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Lisa M. Barksdale-Shaw

February 17, 2021

Dr. Lisa M. Barksdale-Shaw, a Visiting Assistant Professor in James Madison College’s Humanities Culture and Writing at Michigan State University, has just accepted a tenure-stream position as Assistant Professor, Department of English, Arizona State University.

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Read more about the article Jessica Stokes Receives Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Award
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Jessica Stokes Receives Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Award

June 24, 2020

Each year, the College of Arts & Letters presents two Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards to graduate students for their outstanding achievement in the arts or letters. One of this year’s winners is Jessica Stokes, Outstanding Achievement in the Arts recipient.

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LAE Podcast Hosts Film Studies Graduate Donté Smith

May 21, 2020

Episode eight of the Liberal Arts Endeavor Podcast is now live! Our host, Christopher P. Long, Dean of the College of Arts & Letters, talked with recent Film Studies graduate Donté Smith over…

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Citizen Scholars Graduates 11 More Students

May 18, 2020

The Citizen Scholars program launched in fall 2016 preparing the next generation of diverse, high-achieving, and engaged citizen leaders. The first three graduates of the program graduated last spring. This spring and…

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Nine Students Receive 4.0 GPA Board of Trustee Awards

May 1, 2020

Nine College of Arts & Letters students are graduating with perfect 4.0 GPAs and will receive Board of Trustees Awards for having achieved the highest scholastic average at the end…

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NCTE Student Affiliate Earns National Excellence Award

January 8, 2020

For the third year in a row, Michigan State University will receive the NCTE Student Affiliate Excellence Award in recognition of its high standards of performance. MSU’s student organization for the National…

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Graduate Student Awards & Honors (2017-2019)

March 21, 2019

Katie Piper Greulich, John A. Yunck Endowed Scholarship, Department of English, Michigan State University, 2018-2019.Sarah Panuska, John A. Yunck Endowed Scholarship, Department of English, Michigan State University, 2018-2019.Katie Piper Greulich, Best First Chapter…

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Graduate Student Awards & Honors (2016-2017)

March 21, 2019

Steven Ambrose, Excellence-in-Teaching Citation, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, 2017. Katie Greulich, Special College Research Abroad Money (SCRAM), College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, 2016. …

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Recent Graduate Student Presentations

August 15, 2018

Spring 2018Asif Iqbal, “A postcolonial analysis of the fragments in Akhteruzzaman Elias’ Chilekothar Sepai.” SALA (South Asian Literary Association) Conference, NY. January 2018Jessica Kane, "Resisting Mansplaining in Lennox's Female Quixote." American Society…

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