The 2026 issue of Kansas English, the award-winning peer-reviewed journal of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE), is now available on WSU’s Open Journal Systems. Katie Cramer, professor of English education, has served as editor-in-chief of Kansas English since 2017 and collaborates with Susan Matveyeva, journal manager of University Libraries, to publish the journal each year.
This year’s issue of Kansas English was published June 30 and features the work of several WSU-affiliated faculty, graduates, and students in addition to scholarly and creative work from authors across the state and region:
- Hailey Aranda-Mayorga, 2026 WSU graduate, published a children’s book review entitled “Tiger-Trapping in the Elementary Classroom: A Review of When You Trap a Tiger.”
- Avery Gathright, 2026 WSU graduate, published a creative piece called “‘We’re Bored’: A Narrative Reflection.”
- Alice Huelskamp, 2026 WSU graduate, published a YA book review entitled “‘It’s Okay to be Scared’: Finding Hope Amid the Horror in Hell Followed With Us” and a creative piece entitled “The In-Between.”
- Katie Cramer published two YA book reviews (“Representation and Intersectional Identities in Last Night at the Telegraph Club” and “Cultural Identity, Family History, and Grito in Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir”), a teaching tip (“Beyond the Traditional Field Experience: Collaborating with Program Graduates to Design and Implement an Applied Learning Experience in a YAL Methods Course”) and the editor’s letter (“The Attacks on Public Education Continue”).
- Sun Young Lee serves as column editor for Diverse Children’s Book/Media Reviews.
- In addition, the 2026 editorial review board includes several WSU faculty and alumni: Robin Folkerts, Krystal Iseminger, Sally Kimball, Kim Moody, Reagan Murnan, Victoria Opalewski, Blake Overman, Nancy Sturm, Keely Tolbert and Nathan Whitman.
Those interested in submitting their work to Kansas English can review the call for general submissions as well as the call for column submissions.