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ENG 3280: Rhetorics of Health Justice
Oct 17, 2025

Interested in learning more about medical writing and communication? Consider taking ENG 3280: Rhetorics of Health Justice with Dr. Stone!This course ...

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ENG 5535: Electronic Literature and Digital Writing (Dr. Flores - Summer 1)
Oct 16, 2025

How do digital media technologies shape writing and literature? What happens when writers engage the artistic potential of digital media to produce li...

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ENG 4520: Capstone in Literary Studies (Dr. Flores)
Oct 16, 2025

This new capstone course replaces all other capstone courses in Literary Studies. It is a completely redesigned experience for our Literary Studies ma...

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We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures
Oct 2, 2025

We have initiated a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in English with expertise in North American Indigenous Literatures.Here's a link to ...

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The New and Improved BA in English!
Oct 2, 2025

Have you heard about the new and improved BA in English?Last academic year, the English Department completely revamped its BA curriculum in several ex...

Appalachian State University's Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS), a division of University College, is pleased to announce that the Fulbright U.S. Student Program has selected two College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) alumni to receive awards for the 2025–26 cycle.

Alumnus Connor Montanya ’24 ’25 receives 2025–26 Student Fulbright
Sep 3, 2025

Montanya, who graduated from Appalachian in May, received a Fulbright ETA and has begun his teaching assignment in Penghu, Taiwan....

Earn a Secondary English Graduate Certificate in Just Three Semesters!
Aug 26, 2025

The English Department in conjunction with the Reich College of Education now offers a Secondary English Graduate Certificate. This certificate prepar...

Meet Our Hardworking Summer Interns!
Aug 11, 2025

This summer, Digital Writing Intern, Jacey Widner, had the opportunity to speak with our hardworking summer interns. Jacey wrote about her own experie...

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Meet Some of Our Newest Lecturers!
May 5, 2025

Our English department digital journalism intern, Jacey Widner, reached out to our fantastic group of lecturers that we've hired in the last few years...

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Introducing Dr. Lora Hawkins
Apr 30, 2025

Dr. Lora Hawkins joined the App State English Department in the fall of 2024 as a tenure-track professor in the secondary education degree program. Lo...