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Cheryl Caesar

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Associate Professor
  • Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures
Biography

Cheryl Caesar is active in developing the First-Year Writing curriculum within a framework of transcultural and asset-based pedagogies. She has created First-Year Writing courses themed around anti-racism and around wellness. She publishes poetry internationally, gives readings and writing workshops locally and works to support creative writers in the greater Lansing community. She also paints in acrylics and watercolor and does charcoal sketches, exhibiting locally and publishing internationally.

Research Areas: Community-Engaged Scholarship; Translingual, and Transcultural Pedagogies; Writing for Wellness

Education: MSU Dialogues; MSU Anti-Racist Path; Walter and Pauline Adams Academy for Instructional Excellence and Innovation, 2013. Doctorate of comparative literature (American/Russian), University of Paris – La Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2008.

Research or Academic Affiliations: President: Michigan College English Association. Modern Languages Association.National Council of Teachers of English.

Works

Highlights research and creative activity: FS24 and SS25

Video interview by Dr. Marohang Limbu and Dr. Ronald Schwartz on AI and the writing classroom. September 10, 2024, Bessey Hall, East Lansing MI.

Co-chaired annual conference of Michigan College English Association, “Crisis and Resilience.” October 5, 2024, online.

“Snakes and Stones: Readings from a Collage Memoir.” Creative reading at MCEA annual conference “Crisis and Resilience.” October 5, 2024, online.

Poem “Grass” published in Writers Resist. Fall 2024.

Invited poetry reading fundraiser for Haven House homeless shelter. October 17, 2024, Blue Owl Coffee Shop, Lansing MI.

Invited poetry reading for book launch by Mary Anna Scenga Kruch. October 19, 2024, Everybody Reads Bookstore, Lansing MI.

“Ten Things I Learned (Or Remembered) about Research While Writing a Wikipedia Article.” The CEA Critic, v. 86, no. 3, November 2024.

Poem “Aftermath” published in Across the Margins. Fall 2024.

Invited poetry reading, “Writers Resist Reads.” November 16, 2024, online.

Poem “My name is Sonya” published in Highland Park Poetry. November 23, 2024.

Poem “Saving stars” published in City Pulse annual “Poetry and Lights” edition. (Invited submission.) December 18, 2024.

“Writers Speak Out.” Protest reading. Co-organizer and featured reader. January 25, 2025. Everybody Reads Bookstore, Lansing MI.

Invited poetry reading, “Burning Desires.” February 9, 2025. Urban Beat, Lansing MI.

“Lightning Strikes Faculty Showcase.” Co-organizer. March 14, 2025, Bessey Hall, East Lansing MI.

Invitation to read poetry at “Women’s Literature Read-In.” March 26, 2025 at Lansing Community College. (Obliged to decline; in Philadelphia.)

“Snakes and Stones: Readings from a Collage Memoir.” Creative reading at College English Association annual conference “Freedom.” March 27, 2025, Philadelphia PA.

Invited poetry reading at The Coffeehouse at All Saints. April 25, 2025. East Lansing MI.

Co-organizer “Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand,” reading of creative writing for MSU Science Festival. MSU Horticultural Gardens, April 26, 2025.

Group proposal on organizing community readings accepted by the Conference on Community Writing, scheduled for October 23-25 2025, Detroit MI.

Poem “Meditation: Clouds” published in “Voices Unbound” issue of Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine. April 2025. Invitation to do video recording: May 2025.

Watercolor “The Seekers” published in The Thimble Literary Magazine. April 29, 2025.

Co-presentation “FYW Conference: A site of learning for both students and faculty.” Conference on Teaching and Learning Innovation at MSU. May 7, 2025, online.

 

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