What Can You Do With a B.A. in English?

One of the things senior students in our ENGL 498 Research Methods and Capstone class do is research jobs and careers that English majors can have. This semester's students created infographics for those jobs.

Check them out below!

Spring 2021 Student Projects

Spring 2021 Student Projects

We always love highlighting the amazing work that our students do.

Below are some of the great projects and work that our students completed in their English and Digital Media classes during the spring 2021 semester.

History of the English Language

Kaiya Smith created an annotated Twitter feed that responded to the death of Queen Elizabeth I, referencing historical documents and literature to build her feed.

Rachel Raduns created a series of lessons on rhetoric and composition based on what she learned in class.

 

Public Relations

Jayla Council created a project for public relations. She interviewed Ms. Arlinda Halfacer, the head of executive admissions at ECSU about what public relations skills she uses in her job. She asked her about her position and what advice she'd give to anyone considering a job with the public.

 

Zaccheus Hobbs' project for public relations looked at public relation roles and how the various ways they work in different job fields.

 

Raekwon Dean's project

Cameryn Dowdy

Kassidy Watson Perry

Jason Wallace

 

Talissa Spruill

 James Simmons

Kamren Taylor

English Research Methods and Capstone Class

Overview, title slides of their final Capstone papers and presentations

English Professors Share Their Research with Capstone Students

The 12-16 April is Elizabeth City State University's Undergraduate Research Week, and the English majors will be presenting their Capstone papers and presentations on Thursday 15 April from 1230-150p. The students are modeling their papers after the professional conference model that academic scholars use. Since this is not a genre that undergraduate students have much exposure or familiarity with Professor Judah Micah Lamar and Dr. Karrȧ Shimabukuro shared previous conference papers they had given with the Capstone students so they could see what they looked like, how the paper and visual presentations worked together, and how to answer questions.

Professor's Lamar's presentation, "Reconstructing the Narratological Concepts of Time and Space through the Asante Sacred Feminine in Haile Gerima's Sankofa," was originally given earlier this year at the National Association of African American Studies (NAAAS) Conference.

Dr. Shimabukuro's presentation, "The Mystery of the Woods: Twin Peaks and the Folkloric Forest," was originally presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in 2015.

In addition to allowing the students to see the academic work their professors participate in, and providing a model for their own Capstone papers, the students also got a chance to answer questions about professionalism for different fields, what conferences were like, how scholars participate in academic and professional activities.

The six Capstone students are presenting on the following topics 15 April, you'll be able to see their presentations by clicking on this link: https://ecsu.zoom.us/j/8764698685

• "The Female Role: Its Harmful Nature in The Color Purple" Sarah Atwell
• "Pride and Prejudice and the Role of Money in Marriage" Christin Castro
• "The Evolution of Feminism and Gender Roles from Disney’s Snow White to Brave" Cameryn Dowdy
• "Becoming Sister Abigail: How the WWE took Alexa’s Bliss" Pete Peterson
• "Ready Learner One: Leveling Up the Traditional Classroom" Rachel Raduns
• "We’re With You: The Miseducation of The George Floyd Murder & #BLM" Brandon Shaw

Please come celebrate and support our students!

Celebrating Our Graduates: Spotlight on Rachel Raduns

 It's easy to brag about this week's spotlight senior, Rachel Raduns.

She transferred in from College of the Albemarle and her Associate's degree. She is an excellent student who always has excellent insights to contribute to class. She is also kind, funny, and generous with her time, a real model and leader for other students. This semester she is also working as one of our writing tutors.

After graduation she and her family plan on relocating to Raleigh where she plans to teach middle school English. Having had the pleasure of seeing some of the lesson plans she has created for class projects, whatever school hires her will be lucky to have her. I look forward to seeing the great things she does in the future and for her students.

African American Literary Read In 11 February 430-530p

 Please join us tomorrow!

https://ecsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vcOCprzotHdcqhTyk4wjbAZ1gMvGKzhd-

Writing Tutors Available Spring 2021: Starting Monday 8 February

 

New Publications: Dr. Jim Goar

 Dr. Jim Goar has recently had two poems published in The Irish Review which you can access here. 

Dr. Goar teaches Composition, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, and Nature Writing.

He also conducts readings both on campus and in town.