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March 9, 2022

Eagle Pond Authors’ Series: Jeff Oaks

Eagle Pond Authors Series Welcomes Poet Jeff Oaks After a two-year hiatus, the Eagle Pond Authors Series returns to the Silver Center at Plymouth State University on March 17, with a 7:00PM reading and book-signing by poet, essayist and painter Jeff Oaks. Oaks is the author of the poetry collections The Things (2022) and Little What (2019), both from Lily...

Events/Faculty

November 17, 2021

Thinking about Classes for Next Spring?

Class registration is here once again! We would like to highlight a couple course offerings from the English department for this Spring! EN 3685 Scriptwriting (4 credits) Tues/Thurs 2:00 – 3:40 taught by Paul Rogalus This is an Advanced Study in Writing course which focuses on the writing and analysis of dramatic scripts, primarily of theatrical plays, but also with...

Faculty/Plymouth State University

November 4, 2021

Share a Memory

Message from Professor, Paul Rogalus Dear Plymouth State English Alumni and Friends:(really, anyone who’s taken an English class here over the past 30 years) I am writing to invite you all to reconnect with us, and to help us celebrate the teaching careers of three of our most dedicated and popular professors, all of whom retired earlier this year: Joe...

Alumni/Faculty/Plymouth State University/Submissions

October 25, 2021

Niki Tulk: Teaching to Trauma

The Plymouth State University Sidore Lecture Series is excited to present Niki Tulk and her presentation: Teaching To Trauma. The talk will be on Tuesday, November 2 in Smith Recital Hall at 7pm. “This talk will address how, through centralizing trauma experience as normative—the order of things rather than a “disorder”— and by understanding the way our brains and bodies...

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October 20, 2021

Superstitions

Teaching Lecturer Taylore Aussiker’s piece: Superstitions was recently published in the April 2021 Scriblerus Arts Journal. Next semester, Aussiker will be teaching ENDI 2235: Creating Arguments, which treats argumentation as a creative process. This reflective piece about how the pandemic brought a new awareness to her superstitions and rituals. It’s about searching out what you can control in a world...

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April 13, 2021

Dr. Kishonna Gray: Postponed

Dr. Kishonna Gray’s Intersectionality Talk has been moved from March 17th to Wednesday, April 28th. The talk will include discussions of Dr. Gray’s book Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming. Click here to register! More information on these talks and the Co-Lab’s important work in the community can be found here. “Co-sponsored by PSU English and the CoLab, Intersectionality...

Events/Faculty

March 12, 2021

The Sidore Lecture Series Continues

As the Saul O Sidore lecture series continues at PSU, we take a close look into right-wing extremist groups, and their impact on both Europe and the United States. Katherine Donahue, anthropologist and professor emeritus of Anthropology here in Plymouth, will present about her work on this topic in a talk titled “Cycles of Hatred and Rage: What Are Right-Wing...

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March 12, 2021

Intersectionality Talks: Kishonna Gray

Interested in the representation of marginalized populations in gaming? Wondering how you can be a better ally in a digital space? Dr. Kishonna Gray plans to discuss her book Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming, and how intersectionality relates to the digital gaming sphere. The presentation will be over Zoom on Wednesday, March 17th, from 5:00 to 6:00PM. You...

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February 22, 2021

Stereotype Threat

By Asia Merrill22 February 2021 While the morality of standardized testing has been in question for at least 20 years, it’s becoming harder to ignore the ways that it weaponizes gender and racial stereotypes. Recently I came across an article, courtesy of The American Psychological Association about the dangers of stereotype threat. To summarize briefly, it uses research to demonstrate...

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October 29, 2020

Dodge Poetry Festival, Oct 22 – Nov 1

Need some pandemic positivity this week? Check out PSU English faculty member Liz Ahl‘s meditations on growing up, finding your people, and the Dodge Poetry Festival.

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