We’re joined this time by Dominik Heinrici, long-time UTC English faculty member and student. Dominik tells us about how he came to be at UTC, and shares with us his exciting work developing his popular class on medieval monsters! We talk about

Dr. Karen Babine, Wild Hungers, and Editing Non-Fiction

Jan 23rd, 2024 37m 50s

We’re joined this time by Dr. Karen Babine, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Babine shares intimate stories about the inspiration for her award-winning memoir, All the Wild Hungers (2019 Milkweed Edit

Dr. Marcia Noe and Three Midwestern Playwrights

Aug 31st, 2023 24m 3s

We’re joined this time by Marcia Noe, Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at UTC, as she tells us about her new project, Three Midwestern Playwrights: How Floyd Dell, George Cram Cook, and Susan Glaspell Transformed American The

Catherine Meeks and UTC's New Environmental Studies Minor

Apr 13th, 2023 18m 12s

This episode, we’re pleased to talk to Associate Lecturer Catherine Meeks Quinlan about her work developing and implementing our exciting new interdisciplinary Environmental Studies minor. For more information about the minor and how to enroll

Russell Helms, French Realism and the Importance of Sympathy

Feb 23rd, 2023 19m 1s

We're joined this time by senior lecturer Russell Helms as he talks with us about his love of French Realism and its significance to his own creative process. Russell also talks to us about his new novella, Sympathy, and how he came to the uniq

Japanese Literature in the Classroom - Andrew Najberg Returns!

Jan 24th, 2023 29m 39s

Andrew Najberg is back on English Matters to discuss his interest in Japanese literature, how it has inflected his teaching and his own writing, and his upcoming course offerings in the subject.Be sure to keep an eye out for Andrew's newest wor

Special Episode - Mike Jaynes and Josh Parks talk about CampFire Book Club! (from the DarkSky Podcast)

Oct 26th, 2022 53m 9s

We have a special cross-over this time while lecturers Josh Parks and Mike Jaynes talk on the DarkSky Podcast about their upcoming outdoor adventure book club, CampFire!More info here: https://campfirebookclub.wordpress.com/

UTC English Alum Jessica York and the Masters to Publishing Journey

Sep 6th, 2022 22m 10s

Join us on English Matters this time as we talk to UTC English MA program alumna Jessica York about her journey from grad student to published author. Since this recording, Jessica has signed with literary agent Elizabeth Copps, founding agent

Dr. Hannah Wakefield, Podcast as Pedagogy, and Race and Protest

Jan 27th, 2022 1h 2m

For this episode, English Matters talks with Dr. Hannah Wakefield about her recent Race and Protest course and using podcasting as pedagogy. We also get to hear student work from the class. (Credits below!)Segment #1 courtesy of Hunter Burnheim

Spring 2022 Course Preview!

Nov 4th, 2021 15m 24s

This episode of English Matters is devoted to exploring some of our exciting offerings for Spring 2022 - schedule now available on the university website!Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).

Dr. Jenn Stewart and Diversity in the English Composition Classroom

Sep 9th, 2021 30m 1s

This episode, we're chatting with Dr. Jenn Stewart, Director of Composition at UTC, about UTC's Read 2 Achieve Program, and how inclusion and diversity foster a fertile environment in the composition classroom. Theme music, “Storybook,” generou

Pedagogy, Naming, and Transgender and Non-Binary Students with Jo Kibble

Apr 27th, 2021 17m 16s

On this episode of English Matters, we talk with Jo Kibble, a graduating senior in English, about the importance of proper naming, pronoun usage, and its significance to the transgender/non-binary community at large. Jo shares their experiences

Tiffany Mitchell and David Pleins on Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Jan 26th, 2021 52m 22s

This week, we’re talking to English lecturer Tiffany Mitchell and David Pleins from the Walker Center about their recent pedagogy book club and the experience of reading bell hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. Tiffany and Davi

Andrew Najberg on Creative Writing and The Goats Have Taken Over the Barracks

Nov 2nd, 2020 22m 50s

On this episode, we hear from author and UTC English Lecturer Andrew Najberg. Andrew talks to us about how he became a creative writing professor and how the teaching of creative writing differs from and mirrors other types of writing. Andrew a

Teaching Suffrage in the Composition Classroom with Oren Whightsel

Oct 6th, 2020 26m 13s

This time on the podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Oren Whightsel about how the rhetoric surrounding the debate over women’s suffrage proved to be a helpful tool in composition courses. We discuss the value of historicizing the teaching of rhetor

Internships with UTC English Major Anna Brewer

Sep 6th, 2020 12m 17s

On this episode, we talk to UTC English major Anna Brewer about her experience with the department’s internship placement program. Through the program, Ms. Brewer was able to secure an internship with The Borgen Project (borgenproject.org), a n

Tiffany Mitchell and Beth Pearce and Teaching Intersectionality

May 23rd, 2020 27m

In this episode, English department faculty Tiffany Mitchell and Beth Pearce discuss their process of teaching intersectional adolescent and YA literature in the UHON program, and how they hope to port those skillsets and questions into coursew

Jessica Miller (J. Kasper Kramer) and the Road to Publication

Apr 13th, 2020 29m 18s

On this episode, UTC English instructor and alumna Jessica Miller (J. Kasper Kramer) talks about how UTC’s creative writing MA program poised her for success with her first novel, The Story that Cannot Be Told. Jessica tells us about the road f

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