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Department announces 2021 graduate award winners
The Department of English congratulates the following graduate award winners on their outstanding accomplishments. The recipients of these awards include any Ohio State graduate student who has…
Graduate student Jordan Woodward wins 2021 WAC Outstanding Writing Instruction Award
The Department of English is proud to announce that PhD in English student Jordan Woodward is the recipient of the 2021 Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Outstanding Writing…
Assistant Professor Zoë Brigley Thompson leads project to record Columbus' pandemic story through poetry
A unique project is underway in central Ohio, one that seeks to tell the story of the region and its residents during the COVID-19 pandemic through an unconventional medium: poetry.
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Graduate student D'Arcee Neal wins first place honors in Hayes Graduate Research Forum's Humanities Division
The Department of English would like to congratulate D’Arcee Neal on winning first place honors in the Humanities Division of the 35th Annual Hayes Graduate Research Forum! Neal’s…
Daniel Barnum named autumn 2020 Presidential Fellow
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that MFA in Creative Writing student Daniel Barnum was named an autumn 2020 Presidential Fellow. Every autumn and spring semester…
Thirteen English department faculty and graduate students present papers at the Modern Language Association’s first all-virtual conference
Whether it’s a Zoom family holiday, a virtual Super Bowl watch party or a work happy-hour moved to video conferencing, many of us have had to endure the shift from in-person to virtual events over…
Graduate student Nicole Pizarro publishes chapter in new collection from Wayne State University Press
The Department of English is proud to announce that graduate student Nicole Pizarro wrote a chapter in the newly published collection, New Approaches to Contemporary…
Department members share most beloved children's books
Nothing is quite like the nostalgia of rediscovering your favorite childhood book. The magic, the adventure, the old friends—many years ago, all of it ushered you into a world where books could…
Members of the English department share their scariest reads
The leaves are falling, the air is getting colder and Halloween is right around the corner! There are so many ways to get into the spooky spirit this autumn, whether it be designing a costume or…