APSU professor’s novel to be on display at Library of Congress
September 3, 2011
Clarksville, TN – If you’re in Washington, D.C., later this fall and you happen to stop by the Library of Congress to get a look at an early draft of the Declaration of Independence or an original Gutenberg Bible, be sure to keep your eyes out for a copy of “The Baker’s Boy,” a novel by Austin Peay State University professor Barry Kitterman.
The book will be on display inside the world’s largest library, with more than 22 million catalogued books, as part of the newly established Peace Corps Writers Collection.
Austin Peay State University professor Barry Kitterman
Thirty Years of Work Produces New Story Collection for APSU’s Kitterman
April 3, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Barry Kitterman, an Austin Peay State University creative writing professor, is from the San Joaquin – a large valley in California where much of the country’s fruits and vegetables are grown. Specifically, he’s from the small town of Ivanhoe, where the air doesn’t smell of sea salt and beach bums aren’t camped out under the redwoods or on the rabbit farms.
“When I would tell people I was from California, they had a certain set of assumptions as to what that meant,” Kitterman said. “It was so far removed from my real experience that I thought I wanted to write stories about the California I grew up in, which is rural, agricultural, a long way from the ocean and, something I realized much later, very poor.”
Barry Kitterman
Three APSU professors to sign books at Borders on Saturday
July 30, 2010
Three Austin Peay State University professors who are also published authors will be at the Borders Bookstore in Clarksville Saturday to sign copies of their books.
Dr. Antonio S. Thompson, assistant professor of history, Barry Kitterman, languages and literature professor, and Kell Black, professor of art, will all be signing and discussing their books at the store between 11:00am and 7:00pm. [Read more]
APSU graduate student to receive 1st Best Thesis Award
May 6, 2010
Beginning with the Spring 2010 graduating class – and for subsequent commencements in May, August and December – the Austin Peay State University College of Graduate Studies will honor a graduate student whose thesis is judged worthy of a Best Thesis Award.
The first recipient is Claire Cain Teter, who will receive a Master of Arts in English during Spring Commencement on May 7th. Shortly before graduation rehearsal at 4:30 pm, Thursday, May 6th, she will receive a certificate and medal to wear at commencement.
Theses are based on qualitative or quantitative research methods. Teter’s thesis, titled “Living Room,” contains a series of brief descriptive pieces, a first-person narrative and fictional work. Her work was described by a committee member from the Graduate Research Council as “engaging and beautifully written.”
Teter’s thesis committee included adviser and chair Barry Kitterman, Dr. Amy Wright and Dr. Jill Eichhorn, all faculty members in the APSU Department of Languages and Literature.
For a graduate student to qualify, the thesis must be submitted by the standard two-week, prior-to-graduation submission deadline. A committee from the Graduate Research Council automatically judges any thesis submitted by the deadline.
“Honoring any student with a Best Thesis Award seems appropriate as the University continues to make research more of a focus for faculty and students,” said Dr. Dixie Dennis, dean of the College of Graduate Studies and associate provost of Grants and Sponsored Programs.
