Lisa Han, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
Katherine Morrissey, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies)
Joshua Vasquez, Lecturer (Film and Media Studies)
About face (A crossword): Masks in literature and popular culture
Mark Lussier, Professor Emeritus
On his retirement
Just a year or so into my graduate program, I asked Mark Lussier, from whom I’d only taken one class, to write a recommendation letter for me. His response showed his characteristic enthusiasm: “Of course, I’ll champion your cause!” Little did I know in that moment that he’d continue to champion my cause as my PhD committee chair—and then beyond as a friend and colleague.
Stacey Moran, Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies / Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies)
ASU doctoral students and faculty take the lead among Arizona’s English teachers
As the challenges of COVID-19 made meeting the needs of Arizona’s Pre-K-12 English language arts teachers in 2020-2021 more and more difficult, the Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA) stepped up to meet the challenge—with ASU professors and doctoral students in the vanguard.
If you build it they will come
Teaching Milton in an Arizona prison
I. Alienation and Postmodernity
The alienation is inherent in the architecture. One heavy metal, dull green door slides automatically shut. Once its motion ceases, the identical door opposite automatically slides open. The Arizona sun raises a blinding glare from the white pebbles, grey concrete and beige barracks, so that the eye is forcefully, irresistibly focused on the hundreds of garish, dayglo orange jumpsuits moving around the yard.