Category: English & Philosophy

Tom C. Hunley  graduated from the MFA in 1996. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Western Kentucky University, where he has taught since 2003. His latest books are Adjusting to the Lights (winner of the 2020 Rattle Chapbook Prize) and What Feels Like Love: New and Selected Poems (C&R Press 2021).…

Kathryn Smith graduated from Eastern’s MFA program in 2004 with a focus in poetry. She is the author of Book of Exodus, which was published by Scablands Books in 2017. Her poems have appeared in Mid-American Review, Bellingham Review, Redivider, Southern Indiana Review, Carve Magazine, Third Coast, Rock & Sling, Ruminate, and elsewhere, and her work has been nominated for Best American…

Summer 2019 The College of Arts, Letters and Education is always excited to share some of the successes of those affiliated with the college, including students, faculty, staff and alumni. Below are just some of those amazing accomplishments. Art Student: Destiny Vaught will be interning at Entity magazine in Los Angeles for a month this…

Over the summer, four philosophy majors traveled to Greece to present their research at two international conferences – The World Congress of Philosophy in Athens and the 25th International Conference of Philosophy in ancient Olympia. Each student crafted an insightful, coherent and creative take on a key political or ethical concept in the writings of Aristotle…

The College of Social Sciences is pleased to announce that Kevin Decker, PhD has been selected for the Jeffers W. Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship. This prestigious professorship was created to honor the life of Jeffers W. Chertok, PhD who worked at EWU for more than 34 years and left a legacy of scholarship, generosity, and genuine care at…

Frances B. Huston Award Winners Every year seven students are chosen by each of CALE’s seven departments as the recipients of the Frances B. Huston Medallion. The Frances B. Huston Award is awarded to graduating seniors who have achieved academic excellence (3.75 or higher GPA) and have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities at Eastern and/or in…

Matthew Campbell Roberts was born in Napa, California, and attended a one-room schoolhouse in Wooden Valley set in the middle of a vineyard. He currently teaches English courses at Pierce College. His poems and other work appear in Clover, Cirque Journal, StringTown, Clackamas Review, The Adirondack Review, The Cortland Review, Whatcom Places II, The Kennesaw Review, Windfall, The Methow Naturalist, SmartishPace, Jeopardy and other literary…

Carol Ellis‘s volume of poetry, Catapult: Cancer with Ron, has been published by Gray Dog Press, 2016. Other poems have appeared online. Her essay, “In Defense of Ice,” was published by Penguin Classics and the Union of Concerned Scientists, 2009.

A graduate of the class of 2016, Andrew Koch now lives in Denton, Texas where he is pursuing a creative writing PhD at the University of North Texas.  He is the author of the poetry chapbook, Brick-Woman (Hermeneutic Chaos, 2016) and serves as managing editor of the online journal Stirring: A Literary Collection. His work has recently appeared or is…

Originally from Minnesota, LeAnn Bjerken is a 2014 graduate of the MFA program. Upon graduating she spent a year writing for the Colville Tribes’ Tribal Tribune, earning a Native American Journalist Association award in 2015 for her feature story “Building a Dream”. She now works as a reporter for the Spokane Journal of Business, and continues to submit…