JCCC Department of English Blog

Prof. Gulley Presents at TYCA-Midwest

Posted on 11/03/2024 by mbrowning

On October 18, Professor Beth Gulley delivered her presentation, “When Designing Learning Activities Feels Like Too Much Hustle with Not Enough Flow,” at the TYCA-Midwest conference in Livonia, Michigan.

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JOCO Con Has Landed

Posted on 10/30/2024 by mbrowning

On Saturday, October 12, JCCC’s first Sci-Fi convention (in decades), materialized in the MTC. Around 100 people, both students and community, heard Roland Mann, a former editor from Marvel comics and current professor at Full Sail University, speak. JCCC English faculty Danny Alexander, Diane Davis, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Beth Gulley and Bob Sykora all participated as well. Oddly, co-directors of the event, David Davis and Doug Texter had no photos to prove that the event transpired, but a fuzzy image of Bigfoot in MTC 122 might be suggestive.

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Prof. Gulley Doesn’t Pick a Fight but Wins an Award!

Posted on 10/28/2024 by mbrowning

Beth Gulley’s book, Picking Fights in Book Club, recently won the chapbook of the year award from the Kansas Author’s Club. You can pick it up at the link above.

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Prof. Sally Bennett Article Featured

Posted on 09/30/2024 by mbrowning

The August 2024 issue of Early American Life featured an article by Sally Bennett accompanied by photos of their house by her husband. Here are a few shots from the printed magazine.

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Prof. Marianne Kunkel Publishes

Posted on 09/25/2024 by mbrowning

Marianne Kunkel’s poem “Same Exhibit Twice” appeared on the SWWIM website on Sept. 16, 2024. Her poem “My Colleague Searches for the Perfect Word” has been accepted for publication in Puerto del Sol.