Spring 2022

Welcome Message from Department Chair Susan Williams

Welcome to this inaugural edition of our newsletter created specifically for you. As I wrote to you last month, we are excited to bring you news of some of the activities of…

Student Spotlight: Manny Heilman

Balancing two majors, a minor and a job as an assistant to the Office of the President at The Ohio State University is all in a day’s work for fourth-year English major, …

Professional Writing Outside of the English Major

If you frequent BookTok, you might be hard pressed to avoid tropes like enemies to lovers or the classic “unlikely pairs” trope. Well, put down your current read, because we…

Department of English Awards Celebration

On April 18, the Department of English gathered to celebrate our graduating students, as well as all those who received awards from the department, the college and…

Virtual Book Club: The Great Gatsby

This semester, we celebrated the retirement of Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor Brian McHale. On the eve of his retirement, Professor McHale joined Associate…

Herman publishes novel with inspiration from former student

Department of English Professor Michelle Herman used to watch in amazement as internationally renowned magician Joshua Jay — then a student of hers — effortlessly performed…

WordCloud | A Podcast about the Department of English

In this episode of Word Cloud, the Department of Engish podcast, Natalie Caswell and Jayasree Sunkireddy of the Digital Media Group talk to Michelle Herman, Professor of…

DeWitt and Hewitt Receive Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award

The Department of English is excited to announce that Professor Elizabeth Hewitt and Associate Professor Scott DeWitt have been awarded the Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award.…

Alumni Profile: Molly Becker

Molly Becker ’13 was not one of those kids like Akeelah in the 2006 movie, whose passion for words led her to compete in local spelling bees in hopes of becoming a national…