CSU Department of English

08/14/2026

Before we welcome our new and returning students to campus, we’d like to celebrate the dedication of our Spring 2026 Dean’s List students!

Congrats, Rams, and keep up the wonderful work! 👏

08/10/2026

Come celebrate the release of new books by our award-winning faculty Harrison Candelaria Fletcher and Matthew Cooperman!

🗓️Friday, Aug. 21 | 7 p.m.
📍Wolverine Farm Publick House

Books will be for sale on site. Perfect way to kick off fall semester! All are welcome!📚🎉

05/27/2026

Congratulations to our 2026–27 “Words for the Earth” award recipients — Doug Cloud, Joanna Doxey, Ashley Davies, and Cindy O’Donnell-Allen with collaborators Jessica Jackson and Josh Zaffos — whose work is bringing environmental storytelling to life in powerful, creative ways! 🌎

The Department of English is proud to name the 2026–2027 "Words for the Earth" award recipients.

05/22/2026

We’re celebrating the incredible Mary Ellen Sanger as she retires after a decade at CSU and a career spanning publishing, tourism, nonprofit work, and literacy leadership!⁠
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We are so grateful for the kindness, creativity, and deep respect for collective work Mary Ellen brought to CSU. ⁠

Congratulations on your retirement, MES—and thank you for everything you’ve given to our programs and people! 💚📚

Across her roles at the Community Literacy Center and Department of English, Mary Ellen Sanger brought kindness, creativity, and a deep respect for collective work.

05/16/2026

From first drafts to final papers & all the words in between, you did it!!✨📖🎓

Endlessly proud of the Department of English Class of 2026! 💚

05/12/2026

Last month at the All-College Awards Ceremony, our outstanding English faculty and staff were honored by CSU College of Liberal Arts! 👏⁠
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✨ Tobi Jacobi, named a John N. Stern Distinguished Professor—one of the college’s highest honors—for her decades of transformative, community-engaged scholarship⁠
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✨ Andrew Altschul, recipient of the Ann Gill Faculty Development Award (Creative Arts), supporting his latest novel exploring grief, faith, art, techno-capitalism, and conspiracy⁠
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✨ Ashleigh Foster, a two-time award recipient this year, for her meaningful contributions to the department and broader CLA community⁠
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We’re proud to see their excellence in community engagement, creative artistry, and service making an impact across the college and beyond. 💛

05/04/2026

This Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating educators who inspire us—starting with Associate Professor of English Ricki Ginsberg!

On the “Liberal Arts Impact” podcast by CSU College of Liberal Arts, Ginsberg dives into YA literature, identity, and book censorship, and explores why what we read as young adults matters so much to our empathy and critical understanding of the world.

Tune in on Spotify: col.st/6gqj8 🎧

05/01/2026

Great writing doesn’t happen in isolation. ✍️ Discover how CSU’s Creative Writing MFA program emphasizes mentorship and community to help writers grow their craft—and find their voices.

Thanks to Stacy Nick for capturing our program, faculty, and students with such care and attention!

With a small cohort size and opportunities for mentorship, the program has produced award-winning alumni who are thriving in their literary careers.

04/27/2026

Join us at Bas Bleu Theatre Company on Saturday, May 2, 5–7 p.m. for an evening of poetry and community as we mark the release of new books by Guggenheim Fellows Camille Dungy and Dan Beachy-Quick!

Hosted by the CSU Creative Writing Program, the Department of English, and Wesleyan University Press, with Old Firehouse Books on site selling the authors’ new and past collections.

Come listen, gather, and celebrate the work of our faculty as we close out National Poetry Month together. 📖✨

04/24/2026