May

Spanish Students Earn Global Seal of Biliteracy

Jada Chvilicek, Mason Cymbor, and Veronica Duran-Paramo (Spanish Education聽 Certification, 鈥25) have been awarded the Global Seal of Biliteracy in English and Spanish.

Annual Foreign Language Teaching Conference, Presented by Department of Language, Literature and Writing

The Department of Language, Literature and Writing held the annual 麻豆视频 Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching on Friday, April 25, 2025.聽

Appalachian Professional Language Educators鈥 Society Hosts Annual Festival

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, the Appalachian Professional Language Educators鈥 Society (APPLES) hosted its annual Foreign Language Festival on the 麻豆视频 campus. Approximately 160 foreign language students from local area high schools participated.

Sigma Delta Pi Induction Ceremony

麻豆视频鈥檚 Iota Mu Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Hispanic Honor Society, celebrated its fifty-second initiation ceremony on Friday, May 2, 2025.

Vetter Publishes Article on Dystopian Media Coverage of OpenAI鈥檚 ChatGPT

Matt Vetter (Language, Literature, and Writing), with co-authors Brent Lucia and Varshil Patel, published 鈥淭he Dystopian Imaginaries of ChatGPT: A Designed Cycle of Fear鈥 in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.聽The article offers a critical analysis of dystopian narratives that emerged as a response to OpenAI鈥檚 ChatGPT.

April

Sell, Schiera, and Siddique Publish White Paper on Decision Literacy

麻豆视频 Professor Mike Sell and doctoral students Rachel Schiera and Zeeshan Siddique argue that reading, writing about, and talking about great works of literature enables us to improve our ability to make good decisions.

Doctoral Student Miller Publishes Article on Feminist Ethos and Agency in Peitho Journal

Patti Miller (English Composition and Applied Linguistics doctoral candidate) recently published an article in聽Peitho聽(winter 2025) titled 鈥淣evertheless, She Resisted: Feminist Ethos and Agency in 鈥楾he Epic of Gilgamesh鈥.鈥

March

Literature and Criticism Graduate Students Shine at 56th Annual NEMLA Conference

A record-breaking dozen PhD students from 麻豆视频鈥檚 Literature and Criticism program took center stage at the fifty-sixth annual Northeastern Modern Language Association (NeMLA) conference, held in Philadelphia March 6鈥9.

Vetter Publishes Article on Wikipedia鈥檚 Role in Training Large Languages Models

Matt Vetter, with co-authors Jialei Jiang and Zachary McDowell, recently published an article titled 鈥淎n Endangered Species: How LLMs Threaten Wikipedia鈥檚 Sustainability鈥 in the journal AI & Society.

February

Vetter Publishes Article on Generative AI and the Writing Process

Matt Vetter, with co-authors Jialei Jiang and Brent Lucia, published a new article titled 鈥淔rom Hype to Practice: Reinterpreting the Writing Process Through Technical Writing Students鈥 Engagement with ChatGPT鈥 in the journal Technical Communication Quarterly.

January

Siegel Finer Selected as Co-editor of 鈥淧eitho鈥

Bryna Siegel Finer, Department of Language, Literature, and Writing, has been selected as the incoming co-editor of the journal聽鈥淧eitho.鈥

Siegel Finer Publishes New Book on Toxic Rhetoric

Bryna Siegel Finer, Department of Language, Literature, and Writing, published a new book with Peter Lang, 鈥淐onfronting Toxic Rhetoric: Writing Teachers鈥 Experiences of Rupture, Resistance, and Resilience.鈥