JCCC Department of English Blog

Beth Gulley gave a presentation titled “No Visa, No Problem: Kansas Composition Students’ Virtual Exchange Projects with Students in New Zealand” at TYCA National https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-TYCA-program.pdf.

Recently, a collection of short stories, art, and poems that Beth co-edited with Polly Alice McCann was published through Flying Ketchup Press. The collection is called Night Forest: Folk Poetry and Story. It is available as a print book, but it can also be found as an ebook here: https://fliphtml5.com/bgbtq/mkug.

Steve recently posted a collection of ekphrastic poems on works from around campus: https://sw1028.wordpress.com/category/the-nerman-poems/

We are delighted with the response to the call for readers at the JCCC English and Journalism Faculty poetry reading. We have reserved the CoLab on February 27 at 2:00 p.m. This event is open to students, staff, faculty, and the wider community. Please invite anyone you think might be interested. Snacks will be provided, and poets will have a chance to display their publications.

The poets on the list so far include: Danny Alexander, Michael Carriger, James Cooper, Beth Gulley, Marianne Kunkel, Michael Price, Thomas Reynolds, Anthony Procopio Ross, Matthew Schmeer, Bob Sykora, and Steven Werkmeister. If you are interested and didn’t get on the list yet, there is still time to sign up.

If you have questions or requests, please contact Beth Gulley bgulley@jccc.edu or Marianne Kunkel mkunkel2@jccc.edu.

The title of the sabbatical proposal is Creating a Framework for Improving EAP Students’ English Language Acquisition through Podcasting.