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Graduate Student Adam Caliri Wins Award
Apr 22, 2025

Adam Caliri is a current graduate student in our English graduate program. Over spring break Adam attended the 2025 Annual Conference for the College ...

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Introducing Dr. John Sanders
Apr 22, 2025

Dr. John Sanders joined the Appalachian State English Department in the fall of 2024 as a tenure-track professor in the film concentration. He, his fi...

Dr. Alonzo Smith

An Interview with Dr. Alonzo Smith
Mar 26, 2025

Dr. Alonzo Smith joined the English Department at Appalachian State in the Fall of 2023 as a tenure track professor in literary studies. In his spare ...

Dr. Vanessa Evans

An Interview with Dr. Vanessa Evans
Mar 26, 2025

Dr. Vanessa Evans joined the Appalachian State English Department in the Fall of 2023 as a tenure track professor in literary studies. Vanessa lived i...

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ENG 4540: Capstone in Literary Studies with Dr. Flores
Mar 25, 2025

This new course will replace all other capstone courses in Literary Studies. It is a completely redesigned experience for our Literary Studies majors ...

ENG 3405/GWS 3400- Rhetorics of Food and Cooking with Dr. Melissa Stone
Mar 24, 2025

This special topics course looks at food and cooking through rhetorical theory and practical applications of food writing. Beyond mere survival, food ...

Jessica Cory

Jessica Cory Named Editor of the Appalachian Journal
Mar 16, 2025

Dr. Jessica Cory is the newly appointed editor of the Appalachian Journal. Before she became the editor, she previously edited a creative collection c...

Celebrating Award Winners Grace Buckner & Dr. Kyle Stevens
Feb 21, 2025

Recently, graduate student Grace Buckner and film faculty Dr. Kyle Stevens each won awards for their creative and academic works. Our Digital Journali...

Zackary Vernon signing copies of his book at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort, SC

An Interview with Zackary Vernon, the Author of Our Bodies Electric
Feb 6, 2025

Dr. Zackary Vernon’s novel Our Bodies Electric is set in his hometown of Pawleys Island, South Carolina in the 1990s. It follows the main chara...

Keith Hamilton Cobb will visit Appalachian State University's Boone campus from February 3 through 5, 2025. Photo by Ms. Donna Davis Photography

App State to host actor and playwright Keith Hamilton Cobb in February
Jan 27, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Department of Theatre and Dance, Hayes School of M...