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Each Spring semester, the Kenneth R. Holder Memorial Lecture brings a scholar in language theory, writing, or education to meet with classes and to deliver a lecture open to the public.

The Holder Lecture was established in 1991 by the Department of English to honor the life of Dr. Kenneth R. Holder, Professor of English and Provost at 亚博体育app. Dr. Holder joined the faculty in 1972, and served as Provost from 1987 to 1991. His specialties in the English Department were linguistics鈥攚hich he introduced as a course to the department鈥攈istory of English, writing, and English Education. As Provost, he focused on strengthening instructional practices through technology and writing among the faculty.

Spring 2025 Holder Lecture

Danielle Nielsen, Ph.D., Professor of English from Murray State University, will speak about 鈥淎ccessibility in Teaching and Learning鈥� when she delivers the annual Holder Lecture on Thursday, April 24.

Nielsen a scholar of rhetoric, the British Empire, and late-Victorian literature, is interested in how we navigate the world around us through texts, from classroom texts to cookbooks and travel narratives and Keanu Reeves鈥� memes. Her scholarly work has been published in College Teaching, Gender & History, Rhetoric Review, Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, and other scholarly venues. She received her undergraduate degree from Nebraska Wesleyan ('04) and her MA ('06) and Ph.D. ('11) from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.

The Holder Lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Acklie Hall of Science in Room 207 and is free and open to the public.

Past Holder Lecturers