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Course poster for ENG 3220, Environmental Rhetorics, a new Spring 2027 course with Dr. Savannah Paige Murray, over a photo of a grassy coastal cliff path under a blue sky.

ENG 3220: Environmental Rhetorics with Dr. Savannah Paige Murray
Oct 19, 2026

Concerned about the climate? Want to know more about the history and future of environmentalism? This class is for you!This 3000-level course offers s...

Course poster for ENG 2430, Animals and Literature, with Dr. Jessica Cory, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:15 on the Hickory Campus: a raccoon with raised paws above portraits of Alice Walker, Christopher Rowe, J. Drew Lanham, Nickole Brown, J.M. Coetzee and Linda Hogan.

ENG 2430: Animals and Literature with Dr. Jessica Cory
Oct 19, 2026

This course serves as an introduction for both English majors and non-majors to the representation of animals in literature; students will learn about...

Course poster for ENG 3250, Literature and the Sacred, Spring 2027 with Prof. Mark Powell: a gilded oval frame around a painting of hands holding an open book, on a brown map and newsprint background.

ENG 3250: Literature and the Sacred with Professor Mark Powell
Oct 19, 2026

Religious belief—for good and bad—has been a powerful force throughout human history. In this course we will examine the intersections of literatu...

Digital illustration of two figures in black hoodies and white masks, one standing behind the other, against a dark red background.

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...

Dr. Melissa Birkhofer and Dr. Paul Worley at Sanford Hall Oct. 8. Photo by Isabella Castillo

‘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...

Watercolor of a playful, bearded man in sunglasses and a red bandana, giving a thumbs-up in an autumn forest; his Bigfoot shirt adds humor.

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...

Course poster for ENG 4860, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature, with Dr. Jennifer Wilson, marking the 300th anniversary of Gulliver's Travels, with an illustration of a young woman in a headscarf holding a tiny Gulliver in her hand.

ENG 4860: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature with Dr. Jennifer Wilson
Oct 12, 2026

300th Anniversary of Gulliver’s TravelsThis year marks the 300th Anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726), an instant sellout c...

Course poster for ENG 5640, Cultural Studies: American Humor Periodicals, 1950-2000, Spring 2027 with Professor Craig Fischer: a wide-eyed dog with a revolver held to its head, a famous National Lampoon cover image.

ENG 5640: Cultural Studies with Dr. Craig Fischer
Oct 12, 2026

“American Humor Periodicals, 1950-2000”MAD (1952- ), THE REALIST (1958-2001), ZAP (1968-2014), NATIONAL LAMPOON (1970-1998), SPY (1986-1998), and ...

Course poster for ENG 3150, Approaches to Film and Media Studies, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer: a film still of a man and a woman in close profile, her head resting on his shoulder.

ENG 3150: Approaches to Film and Media Studies with Dr. Craig Fischer
Oct 12, 2026

This class will be useful in two ways. First: we’ll explore the important ideas and methods in the history of film theory—realism, formalism, aute...

Course poster for ENG 4172/4173, Advanced Studies in Film, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer:

ENG 4172 and 4173: Advanced Studies in Film / Capstone Advanced Studies in Film with Dr. Craig Fischer
Oct 12, 2026

“The Wind Will Carry Us: Post-Revolution Iranian Cinema”This course is a deep dive into the remarkable Iranian cinema: its development before the ...

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