We Are Hiring Two Tenure-Track Faculty in Creative Writing
Oct 30, 2026
The Department of English at Appalachian State University, in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, invites applications for two tenure-track positio...
We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Film Studies
Oct 30, 2026
We have initiated a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in English with expertise in Screenwriting and Film Studies. The position will start...
We Are Hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Editor of Cold Mountain Review
Oct 26, 2026
We have initiated a search for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of Creative Writing, specifically in poetry, who will also serve as editor...
Horror, electronic music and Russian politics: Brittany Roberts connects them all [faculty featured]
Oct 19, 2026
Brittany Roberts, an assistant professor with the App State English department, gave a talk on how Russian electronic music duo IC3PEAK uses horror im...
‘People need to know about this’: App State professors champion Indigenous voices [faculty featured]
Oct 16, 2026
On a trip to the ancestral Catawba town of Joara with students in fall 2019, App State professors Paul Worley and Melissa Birkhofer heard from a colle...
English professor Mark Powell reflects on Halloween, folklore, and wonder in WNC Magazine
Oct 15, 2026
There’s nothing quite like autumn in the mountains. The air crisps, and by September, you can feel fall in the deeper shade. By October, the forests...
ENG 3640: Digital Creative Writing with Dr. Leonardo Flores
Sep 28, 2026
I'm thrilled to share a new creative writing course that will help you explore your creativity with writing designed for digital media publication.&nb...
Bestselling author Kate Quinn urges support for libraries at App State
Sep 28, 2026
New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn spoke at App State Sept. 17, sharing insights from her career and latest novel, “The Astral Library.”...
App State's Leonardo Flores leads MLA framework on AI and the humanities
Sep 18, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Leonardo Flores, chair of Appalachian State University's Department of English, led a national effort resulting in the publication...
Meet the English department’s secret soup-ciety
Sep 8, 2026
There’s a secret society here at App State. Instead of secret meetings, conspiracy theories and secretly controlling the world, they focus on one th...