Category Archives: English & Modern Languages

Jennie Miskec has been selected to deliver the keynote lecture in Zagreb in October at the opening of an international conference,  “A Century of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić’s Croatian Tales of Long Ago.” Stemming from her work during recent summer courses offered in Croatia … Continue reading →

Professor Emeritus Michael Lund has been selected as second place finalist in the Col. Darron L. Wright Award for his short story, “Left-Hearted,” which was published by Line of Advance in February, 2016.  The writing contest is funded by a … Continue reading →

Sean Ruday, author of the newly published  The Narrative Writing Toolkit, has been selected as the Routledge Eye On Education Author of the Month for June.  The publisher’s interview with Sean, which includes an overview of his other titles (and a shout-out to … Continue reading →

The May 21, 2016 broadcast of With Good Reason featured Rhonda Brock-Servais’s discussion of the rise of gothic and horror books for children.  The broadcast, called “Monsters in the Classroom,” included several conversations about recent developments in primary and secondary education.  … Continue reading →

Kirkus Reviews, one of the premier American book review magazines, has awarded a starred review to Steve Faulkner’s forthcoming memoir Bitterroot. From KR: A well-recounted father-and-son journey in the Missouri River country. That land is definitively Lewis and Clark territory, … Continue reading →

Four poems by Craig Challender–“Engenderers,” “List Poem with Wings,” “Being There,” and “Home Movie:  Shooting Script”– recently appeared in the 2015 Scurfpea Anthology The Scandalous Lives of Butterflies.  His review of Rebecca Foust’s award-winning poetry collection, Paradise Drive, is forthcoming … Continue reading →

The Journal of Literacy Innovation, a peer-reviewed journal of literacy education founded and edited by Sean Ruday, has published its first issue, available here: http://journalofliteracyinnovation.weebly.com/issues.html