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Sarah Beth Hopton has published "One word of heart is worth three of talent: Professional communication strategies in a Vietnamese Nonprofit Organization" in Technical Communication Quarterly!
Oct 3, 2018

Sarah Beth and her writing partner, Rebecca Walton have published "One word of heart is worth three of talent: Professional communication strateg...

Susan Staub awarded the prestigious Board of Governors Appalachian State University Teaching Excellence Award!
Oct 3, 2018

Susan was awarded the prestigious Board of Governors Appalachian State University Teaching Excellence Award. This award is designed to honor outs...

Ben Morris's flash fiction piece "Taking the Bait" out today in Cleaver Magazine.
Sep 5, 2018

Ben Morris's flash fiction piece "Taking the Bait" is out today in Cleaver Magazine. Here is the link:https://www.cleavermagazine.com/taking-the-...

Belinda Walzer co-written chapter published in a collection called Precarious Rhetorics.
Sep 5, 2018

Belinda Walzer has just had a co-written chapter published in a collection called Precarious Rhetorics. The chapter - the first in the ...

Suzanne Samples's full-length memoir, Front Matter: Writing and the Terminal Brain Cancer of SZ acquired by Running Wild Press
Sep 5, 2018

Running Wild Press (Los Angeles) has acquired the publication rights to Suzanne's full-length memoir, Front Matter: Writing and the Terminal Brai...

Dr. Olga Menagarishvili received funding from iFixit to attend iFixit's Technical Writing Symposium in California this August and will start iFixit's Technical Writing Program at ASU this semester.
Sep 5, 2018

Dr. Olga Menagarishvili received funding from iFixit to attend iFixit's Technical Writing Symposium in California this August and will ...

Dr. Alison Gulley's edited book, Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Texts, has just been published by ARC-Humanities Press and the University of Amsterdam Press.
Sep 5, 2018

Dr. Alison Gulley's edited book, Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Texts, has just been published by AR...

Article on Caleb Johnson, new Visiting Assistant Professor, and his novel _Treebourne_
Aug 20, 2018

Appalachian Today has a wonderful article about Caleb and his novel, Treebourne. Check it out!https://today.appstate.edu/2018/08/16/treeborne...

Zack Vernon interview with Allan Gurganus in North Carolina Literary Review
Aug 10, 2018

North Carolina Literary Review contains an interview Dr. Zack Vernon did with writer Allan Gurganus. In the interview, Gurganus and Zack discuss ...