Dr. Emily Murray Creates a Platform for Students to Express their
Literary Creativity
By Amauri Barnes
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| Dr. Emily Murray on right during Sigma Event |
Tennessee State University allows students to display works and express themselves, but Dr. Emily Murray wanted a more intimate platform for students to share their work. She is working to build a new literary journal for the university.
Murray has been an English professor at TSU since the Fall
of 2017. Murray was awarded an Internal Seed Grant of $5000 this fall to invest
into the English Department. In addition to the journal, she will use the money
to invest in websites, marketing, and student engagement. Some of the funds will go to Sigma Tau Delta English
Honors Society as well. “I am hoping to further build up this society so
that students can continue to benefit and take away from this organization for
example, their induction ceremonies, graduation, facilitating the meetings,”
Murray said.
Murray emphasized that her primary focus is the Journal. It
was very important to her because outside of events or assignments, students of
all majors will have a place to express themselves by sharing their writing.
These developments will be beneficial by highlighting student voices and concerns.
Be on the lookout in the Spring for this journal. “I am excited to meet students, understand what they’d like. We will assign editorial roles and begin publishing right away,” Murray said. This will be exciting to see in the future, who knows? I may submit a poem for the Literary Arts Journal before I graduate this Spring.
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