Accents on English: Spring-Summer 2015

Accents on English - Spring / Summer 2015 | Volume 18, Issue 2

chair's corner

Meditations and Recollections: The End/s of History [M. Lussier]

alumni feature

Where Are They Now? MFA Fulbrighters Traverse the Globe [C. Campbell]

►In Focus: Translating Ivorian Conflict Poetry [C. Campbell]

'Dear Himalayas': Alum Bringing Lyric Medicine to Nepal [K. LaRue-Sandler]

recollections

A History of English at ASU: The Early Years [J. Kelly]

Emeritus Professor Sharon Crowley Lauded for 'Profound Rethinking' of Field [K. LaRue-Sandler]

Tribute to a Writer: Kathryn Swarthout (1919-2015) [C. Campbell]

student stories

A Star(bucks) Student: FMS Major Tiffany Zinn [K. Dwyer]

Meet the Prison Education Awareness Club (PEAC) [S. Berry]

►Q&A with Jessica Fletcher, PEAC President [S. Berry]

New Critical Theory Certificate Empowers Thinking 'The Unthought' [K. Assad]

Valuable, Flexible, Diverse: Customizable Online MA in English Now Available [S. Luna]

new faculty & staff

Kira Assad: Office Specialist (Graduate Studies / Internships) [S. Luna]

research & engagement

Instructor Insights: Four Teachers in the Trenches [J. Kelly]

Richard Newhauser at Work on Medieval Sin ‘Encyclopedia’ [K. LaRue-Sandler]

word lovers' corner

Spring 2015 Crossword: Words and Music (Music in Literary Works) [A. Ríos]

An Ode from the Editor: In Honor of Memory [A. Ríos]

►Poem for Raúl H. Castro [A. Ríos]

giving

Stats and Tweets: English Participates in Sun Devil Giving Day [K. LaRue-Sandler]

Book Drive Nets Windfall for Local Elementary Schools [Editors]

Invest in the Department of English at ASU

in memoriam

Alex Christensen (1987-2015) [S. Hopkins]

Mary Green (1931-2014) [Editors]

Kathryn Harris (1941-2015) [Editors]

Clare Sweeney (1930-2014) [Editors]

new books & media

Faculty and Staff Publications

Alumni Publications

upcoming events

2015-2016 Events Sponsored by ASU English

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Executive Editors: Alberto Ríos, Kristen LaRue-Sandler | Web Editor: Kristen LaRue-Sandler

Copy Editors: Christopher Floyd, Jan Kelly, Sheila Luna, Sarah Saucedo

Newsletter Committee: Alberto Ríos (Chair), Shavawn M. Berry, Corey Campbell, Karen Dwyer, Jan Kelly, Kristen LaRue-Sandler,Sheila Luna

Background header image from 1960: A bustling view of ASU's Memorial Union at the corner of Orange Street and College Avenue toward the southeast. UP UPC ASUB M45 #2

All header images used in the Spring / Summer 2015 Accents on English newsletter are from University Archives' online exhibit, The New ASU Story.

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