jan.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights icon, a beacon of light during a dark time in American history, and a defender of the poor, downtrodden and underrepresented.

ASU English faculty celebrate recent and forthcoming book publications on topics from gender and sexual politics to existential poetry to sixteenth-century court literature.

Three ASU English faculty members and an alum announce recent and forthcoming book publications.

On Tuesday, Dec.12, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social sciences, n

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2017 commencement.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2017 commencement.

Once sworn to secrecy about their cryptic contributions to U.S. military battle, some former hidden heroes are now decoding the details of their efforts for historical posterity.

Thanksgiving brings us closer together, but our conversations across generations in a family can sometimes drive us farther apart.

Big questions about the nature of time and space and how they relate to mankind and the Earth have confounded some of the greatest minds since humans were capable of complex thought.