Student Research
Student Research
At SSU, faculty work closely with students to develop important research skills which involve documentation, critical thinking, and effective presentation.
Student Research Support
Esa煤 Israel Bustamante Mart铆nez
Teaching (MAT) English to Speakers of Other Languages
Read about Esa煤 Israel Bustamante Mart铆nez's experience as a student in the MAT TESOL program and his research on the English language ideologies, specifically on practices in Oaxaca, Mexico, Bustamante Mart铆nez鈥檚 hometown.
Joseph O鈥橠ay
Master of Arts in English
Read about Joseph O鈥橠ay, a Master's of English student with a specialization in creative writing. His graduate thesis is a collection of personal essays titled, 鈥淔rom the Inside鈥 which focus on everything from work to writing, reading, and his family and relationships. Several of the pieces in the collection have already appeared in publications such as Adelaide Literary Magazine, Biostories, Focus on Faulkner, and The Salem News.
Chantelle D. Escobar-Leswell
Master of Arts in English
Read about the story of Chantelle D. Escobar-Leswell, an international student from Scotland studying in the Master of Arts in the English Program at Salem State. She was invited to present at the American Literature Association Symposium this September in New Orleans to discuss her project 鈥淟ife Imitates Art: Twenty-first Century Respect for Richard Brautigan鈥檚 Absurdism,鈥 which explores the work of Richard Brautigan through a 21st-century lens and asserts its relevance in contemporary culture.