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Poetry from the Heart

November 20, 2025 12:00 PM
Writing has the potential to empower both readers and writers. The process of creating a personal piece can bring old and new memories to rest, just as they did for BYU professor Lance Larsen.
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Listen While You Read

November 18, 2025 03:00 PM
Not all reading is created equal—take it from Jeff Peterson, a Japanese professor who values consistent reading of easy material over tedious and difficult reading passages.
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The Need for Human Touch

November 17, 2025 03:00 PM
Many fear that AI will replace writers, but neuroscientist David Eagleman suggested that it never will.
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A Spanish Resource for All

November 10, 2025 03:00 PM
Many students study Spanish at BYU, but some may not know about the resources provided by the BYU Spanish Resource Center—or that it exists.
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Taste the Sweetness of the Strawberry

November 06, 2025 03:00 PM
Honored Alumnus Chris Washburn shares how his humanities education taught him to appreciate the small moments in life.
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Festivals of Friends, Food, and Family

October 30, 2025 10:26 AM
In the autumn, Americans look forward to Halloween and Thanksgiving; but many BYU students celebrate two important Chinese holidays too: The Mid-Autumn Festival and Taiwan National Day.
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Case Markers: The Key to Korean

October 24, 2025 12:00 PM
Case markers differentiate parts of speech in many Korean sentences, and they may also be the key difference between novice and advanced language abilities.
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Becoming Teachers

October 24, 2025 09:00 AM
I asked Associate Professor Dawan Coombs how new teachers can create meaningful, authentic experiences for their students while they navigate leading a classroom for the first time. Here's what she had to say.
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The Enduring Relatability of Jane Austen

October 21, 2025 09:00 AM
What is so special about Jane Austen, and why are her works still celebrated today? BYU students might just have the answer.
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A Picturebook Worth a Thousand Words

October 16, 2025 09:00 AM
Are picturebooks only for little kids? Professor Deborah Dean says that all students, no matter the age, can engage with course content through these seemingly simple books.
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Chanel Earl

Adjunct Faculty
English
cearl42@byu.edu
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Alberta Madrid

Adjunct Faculty
Art History
Comparative Arts & Letters
alberta.madrid@byu.edu
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Context—The Crux of Comprehension

October 15, 2025 09:00 AM
Graduate student Alyssa Crezee studied sentence processing with the hopes of contributing to one field that’s too often forgotten: autism research.
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The Spiritual Experience of Art

October 14, 2025 03:00 PM
When was the last time you found Christ in a piece of art? Learn from these Education Week lectures about how you can find Christ in all the art you encounter—even the pieces that aren’t about Him.
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The Forgotten Father of Japanese Linguistics

October 14, 2025 12:00 PM
Japanese linguistics has grown into a large field of study, but according to Paul Warnick, it all started with a forgotten scholar’s deceptively simple metaphor: The noun is like the body.
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