My book proposal on Romanticism, decentering the white lyric subject, and the "global East" has been denied (1st publisher, 1st try), and I am motivated to find other publishers. Who should I send to? #bookproposal 🤔

"We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and to the future." This week, Dr. Billing's African American Literature class is reading Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July." Read with us here! teachingamericanhistory.org/library/docume…

In case we need reminding: writing, researching, teaching, as a BIPOC in very white fields is already terrifying. How can white colleagues foster communities of care that will improve these fields intellectually for us all?

Bob Leonard of KNIA-KRLS radio interviews Assistant Professor of English Valerie Billing about her courses, Central's Writing Anthology, and the value of the humanities: news.central.edu/in-the-news/in…

DESPICABLE dailyiowan.com/2020/10/05/uni…

Check out the newest episode of Dr. Dolezal's podcast project, a collaboration with Brian Campbell. Season 2 has a line-up you won't want to miss! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mid…

What an energizing career panel yesterday with Central English alums Clay Thompson , David Chivers , Ann Sobiech Munson , Kyle Munson , and Dr. Carrie Jo Calisesi! We heard about the lifelong value of the intellectual curiosity and sense of wonder our panelists cultivated studying English.

Hey y'all, Joined twitter just in time to share how excited we are to be included in #Bello100 Outstanding Podcasts from 2020! Give us a listen at MyGothicDissertation.com 🧛👻🦇

I AM ON THE FLOOR MY BOOKS ARE #1 & #2 ON AMAZON AFTER 1 DAY! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting me and my words. As Yeats put it: "For words alone are certain good: Sing, then"

In my new piece for Los Angeles Review of Books, “‘Model Minority,’ Still Other,” I argue that Asian bodies are being treated as tools for human rage during the pandemic. We are sick of being objects for American plunder. Get angry FOR us. #StopAsianHate

tinyurl.com/sf3jpheu #CCC2021 #JusticeFramed

It's release day for the 2021 issue of The Writing Anthology! We're so excited to honor our student authors and artists, as well as Gabi ♿🏳️‍🌈🏹♠️ and Emma who worked so hard on this publication as student editors! news.central.edu/2021/04/centra…

Students! Join us on Friday for some pumpkin treats and socializing!

that satisfying moment when my already awesome grad assistantship allows me to write an article about one of my peers doing incredible and inspirational work! grad.uiowa.edu/news/2021/10/f…

Paulina Mena, associate professor of biology at Central College, has been appointed as Faculty Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion at Central. news.central.edu/2021/10/profes…

Can you have sex with a sonata? Shannon the Dog is stumped by @sdraucker’s provocative questions #NAVSA2022Pets #navsa2022

Our latest #blogpost, by @sdraucker, argues that Hulu's 2021 series Only Murders in the Building reprises Victorian-era stereotypes about musical women as depraved, deranged, and dangerous. (Note: spoiler alert!) Read here: jvc.oup.com/2022/03/11/vic…

Like (I imagine) any dream coming true, this still feels a little strange, but in the most beautiful way. I'm incredibly excited to say that my manuscript, Sweet Movie, won the National Poetry Series, and will be published by Beacon Press. nationalpoetryseries.org.

Um, yes: we need to pay attention to how Victorian ecocrit AND other sub fields like my own (book history, sound studies) become white flight spaces when VS more broadly tries to center race + empire.