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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...

Dr. Bethany Mannon smiles and stands in from of a brick wall.

Dr. Bethany Mannon Publishes ‘I Grew Up in the Church’: American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories
Jan 16, 2025

Dr. Bethany Mannon’s new book, ‘I Grew Up in the Church’: American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories, centers personal narratives that women ...

RC 2001: Writing Across the Curriculum- Constructing Modernity: Voice, Theory, and Process
Nov 14, 2024

Professor: Dr. Ryan McGuckinMeeting time/modality: Sec. 133: TR 11-12:15 (Hybrid); 143: TR 8-9:15 (Hybrid); 144 MWF 12-12:50 (Hybrid); 149 TR 2-3:15 (...

ENG 5000-101 BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH with Dr. Alonzo Smith
Nov 13, 2024

ENG 5000-101 BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESEARCHSpring 2025Dr. Alonzo SmithOffice Location: Sanford Hall 448 Email: smithw2@appstate.eduCourse Description: EN...

ENG 2120 African American Literature: African Diaspora, with Dr. Alonzo Smith

ENG 2120 African American Literature: African Diaspora, with Dr. Alonzo Smith
Nov 13, 2024

Who we are as African Americans, as Black folks in the diaspora, our cultural destiny, has been shaped by both the enslaved and the free. — bell hoo...

ENG 4730: Loneliness in the Novel, MWF 10-10:50, with Dr. Jennifer Wilson

ENG 4730: Loneliness in the Novel, MWF 10-10:50, with Dr. Jennifer Wilson
Nov 11, 2024

According to the Pew Research Trust, ten percent of Americans report feeling lonely all or most of the time, a figure that remains consistent across g...

Dr. Peaches Hash Continues to Teach English Through Art
Nov 11, 2024

Dr. Peaches Hash is no stranger to App State. Before joining the English Department as an Assistant Professor in 2024, Dr. Hash received her doctorate...

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Dr. Michael Docherty Joins the Department of English
Nov 11, 2024

Dr. Michael Docherty, who recently joined the Department of English as a tenure-track professor, has been busy since moving to Boone. As a musician, t...