Jan Susina spoke with Judith Valente of WGLT on the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland.
Category: Department of English
College Girl author to confront stigmas for sexual assault survivors
College Girl author Laura Gray-Rosendale will talk about the importance of having conversations about sexual assault at 7 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, as part of the Speaker Series.
Professor Susina discusses Harper Lee on WJBC
Illinois State English Professor Jan Susina discussed Harper Lee’s newly discovered manuscript, To Set A Watchman, with WJBC’s Susan Sanders on February 4.
WGLT interviews Professor Susina on 50th anniversary of Mary Poppins movie
Susina talked with WGLT’s Judy Valente about the film version, and how he uncovered a surprising Illinois State connection to Mary Poppins’ author, P.L. Travers.
Digital desserts make history
English class publishes The Redbird’s Word: Sweets and Tweets, a review of desserts at local eateries. The book is entirely digital and interactive with Twitter.
Ph.D. candidate honored with Scholars for the Dream Award
The Department of English at Illinois State University congratulates Ph.D. candidate Flourice Richardson on being awarded the 2014 Scholars for the Dream Award.
English’s Duriel Harris to host interdisciplinary art event @Salon
A free public event, @Salon features renowned local and regional artists for an afternoon of conversation, poetry, performance, music, and visual arts.
English faculty hosts Daniel Defoe conference
Associate Professor Katherine Ellison organized and hosted the Defoe Society’s third biennial conference, “Global Defoe: His Times and His Contemporaries,” on August 9-10.
English alumna Ameliah Tawlks shares IBM internship
An update from English alumna Ameliah Tawlks, a 2012 graduate.
English welcomes new technical communication faculty
Elise Verzosa Hurley is a new assistant professor of English at Illinois State. She joins the Department of English from the University of Arizona, where she recently earned her Ph.D. in rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of English.