Heidi Grosch Promoted to Associate Professor
The English Department congratulates our colleague Heidi Haavan Grosch on her promotion to Associate Professor of English. Grosch has been teaching at Nord’s Levanger campus since 2011. Her teaching and academic profile includes English teacher education for grades 1-7, as well as work with international …
Saeed Karimi-Aghdam promoted to Professor
The Department of English congratulates Saeed Karimi-Aghdam on his promotion to Professor of English Applied Linguistics and Didactics. Since joining Nord University in 2019, Professor Karimi-Aghdam has taught courses in English linguistics, English didactics, second language acquisition, …
Children and Teachers’ Multilingualism through the Arts!
Nord University and Bankgata ungdomsskole in Bodø collaborated on a project that explored teenagers’ multilingualism through aesthetic arts-based approaches. This project, Visual and aesthetic processes in exploring multilingualism through DLCs …
Tone Stuler Myhre Defends PhD at Nord University
Congratulations to English Department colleague Tone Stuler Myhre, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation on 06 May 2025 at the university’s Levanger Campus. Her dissertation, titled “Foreign language learning and outdoor education at lower secondary school …
Mayhem, Mystery, and English Mastery – 1920s Style
A swanky speakeasy full of starlets, gangsters, and flappers: what could possibly go wrong? Step inside the Cat’s Meow Nightclub, where English students and faculty from the One-Year Program and Teacher Education for Grades 8–13 engaged in an afternoon of intrigue, investigation, and immersive storytelling.
Retirement of Professor Janice Bland
Professor Janice Bland, who has been a valued member of the English Department since 2017, has retired as of February 1. Over her career, Prof. Bland made significant contributions to the field of English education, both nationally and internationally, through her teaching, research, and professional networks.
Instability & Instruction: Humanities, Education & Culture Year-End Seminar
The Humanities, Education & Culture Research Group will host their annual seminar on 6 December 2024. “Instability & Instruction” will feature an international plenary from Dr. Montserrat Camps-Gaset (University of Barcelona) and presentations from several members …
Connecting Campus and Community: Recent Outreach Efforts
Being a university instructor is more than preparing lectures or writing research articles: it’s vital that we create strong connections with our local schools, work in active partnership with our colleagues who teach in those, and help bridge the gap between high school and university. …
A Warm Welcome to our New English Department Faculty Members!
As we begin the new academic year, it is a pleasure to introduce our newest English Department colleagues: Dr. Myrto Drizou, Dr. Colin Davis, and Dr. Nahum Welang. Get to know your new professors and learn more about their teaching and research interests in the interview below …