Amy Greer receives the 2013 Appalachian State University Staff Award
Aug 13, 2013
Colleagues,Please join me in congratulating our own Amy Greer, recipient of the 2013 Appalachian State University Staff Awards! As we all know, she is...
Award-winning writer Joseph Bathanti to present Belk lecture July 11
Jul 10, 2013
Joseph Bathanti, North Carolina’s Poet Laureate and a creative writing professor at Appalachian State University, will deliver the Belk Distinguishe...
Kathryn Kirkpatrick this year's winner of the prestigious Brockman-Campbell Award
Jul 10, 2013
This year’s winner of the prestigious Brockman-Campbell Award, presented annually by the North Carolina Poetry Society, for the best book published ...
General Graduate Program News and Announcements
May 21, 2013
Important Dates Student Research/Travel Funding: * GSAS -- September 14, November 2, February 1, March 1 * Cratis Williams -- September 15, Feb...
Donna Lillian was recently interviewed by Newsweek
May 18, 2013
Donna Lillian was recently interviewed by Newsweek, with the story being picked up later by Yahoo: http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/201...
2013-2014 Truman Capote Scholarship Competition Announced
May 1, 2013
From Susan Weinberg:I am pleased to announce the results as selected by Final Judge Sandy Ballard, editor of APPALACHIAN JOURNAL.Winner of the $3,125 ...
David Orvis's essay "Queer Renaissance Dramaturgy, Shakespeare's Shrew, and the Deconstruction of Marriage" published in Developments in the Histories of Sexualities: In Search of the Normal, 1600-1800
Apr 24, 2013
David's essay, "Queer Renaissance Dramaturgy, Shakespeare's Shrew, and the Deconstruction of Marriage," has been published in Developments in the Hist...
Teaching with Reverance: Reviving an Ancient Virtue for Today's Schools, with chapter by Elaine O' Quinn, wins Society of Professors of Education Book Award
Apr 24, 2013
The book in which Elaine has a chapter, Teaching with Reverance: Reviving an Ancient Virtue for Today's Schools, just won the Society of Professors of...
Hilda Downer's book of poetry, Sky Under the Roof, just published, available in University Bookstore at the end of April
Apr 17, 2013
Hilda's book of poetry, Sky Under the Roof, has just been published. It will be available in the University Bookstore at the end of April.Congratulati...
C. C. Hendricks MA thesis defense April 23
Apr 14, 2013
C. C. Hendricks will defend her MA thesis, entitled Writing in the Now: Critical Composition Pedagogy in the Information Age, on Tuesday, April 23, at...