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Aldama creates complex Latinx representation for kids in The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie
Distinguished University Professor Frederick Aldama’s abuela used to tell him stories when he was a child about how the chupacabra would get their chickens in the night. The…
Professor Elizabeth Weiser receives Newark Faculty Service Award
The Department of English is proud to announce that Professor Elizabeth Weiser is a recipient of the 2020 Ohio State Newark Faculty Service Award. The…
Robert Hughes wins Teaching Excellence Award
The Department of English would like to congratulate Associate Professor Robert Hughes for winning the Newark campus’s 2020 Teaching Excellence Award.…
Associate Professor Christa Teston named first Andrea Lunsford Designated Professor
The Department of English is thrilled to announce that Associate Professor and Director of Business and Technical Writing Christa Teston has been named the Andrea Lunsford Designated Professor for…
Department Announces Faculty and Staff Award Winners
The Department of English congratulates the following faculty and staff award winners on their outstanding accomplishments!
Amrita Dhar receives two fellowships for archival research at the Huntington Library
Assistant Professor Amrita Dhar is the recipient of the Mayers Fellowship and the Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, for 2020-2021. Both of these…
Mira Kafantaris Awarded Residency with Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
English Senior Lecturer Mira Kafantaris has been awarded a short-term residency with the Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies for her book Royal Marriage, Foreign Queens and…
Columbus Makes Art presents Marcus Jackson and the comfort of poetry during these times
April is National Poetry Month, and Ohioana Library Executive Director David Weaver talks to acclaimed poet Marcus Jackson. Born and raised in Toledo, Jackson earned degrees from the University of…
Lord Denney's Players Adapt Play into 'Much A-Zoom About Nothing'
The show must go on.
It’s as true on Broadway as it is for Lord Denney’s Players (LDP), a theater troupe housed in the Department of English.…