Oley High School students confront Native American myths with Dr. Morris
Dr. Amanda Morris visited high school juniors at Oley High School to discuss the presence of Native American culture and the common myths in learning about Native literature. Dr. Morris shared several...
View ArticleMahoney fosters student activism in Citizen Media Forum
By Amber DeFabio Protestors flooded the streets of Wisconsin’s Capitol building, red-faced not only from the cold slicing through their wool hats and fleece hoodies but also from their swelling anger....
View ArticleSpring 2016 Graduate Courses
Graduate Courses ENU 405WICT: Teaching Writing This course focuses on the roots of composition in classical rhetoric, research into composition problems and devices and techniques that lead to...
View ArticleNew course – WRI 350: Breaking News
Professor Patrick Walters MWF 9-9:50 a.m. This course provides undergraduate students with a more detailed study in the reporting and writing about breaking news, planned and unplanned events that...
View ArticleNew Course – WRI 370-30: Personal PR – Marketing the Writer
Dr. Amy O’Brien MWF 10-10:50 a.m. This course will teach self-marketing strategies for professionals hoping to enter the workplace as full-time or freelance writers. Students will create professional...
View ArticleNew Course – ENG 370: Punk Culture in America
Dr. Jonathan Shaw T/Th 1:30-2:50 p.m. Punk—as style, genre, attitude—is most frequently recognized as a musical phenomenon, which emerged in the mid-1970s as an anarchic, sometimes satiric, always...
View ArticleNew Course – ENG 370-20: Comics Studies
Dr. Tony Bleach T/Th 1:30 – 2:50 p.m. This class is an exploration of the medium of comics in its various forms, from the comic strip to the comic book to the graphic novel to the web comic. Students...
View ArticleKutztown English graduate secures her “dream job”
By Amber DeFabio Kutztown alum Joanne Rosa graduated as an English major and has landed her dream job. As an undergraduate, Rosa interned in production management for The Wendy Williams Show. Until...
View ArticleENG 23 students “Listen” and learn
This fall, Dr. Nicole McClure’s ENG 23 students participated in the first ever “Great Listen” sponsored by StoryCorps. According to the StoryCorps website, “The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national...
View ArticleAntaneyah Johnson wins UWC Poetry Contest
Antaneyah Johnson was chosen as the winner for the University Writing Center Poetry contest for Fall 2015. The contest is part of the National Day on Writing through the Council of Teachers of English...
View ArticleBroadway Trip
Join Dr. Curt Herr on a bus trip to see Jessica Lange in the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Days Journey into Night. Busses will leave Kutztown University on Friday, April 15 at 1 p.m. from...
View ArticleApril 21: KUCC Explores Writing the World
The KU Composition Conference is a day-long forum in which students share their writing. Conferences such as this are part of a long tradition in academia; every discipline has many conferences at...
View ArticleRachel Marie-Crane Williams to Speak on Graphic Novels, Social Justice
Graphic novelist, painter, and social justice activist Dr. Rachel Marie-Crane Williams will speak about her work on Thursday, February 25 from 5-6 p.m. in Sharadin 120. Rachel Marie-Crane Williams is...
View ArticleStudents Create Department Materials
Last fall, students in Dr. Amy O’Brien’s Desktop Publishing class were challenged to create a final semester project that could serve as a promotional piece for the Department of English. Each student...
View ArticleApril 13: 3rd Annual KU Poetry Competition Hosted by Rudy Francisco
Rudy Francisco is an exciting spoken-word artist and activist who gives voice to the experiences of those around him. He will perform and host the 3rd annual KU poetry competition on Wednesday, April...
View ArticleKutztown English Grad Pursuing Her Ph.D.
Rebecca Van Horn is a recent English B.A. grad who is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary History and Culture at Drew University. Here’s what she has to say about her Kutztown English Department...
View ArticleApril 19: English Club Book Sale
The English Club is having a book sale on April 19th from 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. in Lytle 130. They will be selling books that were donated to the Better World Books boxes around the building: Better...
View ArticleApril 9: Women’s and Gender Studies Conference
The 21st annual undergraduate Women’s and Gender Studies Conference, sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges(LVAIC), will take place at DeSales University on Saturday, April...
View ArticleDr. Colleen Clemens Spreads the Word of the World
When her daughter wants to talk about Nawal El Saadawi, Clemens knows she is doing something right. After two decades of being in the classroom introducing students to voices often ignored by the...
View ArticleProfessional Writing Student Brandon Wentz Named Mayor
The English Department is proud to announce that Brandon Wentz (Professional Writing, Class of ’17) has been named the Mayor of Mount Carbon in Schuylkill County. After hearing that the acting mayor...
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