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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...

Flyer for ENG 4540: Capstone in Literary Studies

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 ...

RC/GWS 3400- Rhetorics of Food and Cooking promo

RC/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...

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 ...

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...