Literature and Language Department at ETSU

08/18/2026

06/23/2026

ETSU is seeking a Director for the new Communication and Language Center. This person will also serve as Building Coordinator for the new, state-of-the-art academic building in which it will be housed. There is also a teaching component to the position, which requires expertise and training in oral and/or written pedagogy. This is a great position for anyone who has an MA in one of these disciplines and who has experience working in a writing, speaking, or learning center. Please help us share this opportunity, and please consider applying if this is a good fit for you!

Job Summary The College of Arts & Sciences at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) seeks a Director of the Communication and Language Center. This is a twelve-month staff position with some teaching responsibilities, starting on or before August 1, 2026, pending continued availability of funds. We...

05/24/2026

Congratulations to our colleagues Matthew Fehskens for his promotion to the rank of Professor and David Korfhagen for his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor and his being granted tenure!

05/02/2026

04/17/2026

An interview with our colleague, Jesse Graves, from SALVATION SOUTH: https://www.salvationsouth.com/jesse-graves-cosmic-appalachian-boogie/?utm_source=Salvation+South&utm_campaign=9ba8aedbc7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_17_03_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89069cb37b-9ba8aedbc7-606410247&mc_cid=9ba8aedbc7&mc_eid=79956443e8&fbclid=IwdGRjcARPpGtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe5vp04d0E5dNICOTLwkvfm_tqeCAGCYf7b40f5taKiFPb6nafpTD0trPUR1g_aem_5ACw36pKrL79auG9KYHk9Q

From a hundred-year house in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, to packed poetry nights at The Down Home in Johnson City, Jesse Graves has quietly become one of Appalachia’s defining contemporary voices.

03/25/2026

Congratulations to senior English Major Rebekah Saulsbury! What an amazing accomplishment!

10/22/2025

Here is some terrific news about our colleague, Fulbright Scholar Theresa McGarry: https://news.kln.ac.lk/index.php/faculties-others/humanities/2454-professor-theresa-mcgarry-from-east-tennessee-state-university-visits-university-of-kelaniya?fbclid=IwY2xjawNlp1VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE2YVdFQzNLNTRUQmNHSHc4AR4Cy_gLEew19NAnpgKgJBswtdcla9YxPz5pnwXjj-6PbwB7nTbrzdSoZthzIA_aem_Njt0cFv5g5wcnNRCBvKlGg

The University of Kelaniya welcomed Professor Theresa McGarry, a distinguished academic from the Department of Literature and Language, East Tennessee Stat...

10/02/2025

Delighted to see this interview of our colleague, Valencia Robin Grice, on the release of her new poetry volume, LOST CITIES:

A conversation with Valencia Robin on her new poetry collection, "Lost Cities"

09/08/2025

Join us for Deaf Awareness Week! Scan the QR code to view all the activities we have planned for this event.

07/21/2025

Congratulations to Kelsey Alannah Solomon (MA 2016) on this recognition of her engagement with Appalachian representation in higher education--

Gov. Bill Lee has appointed Kelsey Solomon, associate professor of English to a
two-year term on the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Read more: https://ws.edu/news/2025/solomon_to_serve_on_tbr.aspx.