Humanities and Cultural Studies

International students flocking to Wright State’s English program

Learning English for Academic and Professional Purposes course

Wright State’s English program offers myriad opportunities to students who want to learn English as a second language and teach it. Continue reading

College experience for student Victor Colon includes lending a sympathetic ear

The phone rings in the middle of the night, jarring him awake. On the line is a Wright State student in a full-blown meltdown over a personal crisis—a failed test, financial worries or a broken heart. Continue reading

Acclaimed poet visits Wright State for reading and workshop

The event is to take place Thursday, March 28, in the Millett Hall Atrium at 2 p.m. Continue reading

Smithsonian aviation expert addresses “Controversy in Public History”

Tom Crouch of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum was the keynote speaker at Public History Graduate Symposium on March 22. Continue reading

Controversy in public history to be focus of Wright State symposium

The senior curator of aeronautics for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum will highlight a symposium on public history at Wright State University. Continue reading

Writers panel to launch Women’s History Month

March marks the beginning of Women’s History Month and Wright State is kicking off its celebration by playing host to a panel of four local women… Continue reading

Wright State professor digs up colonial scandals

After years of tireless research, a Wright State professor has unearthed the untold story of a seemingly ordinary… Continue reading

English professor named one of Dayton’s Ten Top Women

Photo of Mary Beth Pringle

Mary Beth Pringle, Ph.D., teaches a wide variety of courses including introductory English, writing, contemporary fiction and women’s studies. Continue reading

Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner Adam Hochschild to speak at Wright State

Photo of author Adam Hochschild.

Author and journalist Adam Hochschild, whose account of World War I as experienced by Great Britain won the 2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for best nonfiction, will speak at Wright State… Continue reading

Wright State students learn to teach through partnerships with Chinese university

Dayna Foster underwent an eye-opening cultural experience when she taught at the Dalian Institute of Science and Technology in China. Continue reading