Spring 2023

Welcome Message from Department Chair Susan Williams

Dear Alumni and Friends, It’s graduation season as I write — a time of joyful recognition of our students who have completed their degrees and of the faculty and staff who have…

Fagan Grandinetti, Hoffman win Guggenheim Fellowships

Kathy Fagan Grandinetti, professor in the Department of English, and David L. Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, have received 2023…

Alumna Maggie Smith has made this book beautiful

It’s as if poet and memoirist Maggie Smith (MFA ’03, Department of English) knows what we need when we need it. And she shares it. From her own journey. From her own worry. From her heart. Her…

Julia Keller on her upcoming book “Quitting: A Life Strategy”

Julia Keller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer from Huntington, West Virginia. She holds a PhD in English Literature from The Ohio State University and has taught at Princeton University, the…

English faculty explore the humanities and artificial intelligence

ChatGPT. Bard. Watson. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is growing rapidly, with implications for every area of our lives, from the home to the workplace to the classroom. Three Department of…

Department of English Awards Celebration

On April 17, the Department of English gathered to celebrate our graduating students, as well as all those who received awards from the department, the…