Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, has published a new book. “The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Film, and Games” is the first volume to identify the eco-weird as an umbrella term for the intersection of environmental thought and weird fiction.
Penn State Altoona faculty members Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff released a new episode of their podcast, "Horror Joy," titled "Body Horror in ‘The Substance’ and Olga Tokarczuk's ‘The Empusium.’"
Erin Murphy, professor of English, was the featured guest recently on the “Writers Association of Northern Appalachia” podcast. She also presented a reading as part of the Hometown Voices series and was featured in two literary journals.
Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy, and Jeff Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender and sexuality studies, released a new episode of their podcast, "Horror Joy." In "Severance, Liminality, and Analog Horror," the hosts traverse the eerie corridors of liminality in horror.
Penn State University Libraries will feature a pop-up exhibit of prints from "El tiempo pasa y nada cambia" ("Time passes, and nothing changes") by Panamanian artist Giana De Dier on Feb. 24-25 in the lobby of the Pattee Library mall entrance. The exhibit honors the lives of Afro-Caribbean women who supported their families and communities during the construction of the Panama Canal. It will then travel to Penn State Altoona to be hosted in the Robert E. Eiche Library on Feb. 27-28.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, will read from her works and offer a poetry workshop for the Friends of the Roethke Foundation’s 2025 Poets Laureate Series.
Penn State Altoona will exhibit “Every Day Prey” by Taylor Pate from Feb. 13 through April 3 in the McLanahan Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
"How Else Can I Tell You," a body of work by Sophie Brenneman, will be on display from Feb. 13 through April 3 in the Sheetz Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
