JCCC Department of English Blog

Recently, Professor Beth Gulley edited the Kansas English journal’s Teaching Tips column: https://journals.wichita.edu/index.php/ke. (She also wrote one of the teaching tips.)

Over the summer, Beth Gulley edited a collection of interviews conducted by the students in the study abroad class she and Luz Alverez took to Las Pintas, Mexico. They have print versions available, and Barry Baily put the digital version on Scholar Space. Here is a link: https://scholarspace.jccc.edu/las_pintas/1/

On August 29th, Prof. Dan Cryer delivered the keynote address at an event called “Teaching With and Against AI” at Towson University in Baltimore, MD (his alma mater).

Over the summer, Marianne Kunkel had five poems appear in Another Chicago Magazine (https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/08/22/five-poems-by-marianne-kunkel/) and one poem, titled “Married People Can’t Write Poetry,” appear in Tupelo Quarterly (https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/married-people-cant-write-poetry-by-marianne-kunkel/).

Prof. Kate Austin from English for Academic Purposes drew a deep breath of relief upon completing an EdD in Higher Education Administration from KU. Her dissertation title is Academic ESL Programs in Midwest Community Colleges: Learners, Placement Methods, and Curricular Content, which seems awfully useful given her role with us. Congratulations, Kate!