English Matters: from UTC English

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This is the podcast of the English Department of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Each episode features a short discussion with a faculty member or student about the unique and interesting work they do to show us how English Matters.

  1. 01/24/2025

    UTC Alum Erin Hicks, Teaching with Taylor Swift, and Making Wishes

    This time, I’m chatting with recent UTC English graduate Erin Hicks about how she helped me design my Taylor Swift course, how she wanted to integrate the pop superstar into her studies her senior year, and how her degree set her up for success as a coordinator for the Make-a-Wish Foundation!     Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)

    23 min

  2. 11/05/2024

    Mark Brooks on Writing and Laying Autumn's Dust

    Join us for a conversation with UTC English alum Mark Brooks as he talks about his time in Chattanooga, what happens when the plot surprises the author, and his new novel Laying Autumn’s Dust, available now! To learn more about Mark and his novel, visit his website here. Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)

    19 min

  3. 09/16/2024

    Andrew Najberg, Japanese Women Authors, and Publishing in Horror and Sci-Fi

    Senior Lecturer Andrew Najberg returns to tell us all about his most recent publications in horror and looking forward to writing in the fantasy genre. Like English professors are wont to do, we discuss our ever-expanding TBR lists, what we’re looking forward to in horror offerings, etc. We also discuss his upcoming Japanese women authors literature course. Find Andrew Najberg’s books wherever books are sold. For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)

    34 min

  4. 03/28/2024

    Dominik Heinrici and Teaching Old English Monsters

    We’re joined this time by Dominik Heinrici, long-time UTC English faculty member and student. Dominik tells us about how he came to be at UTC, and shares with us his exciting work developing his popular class on medieval monsters! We talk about misconceptions about the medieval period, the role social media takes in creating panics, and the myth of the “digital native” along the way.

    35 min

  5. 01/23/2024

    Dr. Karen Babine, Wild Hungers, and Editing Non-Fiction

    We’re joined this time by Dr. Karen Babine, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Babine shares intimate stories about the inspiration for her award-winning memoir, All the Wild Hungers (2019 Milkweed Editions). She tells us about her exciting course offerings in food writing and true crime at UTC, and also about her experiences managing UTC’s literary journal, The Sequoyah Review and her work with Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies. You can find out more about Assay at https://www.assayjournal.com/

    38 min

  6. 08/31/2023

    Dr. Marcia Noe and Three Midwestern Playwrights

    We’re joined this time by Marcia Noe, Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at UTC, as she tells us about her new project, Three Midwestern Playwrights: How Floyd Dell, George Cram Cook, and Susan Glaspell Transformed American Theater, now out from Indiana University Press (link below). Dr. Noe tells us about her decades-long research process for this text, as well as the significance of the artistic community that grew from the collaboration of these three unique and influential creators. Pick up Dr. Noe's book at Indiana University Press. For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)

    24 min

  7. 04/13/2023

    Catherine Meeks and UTC's New Environmental Studies Minor

    This episode, we’re pleased to talk to Associate Lecturer Catherine Meeks Quinlan about her work developing and implementing our exciting new interdisciplinary Environmental Studies minor. For more information about the minor and how to enroll in these fascinating classes, please head to https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/environmental-studies or reach out to Catherine at Catherine-Meeks at utc dot edu.

    18 min

  8. 02/23/2023

    Russell Helms, French Realism and the Importance of Sympathy

    We're joined this time by senior lecturer Russell Helms as he talks with us about his love of French Realism and its significance to his own creative process. Russell also talks to us about his new novella, Sympathy, and how he came to the unique idea at its core. You can find Helms' Sympathy at Solstice Publishing: https://solsticeempire.com/products.aspx?categoryid=521 For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)

    19 min
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This is the podcast of the English Department of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Each episode features a short discussion with a faculty member or student about the unique and interesting work they do to show us how English Matters.

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