"Games Make A Difference: The Purdue Academic Gaming and Esport Symposium". When: Friday, April 8, 2022 .8am-4:30pm (in-person and virtual options).Where: Córdova Recreational Sports Center.

Linguistics graduate student Jiao Jian (PhD '21), through the challenges of the pandemic, graduated in May. Such a great accomplishment! Congratulations Dr. Jian!

This Fall 2021 Honors course HONR 399, Disability, Technoscience, and Cultural Critique is available to all Purdue Undergraduates with a 3.0 or higher. There are no prerequisites. The course is on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 - 11:45 am. Image: from cover of Catalyst

Check out our Spring 2021 Newsletter. We have some great things happening in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

RT @PurdueLibArts: CLA alumnus Jack Klink (FVS '15) and the team of editors who contributed to "SNL at Home" have been nominated for an ACE….

March 1-5 is Mental Health Action Week.

Wonderful to see from @PurdueAMST grad student:.RT @FoodTruckSchola: To be included along with @soulfoodscholar @eatOkraTheApp @BlackFoodFolks @blkrestaurantwk and so many others is an honor! Thanks @TimeOutChicago

RT @AmandaMurdie: 7.I’ve enjoyed the job more than I thought I would. I’ve realized how much I don’t know, even in my own subfield. Intern….

RT @AmandaMurdie: 6. Editors, reviewers, and authors, we are all doing too much in a very imperfect system. Grace, humility, and patience….

RT @AmandaMurdie: 5. Reviews vary. I think reviews at both ends of the spectrum (too short and too long) can be problematic. Too short, it….

RT @AmandaMurdie: This might be a situation like the “customer is always right.” Even if you disagree with the suggested review, it’s best….

RT @AmandaMurdie: 4. If we’ve given a revise and resubmit, we really do want to see the paper successfully revised. It pains me to have to….

RT @AmandaMurdie: As an author, I need to remember that what seems like a positive or lukewarm review may not really indicate to the editor….

RT @AmandaMurdie: 3. Similarly, the typical reviewer recommends “revise and resubmit” way too much, even including the wording in their rev….

RT @AmandaMurdie: 2. The review process is stochastic. Sometimes, we all just get a really bad Reviewer 2. As an editor, I try to weigh all….

RT @AmandaMurdie: 1. Introductions and abstracts are the most important part of a paper. I would imagine that lot of reviewers have already….

RT @AmandaMurdie: We’ve now been editing @IntlStudiesRev for a bit over three years! I’m so grateful for our team, especially our fantasti….

Edmundite Graduate Fellows Program: @PurdueLibArts @PurdueAMST Jolivette Anderson-Douoning is currently a PhD candidate in American Studies at Purdue University. Rafiqur Rahman is a PhD candidate in the Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America.

Professor Cheryl Cooky, professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, discusses the importance of activism in Black women athletes in this NY Times article.

A great article by Dr. Nadia Brown, School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor of Political Science and first-year American Studies student Bry Reed that was recently published in the Washington Post.